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I don't know why anyone in their right mind would want a vinyl topped car. Never seen one with age on it that the vinyl looked good and it wasn't rusting through.
Friend of mine bought a 68 Camero that had a vinyl top. I couldn't understand why in the world he wanted it because I had had some pretty horrible experiences with it before. It looked great until it began to show signs that whoever owned it last ground the rust off just below the seam and painted over it. It didn't take long for the rust to come back and when it did it was even worse than before. Some holes rusted completely through.
A vinyl roof does have some benefits.
- The interior of the car is slightly quieter.
- The interior is slightly cooler when parked in the sun on a hot day.
- It allows for a kind of two-tone look. The two-tone look which was very popular in the '50s pretty much faded away by the late-'60s and '70s.
Here is an example.
The car in the back is a friend's '66 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham, cream with a black vinyl roof. It does give a two-tone look which many people like.
The car in front of it is belongs to another friend... a '76 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham d'Elegance. Green with a white vinyl top. Again, it also gives a two-tone look.
1) Because they were fugly; 2) because they had durability issues; 3) because they were fugly.
They were on the newer cars, but on the late 60s-late 70s luxury cars they werent ugly. Its all a matter of opinion though, but back then they made a car look more upscale.
Wasn't the vinyl top optional on the Deville? I always believed it was optional on the late 1960s Deville's
Guess it was optional, even on the DeVille, but seems like most were optioned with it.
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I don't know why anyone in their right mind would want a vinyl topped car. Never seen one with age on it that the vinyl looked good and it wasn't rusting through.
I had a 1972 Buick Electra in 2001 with the original vinyl top... it was getting a little haggard on a couple of places, but there was no rust at all under the top.... it had been garaged most of its life though, so I guess that explained that.
Yes, they have alot of benefits and really add class to the 60s/70s luxury cars. Those Cadillacs are beautiful automobiles. That one in the back is really amazing.
That green one looks like it has a really thickly padded vinyl top. This was the d'Elegance isnt it? It really is elegent!
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Originally Posted by Fleet
A vinyl roof does have some benefits.
- The interior of the car is slightly quieter.
- The interior is slightly cooler when parked in the sun on a hot day.
- It allows for a kind of two-tone look. The two-tone look which was very popular in the '50s pretty much faded away by the late-'60s and '70s.
Here is an example.
The car in the back is a friend's '66 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham, cream with a black vinyl roof. It does give a two-tone look which many people like.
The car in front of it is belongs to another friend... a '76 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham d'Elegance. Green with a white vinyl top. Again, it also gives a two-tone look.
Yes, they have alot of benefits and really add class to the 60s/70s luxury cars. Those Cadillacs are beautiful automobiles. That one in the back is really amazing.
Yes, they do look very "proper" on big luxury cars.
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That green one looks like it has a really thickly padded vinyl top. This was the d'Elegance isnt it? It really is elegent!
It is thickly padded. And it is a d'Elegance. It has those thick pillow-type seats inside.
I had a 68 lincoln back in 73 and it had a full vinyl top and never got rust under it. I washed it once a week and put vinyl top treatment on every 3 months. Parents had a 78 lincoln with half vinyl top that was a thick top compared to thin vinyl on 68. I liked the thick better and it was a half top.
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