Re: 1955 Caribbean Convertable top
Posted by Leeedy On 2014/4/18 9:03:59
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Owen_Dyneto wrote:
These stainless strips are almost always missing these days. If yours is missing and you cannot find another, then your only viable choice left is to use a trim piece known as a "Wire-on."
Mine was missing when I bought the car but at least as of 10 years ago this stainless strip was available as a repro item from Max Merritt.
Ahhh. Good to know these have been repopped. I presume that both the inner channel was also reproduced as well as the outer stainless trim?
Anyway, a bit more about the inner channel that retains the stainless rear bow trim... The original inner channel was steel and these today are usually very russssssty! If yours is russsty and it has not been repopped, these can be pretty nasty and gnarly to reinstall on a nice new top. Instead, I recommend using extruded aluminum channel that is widely available and similar in size and shape to the old steel channel underpiece retainer. It wont rust, either. However, if you have the original steel channel and it is not badly corroded, you may be able to save it and reinstall. I recommend either zinc coating it (after a thorough cleaning) or a powder coat in silver gray.
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