Re: Caribbean Hardtop Vinyl Roof Material
Posted by BH On 2007/6/13 22:15:25
Joel -
The sample of material arrived in today's mail. It is even more telling than the pic. The original vinyl covering on the Caribbean Hardtop must have been a real thing of beauty - nothing I have seen on other Hardtops comes close.
While the grain of the material currently installed on my Hardtop shares some similarity, it is much larger/coarse - clearly not authentic (including the underpadding).
While I feel better about displaying the car with its current leather-grained top, I do intend as part of the "rolling restoration" of this car.
With this sample, perhaps I can find a closer match, and will report back here when I do.
The sample of material arrived in today's mail. It is even more telling than the pic. The original vinyl covering on the Caribbean Hardtop must have been a real thing of beauty - nothing I have seen on other Hardtops comes close.
While the grain of the material currently installed on my Hardtop shares some similarity, it is much larger/coarse - clearly not authentic (including the underpadding).
While I feel better about displaying the car with its current leather-grained top, I do intend as part of the "rolling restoration" of this car.
With this sample, perhaps I can find a closer match, and will report back here when I do.
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