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TheNewEra95 Amateur
Name : Zach Location : Ontario Joined : 2010-03-18 Post Count : 47 Merit : 1
| Subject: Vinyl top? Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:27 pm | |
| Hey guys, I've been looking around for a long time now and not once have I found a Riviera with a Vinyl top like mine has(with a moon roof)....Im starting to think it was custom made maybe? or its just extremely rare?....help? lol thanks | |
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Rickw Guru
Name : Rick Location : Lancaster, MA Joined : 2008-09-13 Post Count : 6282 Merit : 119
| Subject: Re: Vinyl top? Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:29 pm | |
| Custom only, as far as i know. Was not an option from the factory. | |
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TheNewEra95 Amateur
Name : Zach Location : Ontario Joined : 2010-03-18 Post Count : 47 Merit : 1
| Subject: Re: Vinyl top? Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:32 pm | |
| Really? Wow...thats cool! there's pics of it here http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3843736/1
must of been hard to make?! | |
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Abaddon Expert
Name : Scott Location : Macomb, Michigan Joined : 2010-02-24 Post Count : 4316 Merit : 185
| Subject: Re: Vinyl top? Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:19 pm | |
| Nope, never offered from the factory. It's aftermarket. LOL saw a Grand Prix with a vinyl top on it the other day....looked as queer as a $3 bill. | |
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Jack the R Master
Joined : 2007-01-16 Post Count : 8074 Merit : 105
| Subject: Re: Vinyl top? Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:18 pm | |
| Yeah, you would definitely not see that kind of top on any factory car since the early 90's at least. It's more of a seventies and eighties thing which some people insist on keeping around. IIRC GM banned it's dealerships from adding vinyl tops to the CTS for fear it would damage the image of the car. Nice little profit maker for the dealer, gives them an excuse to jack up the price on people who don't know any better. | |
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robotennis61 Guru
Name : robotennis Age : 63 Location : las vegas Joined : 2007-12-17 Post Count : 5562 Merit : 143
| Subject: Re: Vinyl top? Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:23 pm | |
| there are one or 2 in town. both look out of place on the riv. | |
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TheNewEra95 Amateur
Name : Zach Location : Ontario Joined : 2010-03-18 Post Count : 47 Merit : 1
| Subject: Re: Vinyl top? Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:48 pm | |
| - Abaddon wrote:
- Nope, never offered from the factory. It's aftermarket. LOL saw a Grand Prix with a vinyl top on it the other day....looked as queer as a $3 bill.
lmfao! yah grandprixs would look dumb as hell with it, I actually dont mind it on mine, looks decent | |
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Eldo Expert
Name : Mark Age : 60 Location : West Salem, Oregon... FINALLY Joined : 2009-04-09 Post Count : 3176 Merit : 104
| Subject: Re: Vinyl top? Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:25 pm | |
| Yes, it was probably dealer-installed. Technically it's not a "vinyl top", like the RPO stickers referred to, but rather something that GM or Ford called a "Carriage Roof" option - a faux convertible top, as opposed to a full vinyl or padded landau top...
It was probably Ford that coined the term, because the earliest example I can think of was on the Lincoln Mark V, before it ever appeared on early 80's Eldorados. | |
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albertj Master
Name : Location : Finger Lakes of New York State Joined : 2007-05-31 Post Count : 8688 Merit : 181
| Subject: Re: Vinyl top? Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:19 pm | |
| I wonder what became of the handful of G-body Rivs that were converted into true convertibles by that outfit in Florida?
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Rickw Guru
Name : Rick Location : Lancaster, MA Joined : 2008-09-13 Post Count : 6282 Merit : 119
| Subject: Re: Vinyl top? Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:26 pm | |
| Didn't we have a guy post on here not too long ago that had one of them.? And I remember the pic of his plus a pic he provided of a couple more during a meet. | |
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Rickw Guru
Name : Rick Location : Lancaster, MA Joined : 2008-09-13 Post Count : 6282 Merit : 119
| Subject: Re: Vinyl top? Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:01 am | |
| - TheNewEra95 wrote:
- Really? Wow...thats cool! there's pics of it here http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3843736/1
must of been hard to make?! Do you mind me asking where from up North you are.? | |
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Eldo Expert
Name : Mark Age : 60 Location : West Salem, Oregon... FINALLY Joined : 2009-04-09 Post Count : 3176 Merit : 104
| Subject: Re: Vinyl top? Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:59 am | |
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Jack the R Master
Joined : 2007-01-16 Post Count : 8074 Merit : 105
| Subject: Re: Vinyl top? Sun Mar 21, 2010 4:19 am | |
| Are the fake convertible tops easily removed, or are they bolted down? | |
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robotennis61 Guru
Name : robotennis Age : 63 Location : las vegas Joined : 2007-12-17 Post Count : 5562 Merit : 143
| Subject: Re: Vinyl top? Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:33 am | |
| from what i can tell the vinyl is glued on and the chrome trim piece is bolted to the body | |
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VJD2 Fanatic
Name : Vinny Location : Connecticut Joined : 2010-02-21 Post Count : 310 Merit : 5
| Subject: Re: Vinyl top? Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:28 am | |
| There is actually one for sale with that top on it in the next town over.
Light blue with dark blue top....not my cup of tea. | |
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TheNewEra95 Amateur
Name : Zach Location : Ontario Joined : 2010-03-18 Post Count : 47 Merit : 1
| Subject: Re: Vinyl top? Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:09 pm | |
| - Rickw wrote:
- TheNewEra95 wrote:
- Really? Wow...thats cool! there's pics of it here http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3843736/1
must of been hard to make?! Do you mind me asking where from up North you are.? Rick, Im located just across the border from sault michigan, Sault ontario. | |
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moldymac Fanatic
Name : David Age : 40 Location : CT Joined : 2010-01-22 Post Count : 289 Merit : 19
| Subject: Re: Vinyl top? Fri Apr 09, 2010 10:02 pm | |
| Oh god, not vinyl roofs! Old people won't stop ruining cars with those. As you can tell, I hate them. I think the ugliest vinyl roof car I ever saw was a 2002 dodge stratus, ugh! | |
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riv_div Amateur
Name : curtbasket Joined : 2011-04-16 Post Count : 23 Merit : 0
| Subject: vinyl top Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:11 pm | |
| thats crazy i jus bought a 95 s/c riv the same color with the same top lol.....wow!! | |
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