Vinyl top?

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

Custom only, as far as i know. Was not an option from the factory.

Really? Wow...thats cool! there's pics of it here http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3843736/1

must of been hard to make?!

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.

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.

there are one or 2 in town. both look out of place on the riv.

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

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.

I wonder what became of the handful of G-body Rivs that were converted into true convertibles by that outfit in Florida?

Albertj

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.

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.?

Are the fake convertible tops easily removed, or are they bolted down?

from what i can tell the vinyl is glued on and the chrome trim piece is bolted to the body

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.

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.

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!

thats crazy i jus bought a 95 s/c riv the same color with the same top lol.....wow!!