Pininfarina Hardtop restoration progress - complete!

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azruss
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The issue i had with my top is it put wear on the rag top where is touches along the back. I started taking the rag top off during the winter.
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narfire wrote:Very nicely done, good simple ideas that work.
..... now have you taken it to a car wash for the ultimate test :wink:
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You kidding me? Take my baby to a car wash? Not a chance. The reality is that I live in California and rarely if ever drive the car on a day when a hard top would even be useful. I spent hours diagnosing and fixing my windshield wipers last year, realizing I really never drive the car in the rain anyway. But just in case....

It was more about wanting to have it, if I ever wanted/needed to use one. I know, kind of lame, but when you've got the itch for a project, hard to stop scratching.
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azruss wrote:The issue i had with my top is it put wear on the rag top where is touches along the back. I started taking the rag top off during the winter.
use clear tape on the body when you need to use it.
when you do everything correct people arent sure youve done anything at all (futurama)
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I have the same top with chrome mouldings all original, and then one day someone for some reason broke the big window in the back, when I was searching for a reasonable priced glass replacement I realized how heavy the glass was, and how expensive it was, so I was thinking doing lexan window. Anyway, I made some modification on the top, added 2 pillars, and install the windows, I like this look better. BTW, for someone's talking about using Acrylic Sheet, no I don't think you can, it will crack.
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lexan would be a suitable replacement, i have one of those tops as well, granted my glass is still good. im in the process of removing the covering and smooting the fiberglass for paint
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A friend of mine in Oklahoma broke the rear window, so he had a plastics shop make one. They even bent it for him, so he just had to install it.
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