Shaving vinyl

[packman]

After staring at my ma's CV for a little bit today I have come to the conclusion that I may reattach the chrome crown/strip (I might make some sort of rubber gasket to go underneath to simulate the vinyl) after the car gets painted. I plan on leaving the vinyl off of the car and retaining the crown/strip (it kinda grew on me). That's assuming that it can be reattached.
Packman

[1987LTDmasta]

i did it a,d the damn glue was the biggest PITA to remove. eventually it all got done. you do have to do some bodywork to cover up the unfinished weld on the pillars:

after removing, the crap i had to scrape off:


after removing the crap, revealing the unfinished weld:



no, my car was never red, thats factory primer


you need to sand it down to bare metal before filling:

[interceptor1985]

WoW LTDMasta that car looks amazing like it never had a vinyl top on it at all!

[marquisman]

just its very important to take all the sealer shit out of the splice near the to pof the roof, jus dont put the filler over it! and if your filling holes, dont slap filler in emplug em from inside first or do what i did, used a brazing rod and fileed them in carfully.

[interceptor1985]

Would a torch on a low setting work for taking out that sealer?

[88MercWagon]

Wow, I love those wheels!

And of course, those bodywork shots are of te original GMGT

GMGT was brown?

[marquisman]

nope, thats the origonal GMGT!

[88MercWagon]

Who had the original GMGT?

[1987LTDmasta]

Tom did. that was his '85 GM with 275/60 road huggers in the back. eventually he put an '88-91 nose on it.




he sold it i believe when he joined the air force a few years ago and had to move down to FL. in FL is where he bought the 2nd GMGT that he has today

[boXman]

It was an '83.

[1987LTDmasta]

It was an '83.

thats what i thought, but for some reason the filename says 85

[88MercWagon]

Ah, thanks Epi.

[merkman86]

sorry to go a little off topic here fellas but i like my vinyl top and was wondering... how much is it to get a new one put on, considering i took the old one off myself???

[JumboFriendly]

You'll most likely have to call or go to a shop to get an estimate. Others can tell you what they've paid, but different shops will charge different prices, obviously.

[merkman86]

okay, can anyone give me a rough estimate please.