Originally Posted by
that_guy_zach
I would contact several shops and see what they have to offer. Rear window replacements that I have seen on vinyl top cars never come out looking good, even when the "Pros" do it. I wish you the best on getting it taken care of.
Hence why I have a good mind to do everything myself. Just like with bicycles, anything can be re-done to look factory - but only if you have the ambition and desire to do it that way.
That said, I know I can get a replacement vinyl top - pre-cut, correct grain - from SMS Auto Fabrics in Oregon:
Originally Posted by
that_guy_zach
Have you thought about pulling the top off and repainting the roof? Those things are traps for rust. ( Keep in mind Im not sure what car this is)
No way, Jose - but while the top is up, there are two rust spots that I will take care of - one is visible in photo #1 - between the trunk and the roof - second is under the left of the top, under one of the opera windows.
It's a '79 Continental:
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Originally Posted by
sailorbenjamin
That's probably not one of the ones where you insert the window from the inside, huh?
Good question; I have no idea. I do know the inside is lined with sticky tar, and a plastic frame goes around that. The rear window treatment also differs between the Continentals with a full-vinyl roof, and a half-vinyl (such as the example above):
Full-vinyl: Chrome trim, thin top:
Half-vinyl: Thick vinyl cover w/no chrome trim:
Originally Posted by
Chombi
There must have been a flaw in the glass since you got that car and it finally blew out on you when some sort of temperature differential somehow happened with the screen being warm and cold hitting it (moisture, fog??) This happened to a van my dad owned in the 80's. same thing. parked it at the end of a work day and found the rear glass all shattered the next day without any evidence of impact. A security guard was watching the cars all night. Find out what your insurance will do for you. Most of them are very helpful with windscreen reapirs and they usually try to minimize or avoid passing costs to glazing damage to the owner just for general safety reasons (they don't want their clients driving around with cracked up galzing......but this might apply most to the front windscreen glass though....
Sounds like what the fellow with the '62 described.
Will look into that.
-Kurt