You ask if it was hard. Not for me.

Yep, staples 1/4x1.

You ask how much it cost. I have no idea. I did mine myself.

It was a 69 Chevelle SS.

Troy



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66 Elcamino 350/all dz parts,ac,windows,loaded,my driver
69 SS Chevelle BB conv.fresh frame off
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I did my own too....62 Pontiac. $350 for the top, 10 years ago. Probably more today. Tack it in, stretching the top was the hardest part.

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Glad to hear some people did it themselves...
I knew it wasn't rocket science!

I did it myself (never before). You definitely need to do you're homework though. There's a reason the shops charge a grand for it. Plan on it being one of the hardest things you done yourself. I just used a electric staple gun that you buy at Lowes for about $20 bucks and it worked good. Read all you can about the installation, get factory body manual for you're car and read it. The DIY website has a piece on redoing a top on a old T-bird thats interesting. Also the book "How to Restore You're Collector Car" has some good information too. Im not sure about your car but mine has that floating rear bow thats been talked about. On mine it sucked because I didn't have the old top on to use as a guide. And when I didn't get the wrinkles out of the quarters I had to take everything apart to tighten it up (since it all fastens together at the rear tack strip, the Well Liner, Window Curtain and Top) It took me three times to get mine good. In the end The Job wore my *** out. But Im glad I did it myself. Look at it this way "You can screw up 3 tops before you're at the price the shop charge" Look at my top here: http://www.geocities.com/twagor/


Good Luck and let us know how it all works out
Tim
1971 Cutlass Convertible
http://www.geocities.com/twagor/

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trying to get a drop top done for a regal.. between 82 and 87.. can anyone give me sum info.??? can it be done?? lmk thanx in adavance .....

Didn't know that tere was an 80s Regal ragtop......Got some pictures?

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I bet he is wanting to convert his coupe into a convertible, i get these calls alot. And as far as i know, there are no kits, write ups, or instructions on how to do one correctly.

Don't be a sissy!
Later,
WEIMER