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2. Vinyl roof - Wikipedia

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   Sales were low, but the Eldorado Seville with its vinyl roof was produced until 1960. [3] Ford followed a few years later with a vinyl roof option on the 1962 Ford Thunderbird that also re-introduced landau bars as a styling element. The vinyl covering proved popular, and some form of vinyl trim would be seen on Thunderbird roofs for the next ...

3. Aro Manufacturing Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co.

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   The specific controversy in Aro concerned the replacement of a fabric top portion of an automobile convertible roof assembly. After some years, the tops became torn or discolored, often as a result of bird droppings, [3] and owners wished to replace the cloth part without buying an entire new convertible top assembly. [4]

4. Everflex - Wikipedia

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   Everflex is a British fabric used as a roof covering on cars, and is a type of vinyl roof. Everflex was used on both hardtops and convertibles. Its usage was popular from the 1960s to the 1980s [1] on luxury cars. [2] Though its popularity has greatly decreased for new vehicles, it is still manufactured as a material used to restore vehicles.

5. Chopping and channeling - Wikipedia

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   Chopping a car, known more fully as "chopping the top," goes back to the early days of hot rodding and is an attempt to reduce the frontal profile of a car and increase its speed potential. To chop a roof, a shop cuts down the pillars and windows, lowering the overall roofline.

6. Hardtop - Wikipedia

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   The car was designed to have a convertible look and padded nylon or cotton was applied over the roof contributing to the soft-top appearance. [ 24 ] Two-door hardtops became popular with consumers in the 1950s, while the two-door sedan body design fell out of favor among buyers.

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8. Retractable hardtop - Wikipedia

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   It allowed unimpeded use of the rumble seat even with the top down. [5] The design was not put into production. [6] 1931 Georges Paulin made his idea public by applying for a patent on a detachable hard roof design that could ultimately be moved and stowed automatically in a car's rear luggage compartment, under a reverse-hinged rear-deck lid. [7]

9. Automobile roof - Wikipedia

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   An automobile roof or car top is the portion of an automobile that sits above the passenger compartment, protecting the vehicle occupants from sun, wind, rain, and other external elements. Because the earliest automobiles were designed in an era of horse-drawn carriages , early automobile roofs used similar materials and designs.