just a question when i was a teenager my first car was a 67 butternut yellow with a black vinyl look roof only it was like a rino gaurd type of material has any one ever seen this before cause i have never seen another one like it .
chader said
Jun 1, 2012
Can't say I have all thought I have seen the roof painted a different color with the trim
NOS said
Jun 1, 2012
Jshields wrote:
just a question when i was a teenager my first car was a 67 butternut yellow with a black vinyl look roof only it was like a rino gaurd type of material has any one ever seen this before cause i have never seen another one like it .
this was another way the after market came to the rescue with a cheaper look alike ?? vinly roof. Quite often applied by the used car dealer
Dale @ NOS
4SPEED427 said
Jun 1, 2012
My 66 Nova SS was a factory two tone car but someone had "stipled" the roof on it!
CdnGMfan said
Jun 1, 2012
When vinyl roof covers were a new thing on the market in the early 1960s, the aftermarket offered a spray on lookalike. Dealers were happy to do it.
Ford offered a black wrinkle 2-toned roof on the pickups in the late 1960s into the early 1970s that mimicked the vinyl top look. I remember seeing them new but haven't seen one in decades.
beaumontguru said
Jun 1, 2012
I have seen it quite often on canadian cars, mainly 66ish models
JC2+2 said
Jun 1, 2012
That stuff must very hard to remove for a restro.
cheetah 427 said
Jun 1, 2012
i have a 67 custom beaumont 2dht with a rock gaurd looking top it has these rubber belts under the sprayed paint to simulate the stiching seems running front to back from about 8" in from the drip rail, it has the chrome stips around the lower b piller that look stock untill you take the chrome off and the clips are screwed on ,
Jshields said
Jun 1, 2012
mine must have been the cheap version (no simulated seams) that car started my wifes (girl friend at the time ) love of cars she actually spent a week at my dads shop sanding and working on it while i was on a fishing trip at 17 or 18 years old i new i had a keeper .we now own another 67 beaumont and a 67 chevelle and both she couldnt get me to buy quick enough . god i wish i could find that first one (car ) still got the wife.
poncho62 said
Jun 1, 2012
It was common way back........Usually covered rust
Jshields said
Jun 1, 2012
I had a vinyl top put over it and it looked great 3years later when i sold it.
427carl said
Jun 1, 2012
I put a black top on my car
so the Police can't spot it at night
when I run a load of Shine
67custom said
Jun 2, 2012
Back in 1967 when I had my 67 Beaumont 327 4 sp bench seat car, that is when the product came out
Our Body Man wanted to do one so seeing as my car was in the body shop we painted an imitation vinyl roof on it, there were many colors available and we painted it a light blue and being a custom we also painted it the same color in between the two moldings, was kind of cool, the only one like it.
My only regret is I don't have a picture of it.
Roger ask Ray he might remember.
Jshields said
Jun 2, 2012
Hi Gerry my first 67 looked just like the one in your picture when when my father gave it to me and said if you pay to fix it you can have it i had a body shop teacher help me skin the rear quarters and painted it red put the vinyl top over the stuko and had chrome reverse wheels with white letter tires. the trunk rusted out the summer i got married and i sold it .the kids dad got it fixed for 200. and i still regret selling it today. iam fortunate to have a hand painted picture of it done by a very well known canadian artist(Clause verboone) that delt with my dad and needed some work done so we did a trade its a cool reminder .
Pontiacanada said
Jun 2, 2012
CdnGMfan wrote:
When vinyl roof covers were a new thing on the market in the early 1960s, the aftermarket offered a spray on lookalike.
Just like that spray on "hair" (as seen on TV) to cover bald spots.
Jshields said
Jun 3, 2012
i wish the spray on hair looked as good i would not only own stock but be a client.
Duggie said
Jun 9, 2012
My 67 Beaumont was originally purchased as butternut yellow and a dealer optioned black krinkle painted roof.
just a question when i was a teenager my first car was a 67 butternut yellow with a black vinyl look roof only it was like a rino gaurd type of material has any one ever seen this before cause i have never seen another one like it .
this was another way the after market came to the rescue with a cheaper look alike ?? vinly roof. Quite often applied by the used car dealer
Dale @ NOS
When vinyl roof covers were a new thing on the market in the early 1960s, the aftermarket offered a spray on lookalike. Dealers were happy to do it.
Ford offered a black wrinkle 2-toned roof on the pickups in the late 1960s into the early 1970s that mimicked the vinyl top look. I remember seeing them new but haven't seen one in decades.
I have seen it quite often on canadian cars, mainly 66ish models
That stuff must very hard to remove for a restro.
mine must have been the cheap version (no simulated seams) that car started my wifes (girl friend at the time ) love of cars she actually spent a week at my dads shop sanding and working on it while i was on a fishing trip at 17 or 18 years old i new i had a keeper .we now own another 67 beaumont and a 67 chevelle and both she couldnt get me to buy quick enough . god i wish i could find that first one (car ) still got the wife.
I had a vinyl top put over it and it looked great 3years later when i sold it.
I put a black top on my car
so the Police can't spot it at night
when I run a load of Shine
Our Body Man wanted to do one so seeing as my car was in the body shop we painted an imitation
vinyl roof on it, there were many colors available and we painted it a light blue and being a custom
we also painted it the same color in between the two moldings, was kind of cool, the only one like it.
My only regret is I don't have a picture of it.
Roger ask Ray he might remember.
Hi Gerry my first 67 looked just like the one in your picture when when my father gave it to me and said if you pay to fix it you can have it i had a body shop teacher help me skin the rear quarters and painted it red put the vinyl top over the stuko and had chrome reverse wheels with white letter tires. the trunk rusted out the summer i got married and i sold it .the kids dad got it fixed for 200. and i still regret selling it today. iam fortunate to have a hand painted picture of it done by a very well known canadian artist(Clause verboone) that delt with my dad and needed some work done so we did a trade its a cool reminder .
Just like that spray on "hair" (as seen on TV) to cover bald spots.
i wish the spray on hair looked as good i would not only own stock but be a client.
My 67 Beaumont was originally purchased as butternut yellow and a dealer optioned black krinkle painted roof.