'66 Barracuda Form. S 4spd. orig. 68K

zhandfull said

Still have the mauve car. I'm getting in deep with with a motor rebuild. lol...

Does your white car still have the vinyl top on it? The mauve car had one but it's mostly gone and I'm wondering how the factory seams ran or if it even had any on the top.

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The vinyl top on my car is completely gone....but all vinyl top related chrome is still intact. I don't know if there were seams on the early Barracuda vinyl tops. My guess would be no, but just a guess.

While I am not a fan of vinyl tops on early Barracudas, I probably will replace it sometime in the future.....white vinyl on white body is looks better than black vinyl top on white body color..IMO. I would love to retain the car's originality as much as possible.

Unfortunately, the biggest obstacle will be finding the correct windshield gasket. Vinyl top cars had a specify/different gasket which had a 1/4" lip molded into the gasket that covered the edge of the vinyl top around the top of the windshield and pillar post. Nooooooooooo body reproduces this gasket.So, unless you can save the original windshield gasket, reinstalling the vinyl top may be a mute point.
Pat