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[DanEC]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Dan, what does a convertible top installation shop estimate their cost would be? Personally, I'd rather pull the transmission and rebuild it on the kitchen table rather than have to fit the top.

Patrick - I'm not sure. I'm kind of a do it yourself-type guy. Try anything once unless the cost of specialized tools is just plain prohibitive. I've rebuilt seats and re-upholstered them. I hate to take a car to anyone and leave it - you never know what will happen to it. Also, custom upholstery work in my neck of the woods has gotten ridiculous. In my car club there are many stories in recent years of cars sitting untouched at an upholstery shop for 6, 8, 10 months before they get to the work. They all seem to be like this around here - custom work is set aside while they do profitable small repairs on new and used cars for dealers. I know of one guy who left his car at a paint and body shop for about 4 years. The guy worked on it off and on but I would drive by and see it sitting outside in the weather. Before he got it back rust started blooming out again and they had to strip the car back down and start over. Then he noticed that nice original parts on the car seemed to be deteriorating - he suspected a worker was stripping parts off the car and Ebay'ing them and replacing them with junk parts from the salvage yard.

I will tackle the top myself. And I promise I'll read ERA's instructions.

Dan