How To DIY Most Basic Vinyl Landau Top Classic Car Upholstery
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
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Featuring Techniques #539 #24 #148 #55 and #6294
Hello! This is a video about How To DIY install a new basic vinyl Landau top. Similar to repair seat cover upholstery for Chevy truck, Ford truck and Dodge pick up and work truck seats or most cars. No Links in the Description. NOT SPONSORED! For do it yourself beginners.
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Well done Bud!! Great save on the Deck Panel!!☻
Hello 805, Thanks pal! I appreciate you saying so. Please keep liking and watching!
I missed tip #98. That must be where you explained why you put the contact cement around the edges before the rest of it. I'll probably never do one, but I enjoyed watching over your shoulder. Beautiful. Yep, yep, yep.
Hello 1mo, Yep, good "ol Technique #98. Well who knows the future. Say you do, do one. You'll remember you made the comment! Hehe. Please keep liking and watching!
It used popular back in the 80s, at least here in SoCal, to a Phantom Top installed on Mini Trucks and import cars.
Hello Joseph, Funny you should mention that. I was one of the originators for Phantom tops on mini trucks and import cars back in 1984 in Scottsdale Arizona. I also am the originator of auto neon, or now they call it LED underglow. Do you remember HotTops mini truck convertibles? I designed their soft tops. Take a look at that part of my Bio: www.rudolphsupholstery.com/copy-of-rudolph-s-virtual-museum Please keep liking and watching!
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I had no idea that Phantom Tops were your creation.
I'll check out your bio link👍
@@josephmartinez8803 The idea was to make it look like a real convertible with top bows and trim. Not just a top that is installed like a vinyl top. At the time, I did not call them Phantom tops, but that name came later, not by me. But that is what it was. You can see some of my cars in the bio link. Please keep liking and watching!
Another terrific video... Always learn something useful... Cheers from Canada!
Hello Cold in Canada, Thank you for your support! I really do appreciate you so much! Thank you so much for hanging in there with me. Please keep liking and watching!
You make everything look easy. Keep up the good work 👍✌️.
Hello Sisco, Thank you so much for saying so! I really appreciate it. Please keep liking and watching!
Lots of great tips. Thank you.
Hello Dennis, You are so welcome! Thank you so much for saying so. Please keep liking and watching!
Nice save on that back window!
Strange how someone would put a vinyl roof on a Yenko drag car, but hey, it does look really awesome.
Thank you for sharing.
Hello Old, You are so welcome! Thank you for saying so. Well, somebody, somewhere down the line made that decision. Please keep liking and watching!
Awesome car and excellent job on the top Richard. I’d love to know if the top create much drag aerodynamically, it’s not as slick now as the paint was.
I’d love to have heard it running. Another one for your portfolio!
If it were a golf ball or the bottom of a boat, it would help out for sure. Probably not so much on a car. @@clintprice2123
@@clintprice2123 Hello Clint, Thank you so much for saying so! I thought the same thing. The Levant grain is pebbly and rough. Thought a smoother Elk grain would be better and smoother myself. The car did sound awesome. Please keep liking and watching!
Great job! Glad you got the chance to make it right for the owner. It's obvious that the owner really cares about the Camaro, so I wonder what led him astray?
PSA: It's better to tear off a failed vinyl top when a car will sit exposed to the elements. That vinyl will trap moisture and rust out the sheet metal below! Shame, by '65 Coronet's trunk is rusted through because of the vinyl trunk mat. It can be fixed, but what a hassle.
Hello RLT, Thank you so much for saying so. Yep, a dry brittle vinyl top will let the moisture get in. Please keep liking and watching!
Impressed every time! Thanks
Hello Tom, Thank you so much for saying so! Thanks for hanging in there with me. Please keep liking and watching!
An other one is done Richard!!😃
Hello Summer, Yep, another one in the books! Please keep liking and watching!
What a pro! I am always impressed as to how smooth you get that vinyl with the stretching. One question though. Understood that no sanding is needed, but do you use any kind of wax remover or the like? Thank you!
Dan
Hello Dan, You are so welcome, Thanks! I am so glad you liked it. I have never used a wax remover in 44 years. That contact adhesive is very very strong and will not separate from the paint. Please keep liking and watching!
Nicely done sir!
Hello Tim, Thank you so much for saying so! I really appreciate it. Please keep liking and watching!
Love these videos. 2 questions: the windows don’t need to come out then ? You can tuck and glue it behind the clips? 2) it seems I have some bumps and lumps on one roof line, I need to put fuller in and make the surfaces smooth correct?
Hello Sea, Thank you so much for saying so. Some early cars with a rubber gasket windshield can be removed. Cars with chrome strips can remove the chrome. I have glued behind the chrome strips to anchor the edges. Sometimes body work is necessary. Please keep liking and watching!
Nicely done my friend 👍😁
Hello Dave, Thank you so much my friend. Please keep liking and watching!
Yenko!!!
Yeppers, you got it! Please keep liking and watching!
Beautiful job.
Hello Adrian, Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it. Please keep liking and watching!
This was a very informative video. One question, what glue did you use on the seam when you repositioned the lower band? We're in the grips of winter here so I will have to wait to do my car. Thanks Richard see you next time.
Hello Little, Thank you so much for saying so! One answer for your one question... Good 'Ol Super glue. Please keep liking and watching!
@@oldschoolautoupholstery Do you use the super glue simply for convenience, is there any reason not to use the contact cement you used for the top? I’m about to do one of these just like this for the first time.
@@78heloman Hello 78, Contact adhesive does not cure hard. Super Glue literally welds the vinyl together. Please keep liking and watching!
I always thought that a Landau top meant that the vinyl covers only the C pillars and rearmost portion of the roof panel.
Is the '69 Camaro considered a Landau top because the vinyl does not reach or cover the side drip-rails and A pillars??
1970-'72 Monte Carlos are the same way.
Hello Dan, What you just described was a landaulette. Most rear convertible tops originated in the 1920's in chauffer driven cars. Just Google Landau vinyl top you will see that Landau is just another word for vinyl referring to automobiles. Please keep liking and watching!
Hi Thanks for the informative information..I am starting to do 1940'S type Carson top on my 1941 Cadillac convert.Have you ever padded and covered a Carson top project over a frame for a Carson top Thank You
Hello Avro, You are so welcome! Oh yea. I did my first of many Carson tops about four decades ago. Please keep liking and watching!
@@oldschoolautoupholstery do have a video on applying padding getting it even and covering the Carson top
@@avro5395 Hello Avro, Padded top customers are very rare these days. The last time I did one was before I had a TH-cam channel. Basically, think of it as doing bodywork. Make sure the shape is right before it is covered. Have you ever seen bad bodywork under new paint? Yea, kind of looks like that. Hehe. Please keep liking and watching!
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Hello Ny, Nah, just sped up 300 times. Hehe Please keep liking and watching!
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@@nyquistsenior2634 Hello Ny, Right On! Right on.
Muy chingón mi amigo 💪🏻🙏🏻
Hola Eddie, ¡muchas gracias por decirlo! Realmente lo aprecio. ¡Sigue dándole me gusta y mirando!
I can't imagine them doing this on an assembly line...
Hello Kq, I guess someone had to do it. Please keep liking and watching!
How do you mark for emblems holes that are covered under vinyl?
Hello John, You can usually "Feel" where the holes are underneath the vinyl. I take a scratch all and punch the hole through. Please keep liking and watching!
Hi I'm trying to get the nerve to do the vinyl top my self question about the glue can apply the glue with a brush ?
Hello Julian, Sure you can use a brush. However a brush will take a very long time to apply to both the metal and vinyl. Please keep liking and watching!
Can a vinyl top be put on a car that’s never had one on it?, special trim needed? Make a video if you can?
Hello Randell, Sure you could put a vinyl top on any car. You would need some trim though for the edges. I would make that video if I ever got that customer. Please keep liking and watching!
@@oldschoolautoupholsterythank you so much.
@@Randellallen65 Hello Randell, you are so welcome! Please keep liking and watching!
Got a black suv water spits on roof is there a cover or wrap i could use ir can i put truck bed liner on it
Hello Mark, I think there are many different things you can put on a roof. Landau vinyl is just one of them. Please keep liking and watching!
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Hello Martell, I am a proud resident of East Texas! Please keep liking and watching!
@@oldschoolautoupholstery how can I contact you I need my vinyl top re wrapped on a 84’ 88 Oldsmobile delta 4dr
@@martellhawthornejr1256 Hello Martell, Sorry to say that If you are not near me, I cannot help you. I only do work for the locals as they keep me very busy. Please keep liking and watching!
I noticed you’re using a little bottle of gorilla glue.
Hello User, Yep, but Shhhh! I am not sponsored, Hehe Please keep liking and watching!
Everything was A1 until you got to the very end of the video and edited out the last of it
Hello Van, That's the thing about making a video of my work. Sometimes I work in cruise control and maybe some things might not get taped. Sorry. Please keep liking and watching!
Technique No.1 - Take it to somebody who knows what he’s doing!
Hello Deep, Your technique should be a very low number because it is so important. Really, technique #1 is to always move forward and never go backward. Please keep liking and watching!
Id rather learn to do stuff other than waste my time.
@@Sebi076 Hello Sebi. Excellent answer! From now till the end, we are constantly learning. Making mistakes and not making them again. Spending time on something that will improve yours and the lives of your family. Please keep liking and watching!
@@oldschoolautoupholstery thanks, i have a 1978 Lincoln Mark V that I am restoring. I have been watching your teaching videos closely. I'm planning on adding a new vinyl top to mine.
@@Sebi076 Hello Sebi, You are so welcome! I think you will do just fine with your 1978 Lincoln. I was working on those cars when they were still pretty new. Please keep liking and watching!