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WARP TEN · 06-19-2014

I actually got a transparent top from Melrose T-Tops (815-758-2783) or www.melrosecorvette.com. I am happy with it--just like the original. I presume he sells painted ones (or ones for painting). You might call Dave and ask what he would charge for one including shipping, and or whether he had any advice for you on shipping. Since I live fairly close to them I was a able to go down and pick it up and got a discount for doing so. I got mine because the one that came with my 2-top car was a Lexan replacement and was delaminating. He said that is common for those tops. Original tops are not Lexan. Note that original top frames came with the car's VIN on them so you may get one with a different VIN or none at all if it is a replacement frame. Mine has no VIN (nor did the one I got with the car) and it is illegal to either remove, change or add a VIN to anything. --Bob

06-19-2014	#16
WARP TEN Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lake Bluff, IL Posts: 2,095	Re: Painted Top Questions I actually got a transparent top from Melrose T-Tops (815-758-2783) or www.melrosecorvette.com. I am happy with it--just like the original. I presume he sells painted ones (or ones for painting). You might call Dave and ask what he would charge for one including shipping, and or whether he had any advice for you on shipping. Since I live fairly close to them I was a able to go down and pick it up and got a discount for doing so. I got mine because the one that came with my 2-top car was a Lexan replacement and was delaminating. He said that is common for those tops. Original tops are not Lexan. Note that original top frames came with the car's VIN on them so you may get one with a different VIN or none at all if it is a replacement frame. Mine has no VIN (nor did the one I got with the car) and it is illegal to either remove, change or add a VIN to anything. --Bob __________________ 2016 Long Beach Red Z06 #10281 "POPS Z" 1995 Polo Green #409 "WARP TEN"--Haibeck 350/510 package, 4.10s, Hurst, Stock Exhaust with QTP Cutouts --Sold but still running strong 1993 Quasar Blue #161 "HIL KING" --Sold but still running strong, now with more than 120,000 miles 1967 Marlboro Maroon/Saddle Corvette Coupe 300 hp/4-spd --Sold a long time ago ZR-1 Net Registry Founding Member #95 NCM Lifetime Member Favorite Quote--Attributed to Mickey Thompson: "Too Much Horsepower is Almost Enough"