1970 BH Barracuda, car did not come with a vinyl top.

But I think I want one, black vinyl top would look good on F8 Ivy Green car.

Just wondering if it might affect the value of the car down the road, other things
will be changed as well so car won't original anyway, original Slant-6 / 904 / 7 1/4.

Do people tend to like vinyl tops, or is this a totally pointless question ?

Personally I'm not a big fan of vinyl tops on anything, the majority of E bodies seemed to have been equipped with them, IMHO if your going to do a vinyl roof it should make a "statement", like a ModTop or Gator grain, or bold color, to be "worthy"

Mike

For me personally, depends A LOT on the body color.
IMO gator grain tops are ugly as sin.
ModTop needs to be either dark green or yellow body.

Otherwise I am open to them either with or without

EXCEPT, a buddy of mine has a B7 blue 1969 Satellite with blue mod top, YUCK, no thanks

Looked at a pale yellow 1969 Barracuda a few years ago with yellow modtop and all white interior and that car looked KILLER. I gave some serious thoughts to own that one

I wasn't the biggest fan of them but like others have stated... it really depends on the exterior color. I think F8 would be a good candidate for a black top. Here's a before (2016) and after (2020) pic of my car with the added vinyl top, I think it made an improvement.

It has lasted this long with the /6, column shift and extra cost bench seat, so why change it now?

There are already more than enough customized cars in the world.

Most cars to my eye look better with less distracting decoration, including vinyl tops, but it's not my car.
I can tell you this: at one time I had an F8, green VT, green interior Road Runner, though the top was pretty tired.
Before I replaced it, I dyed the top black and looked at it that way for awhile.
It got a new green top, as that just looked better to me - more consistent colors - and was its original spec.

If I came across a car like the OP, I'd leave the body & interior appearance original, and probably not change anything else that wasn't bolt-on & returnable to OEM.
But again, not my car.

Hey guys,
When I got the car, all the sheet metal replacement was done, and quite a bit. BUT, it's just a sad empty shell.
Rolling, no motor/tranny, and not a lot else. Interior empty.
I assume it was a bench seat, H4X9 trim, column shift.
I can tell you it's not getting a Slant-6. But I'm keeping the color scheme green/black. The black vinyl roof would
just be another choice, upgrade ? I don't know if upgrade is the right word.
I don't think I hate the bench seat.

BTW, Orangewagon, I think orange and black do go together !

Don't even think smblk, go straight to RB/440-426 power

76orangewagon, it looks great in the first photo, but it looks awesome in the second photo. Love the changes you made

I have a 68 Dart that is B5 and has some black accents already. I think it would look good with a black vinyl top.

Many people think vinyl tops = rust so that can be a negative.

Factory installed, yes.... the factory very rarely put any paint on the roof, primer and some overspray of color, which you still see some restorers doing because they don't want to waste the paint, It's only a matter of time before moisture gets under the vinyl and eventually the primer, most think a vinyl roof "seals off" the roof from the elements, not so....

when I paint a vinyl top car, the roof gets the same coverage of paint as the body regardless of paint type or costs

Agree 100%.

If you add a vinyl top to a car you should take pictures to prove the roof is great shape before the top goes on that way that question is eliminated to whomever buys the car down the road.

Another thing to consider is to do a painted top in a different color instead of the vinyl top. Probably easier as well.

I looked at that same car. It was a very nice car.

I don't know but sometimes some cars with the right color and other trim look okay with the right color vinyl roof, just me. My GTX but again just me.

A12, Perfect wheels !

Like A12 said, depends on color, etc . . . on my car, it was original, and I put it back to that . . . I sure noticed a change once the top was on it ! Also putting the accent stripe back on . . .to me that sure changed the look, breaking up an awful lot of purple !!

Not sure why you are worried about the value of adding a vinyl top.

Its a slant six car, it's never going to be worth what you put into it compared to one of the more sought after factory combos.

If you are buildng it for yourself, build it like you want it, not how someone else wants it If you are building it to make money on selling, then it really doesn't matter because, imo, adding a vinyl roof does nothing for the value and I sure wouldn't pay extra for one and if you got your money back on the asking price you probably won.

If you aren't going to restore it then just build it the way you like it My Savoy was a slant 6, 3 on the tree, with the only options being a heater Every time I make a change to it I know I'm adding something to make it safer or faster
I say go for the vinyl top

Gus

I liked the ones I had on my E's better than my non top E's

The one on the 1973 Dart Sport 340