Re: bright drip rail molding with a vinyl roof question
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Re: bright drip rail molding with a vinyl roof question
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Re: bright drip rail molding with a vinyl roof question
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Yes, that is right.
I was thinking the mldgs were vinyl top specific are they not( I don't have a parts book here handy to ck )
Bill I need to compare the molding I took off to the molding that I'm trying to get on....pretty sure the molding I'm trying to put on came off of a non-vinyl roof car and I spent several hours last night buffing the cr@p out of it and it sure looks nice, maybe all for nothing........but if it is specific then you stopped me from screwing up the vinyl roof  
MikeR
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Re: bright drip rail molding with a vinyl roof question
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IMHO you have too much material on the drip edge, on a vinyl roof install, I trim the material off right at the peak of the drip edge, leaving nothing on the face of the gutter channel, this leaves enough for the back edge of the moulding to bite the material, and allow the moulding to "snap" over the gutter edge,.....I've never had an issue with installing vinyl tops on A,B, or E bodies using mouldings from vinyl or non vinyl equipped cars
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Re: bright drip rail molding with a vinyl roof question
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I'm with Mike on this one...I've never seen anybody wrap the vinyl around the drip rail like that before, mind you...I've been stuck in E Body land for the last 6 years 
Well that was the original question; if the vinyl material wrapped around or was on the top and outside of the drip rail......so you guys think I should cut off the outside of the drip rail vinyl material? 
MikeR
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Re: bright drip rail molding with a vinyl roof question
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Well that was the original question; if the vinyl material wrapped around or was on the top and outside of the drip rail......so you guys think I should cut off the outside of the drip rail vinyl material?
MikeR
I just peeled the vinyl roof off my Dart last night, the material wraps around. It was the same way on my Duster too.
I can take a picture when I get off work if you like but what you show in your photos is correct.
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Re: bright drip rail molding with a vinyl roof question
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From the factory there are two different sets....one for vt cars and one set for cars without.The repros are made somewhere in the middle.
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Re: bright drip rail molding with a vinyl roof question
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The vinyl wraps around the drip edge before molding was installed on any I have removed
68 Polara 500...LL1 Y7 M6X
69 Hemi road runner...X9 X9 M6X
69 A12 road runner....R4 R4 M6X
69 ModTop FLORAL Super Bee...F6 M6W
70 AAR 'cuda...EW1 EW1 H4X9
71 Duster 340...FJ6 V24 L6X9
71 road runner FC7 V1X M6X9
72 Rallye Charger B5 V1W
74 'cuda 360...KB5 V1X A6X9
08 SRT Challenger #234
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Re: bright drip rail molding with a vinyl roof question
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From the factory there are two different sets....one for vt cars and one set for cars without.The repros are made somewhere in the middle.
I have noticed on the backside of factory moldings off vinyl top cars that they have a green tint. IMO that must have been so the assembly line workers could tell them apart
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Re: bright drip rail molding with a vinyl roof question
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I just did a 67 R/T top and when I took it off it was wrapped around just like your picture. It was an original top.
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Re: bright drip rail molding with a vinyl roof question
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Thanks for the hint on the greenish tint! FWIW, I have a set of non-vinyl, vinyl, and repops. I took a few measurements off each. The first measurement is of the close ends of the "C" that face toward the car. The second measurement is the best I can do for the interior large dimension. The original ones were a little distorted at the ends (imagine that! ). The last dimension is the OD. Here's what I got... Original non-vinyl - 0.380" / 0.470" / 0.510" Repop - 0.420" / 0.490" / 0.520" Original vinyl - 0.430" / 0.510" / 0.530" I haven't tried putting the repops on a vinyl top car yet, but it does seem like from the measurements that they should be close enough to make it. Jeff
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Re: bright drip rail molding with a vinyl roof question
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Not to many vendors would go to the trouble to take the time to dig for the items, measure them and then post the info like you did....there are only a few and they always seem to be Moparts members (there's another in this thread too), that's why I always support members like you and the others......  I know where I'm getting a set of bright drip rail trim now  http://www.521restorations.com/index.pl?page=bbody  Moulding: Drip Rail 1968 1969 1970 Plymouth Belvedere/Satellite/RoadRunner/GTX - Drip Rail Moulding set (6pc set). Part No: TRIM-DR-6870B MikeR
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I'm not able to get it over the material/lip without maybe expanding the molding or cutting the material off of that area? Should there be vinyl roof material on the, I guess you would call it the outside and top of the bright drip rail molding attachment area? I'll go get a photo of what I'm writing about and be back in a moment........................... 
