Thread: Bop Top ordered...any advice?

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Well, I got started on the project this weekend. As I stated in a previous thread, my car did not have mounting tabs for the rear portion of the top frame, so I had several options to add these tabs. I decided to go with a "flush mount" setup from Rod Tops, even though I am using the better looking "Bop Top" from Sid Chavers. I talked to Sid and he told me the Rod Top kit will work with his top, albeit with sone minor modifications to the thread-in clevis portion of the flush mount kit. It took a little modification to the inner lip of fiberglass behind the side interior panels, and the tab on one side needed mounted totally different than the other due to the fact that the inner steel "birdcage" was not welded in exactly the same position in relation to the body from one side to the other, but to make a long story short(er), I got it done... I still need to modify the oak header bow slightly to make it better fit my Vintique windshield posts, but hopefully next week I will have the top skin on and finished.... Here's some pics of my progress thusfar: