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for us ragtop guys

well i went to a local trim shop today to get an estimate on my top i told the guy it would have to be custome built and he picked up the phone and made a call  apperntly  whoever he called has tops in stock for 86 cougars  and thunder birds i asked him to check on the riviera and he said yes same part #as the cougar but listed it for  81 -86 buicks so he said  the top by its self was $475 so figure 8 to 9 hundred for every thing id like to know who he called
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for us ragtop guys

Reply #1 –
BEARMAX- There is a god after all the cougar angels saw you comming. lol

for us ragtop guys

Reply #2 –
Quote from: BEARMAX;180136
well i went to a local trim shop today to get an estimate on my top i told the guy it would have to be custome built and he picked up the phone and made a call  apperntly  whoever he called has tops in stock for 86 cougars  and thunder birds i asked him to check on the riviera and he said yes same part #as the cougar but listed it for  81 -86 buicks so he said  the top by its self was $475 so figure 8 to 9 hundred for every thing id like to know who he called


your kidding , right?  He's treating this like a secret and all.  It would be nice to know who he called.
 

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Reply #3 –
Someone else told me once that "our convertible roof pattern is something that shops can get". Once I figured out that we had the Riviera top, it all made sense. Now the shop that I use could probably get some type of pattern but they don't do things that way--they reused the old top as the pattern. Plus, I wanted cloth instead of canvas. It was easier to use the old canvas top as the pattern. Everything worked out well, no regrets.

Anyway...glad to hear you got the shop to find the pattern. That's way cool.