72 Coupe DeVille

[willowbilly3]

 Followed me home yesterday. One owner car with 53,000 miles. Parked for several years and the sunny side is pretty baked.







Any sources for a vinyl top and any good tips on installing it myself?

[RobW]

you might want to check that paperwork. Sure looks like a 71. Unless it was hit and the nose replaced with an earlier one. But I don't think so because there's no coupe deville script on the sail panel.

[willowbilly3]

 Right you are, I just looked at the title and it's a 71. Just newer stuff than I usually deal in. thanks

[Smedly]

nice find, looks good

[66 Eldo]

When you replace the vinyl top, be sure to get the correct grain which I believe is called "Tuxedo". Recently saw a 72 CDV with the Elk grain and it just looked wrong.

Below a link to a thread on this topic. Scroll down a bit ans there are pics.

http://forums.cadillaclasalleclub.org/index.php?topic=107560.0

[RobW]

you can order the correct top from sms

[willowbilly3]

you can order the correct top from sms

Thanks. Are they a sponsored vendor here? I'm kinda new to the caddy world, haven't had to work on them since long before the internet.

[Barry M Wheeler #2189]

We don't "sponsor" vendors due to liability concerns, but fortunately, SMS needs no such recommendation. They have original fabric for just about everything.

[RobW]

http://www.smsautofabrics.com/products/vinyl-tops.php