MrStitch restores a 1968 Corvette Convertible top frame and
installs new cloth top
Corvette carpet kit and pad installation
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See the project pictures as we do the update for this Corvette Roadster owned by Lou
Turpen
1st remove the old nasty top and inner tack strips
See the rust on the frame not seen with the old top removed
mrstitch washed the metal frame with KMP # hwd1 metal cleaning detergent that is
brushed on to remove the surface rust then coated with Sem Promax XRP#64013 Next
coated the frame with Sem Trim Black #39143
Next install the inner tack strips from Alknock
Next the mrstitch™front header panel mod
the metal is thin and has many dents that will show if we just cover it like other shops
would
See other vette tops without the foam mod thin and cheesee is their look!
Next install the alknock top supplied by customer Lou Turpen
We had to Stop the installation! top has many seam problems! Plus the hidem
binding was all kinked
Need replacement top immediately to make the due date for completion
Customer had a 2nd top that alknock sent that was the real deal not some top that was
returned by another shop as a blem!
We removed the scag top and reinstalled the new assembly that looks really nice!
Carpet and Pad install new thick sound and heat pad for floor sections,plus rear
section not supplied by kit
See the oem look of the ASC carpet kit installed
Next the 1968 corvette goes to Hudson Automotive to get a Tune Up!
Get your Corvette top at www.alknock.com
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