Black textured roof

[Joe Kriston]

I've seen the option in the brochures and I think a member here has a nice red one with the black textured roof...Anybody know anything about them---what the texture was like---can it be duplicated?...I'm considering going with that since the paint on my roof has too much efforflorescence(sp) to bring it back to life...

[fordman]

i think that was a paint job of some sort. i dont think it was actual vinyl or any kind of rough surface.

[Joe Kriston]

Yeah, I think it was some kind of paint---maybe like that hammerpaint they used on file cabinets, only black...I'd like to see a close-up of the texture....I did see a bumpside at a junkyard once that the guy put a vinyl top on---kinda cool looking, actually, but I'm sure not factory, and I wouldn't go that route, anywho...

[70_F100]

I think that it's probably similar to the paint that GM used on roofs of the the full-size Blazers and Jimmys.

It's got a rough texture, but not rough like undercoating or bedliner material.  In fact, it feels a lot like a vinyl top.

[george worley]

Check with a body paint and supply shop. I remember years ago a neighbor had the top of his 1964 Fairlane done when vinyl tops were the in thing. It felt like what I used to call spatter paint that they used on car trunks. It really looked pretty good.

[mk]

Don't know if you can see much detail, but here's a pic...
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=35592

mike

[Joe Kriston]

Thanks for that, Mike...I think that actually looks pretty good on a yellow truck...

[mk]

Thought that truck looked pretty good myself... just like the one I used to own.


mike