Speaking of Landau tops...EDIT: POST UP YOUR BAD LANDAU TOPS HERE!!

"thebigbossyboss" (thebigbossyboss) 07/21/2014 at 13:37 • Filed to: None

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Somehow I found this on GIS.

Just amazing.

NotUnlessRoundIsFunny > thebigbossyboss 07/21/2014 at 13:42

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I really don't understand these, and would really like for someone to explain them. I mean, someone obviously likes them—they go to a lot of trouble to put them on—but I just don't understand. Not judging, just not understanding.

MIATAAAA > NotUnlessRoundIsFunny 07/21/2014 at 13:44

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I am judging.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > thebigbossyboss 07/21/2014 at 13:44

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I saw on a beige 03 Camry once. This is worse.

Alex B > thebigbossyboss 07/21/2014 at 13:44

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The horror.

thebigbossyboss > NotUnlessRoundIsFunny 07/21/2014 at 13:48

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I can't explain it. Sorry. Unless you actually turn the car into a convertible..what is the point?

CAR_IS_MI > thebigbossyboss 07/21/2014 at 13:50

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thebigbossyboss > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/21/2014 at 13:55

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What about....this one?

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > thebigbossyboss 07/21/2014 at 13:58

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That is soo bad.

jariten1781 > NotUnlessRoundIsFunny 07/21/2014 at 14:04

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As far as I can tell:

Horse carriages used fabric convertible tops.

Early cars used them since they were essentially carriages. This was carried on in expensive and coach built cars

In the 60s someone realized that you could add a retro touch evoking those old carriages while also hiding sheet metal welding...the beginning of the vinyl top.

Since then people use them as retro touches to evoke the old 60s and 70s cars.

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > thebigbossyboss 07/21/2014 at 14:07

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Have this monstrosity

thebigbossyboss > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO 07/21/2014 at 14:29

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Honestly...it's less offensive than the Escort. Don't get me wrong still stupid, but not as bad.

thebigbossyboss > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/21/2014 at 14:34

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I found the camry

zeontestpilot > thebigbossyboss 07/21/2014 at 14:50

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Looks like he's balding...

NotUnlessRoundIsFunny > jariten1781 07/21/2014 at 15:00

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This is the best explanation I've read, thanks! Maybe it's just that this particular retro touch appeals to a particularly small audience these days. It doesn't do anything for me personally, for example.

In the 60s someone realized that you could add a retro touch evoking those old carriages while also hiding sheet metal welding...the beginning of the vinyl top.

Another great point I hadn't thought of!

jariten1781 > NotUnlessRoundIsFunny 07/21/2014 at 15:21

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Yup, there were a number of cars with vinyl tops only because of exposed seams as well as some where the 'no vinyl top' option was more expensive because of the additional finishing work that had to go into the roof.

NotUnlessRoundIsFunny > jariten1781 07/21/2014 at 15:23

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I just remember my first car had a (full) vinyl top which was a real bummer, because it would crack, water would get in and stay there, and it was just a bad scene for the roof in general—I'm sure by the time I sold it there was a very nice layer of rust under that top.

ranwhenparked > NotUnlessRoundIsFunny 07/21/2014 at 16:16

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People who were younger when vinyl and fabric tops were popular (1960s-1980s) are still attracted to the look and see it as adding an "upscale" appearance to their cars.

Its the same reason why old people kept on buying Buicks throughout the '90s and most of the '00s even though most Buicks at the time were shit. Their memories were frozen in a time when Buicks weren't shit and never updated to the new reality.