Watch this EPIC auto landau vinyl top make and install
Вставка
- Опубліковано 6 січ 2025
- Rudolphsupholstery.com
Hello! Watch this EPIC video about How To DIY make and install a vinyl Landau top. Other videos are upholstery for Chevy, Ford and Dodge pick up and work trucks or most cars. No Links in the Description. NOT SPONSORED! For do it yourself beginners.
Please hit the "$uper Thank$ Button" I don't think it's working... And the LIKE button while you're at it! Thanks a bunch! 😀
So you want to be an upholsterer? For Newbies Must Watch! • So you want to be an u...
6 best income streams in upholstery • 6 best income streams ...
Must watch! When we fail at upholstery and we do • Must watch! When we fa...
My 5 favorite upholstery videos you need to see now! • My 5 favorite upholste...
Want to Get Rich with Upholstery? Watch This Now • Want to Get Rich with ...
The TRUTH About Upholstery Materials You Can't Find on Amazon! • The TRUTH About Uphols...
Watch This Before You Replace Your Boat Carpet! • Watch This Before You ...
5 Upholstery Spray Glue Questions Answered • 5 Upholstery Spray Glu...
Learn CUSTOM Boat Bench Seat Upholstery Like a PRO • Learn CUSTOM Boat Benc...
Professional garage lighting in one hour with Hykoont 14 Hexagon garage lights honest review • Professional garage li...
World's easiest kitchen dining chair cushions for beginners • World's easiest kitche...
Never ever give ballpark pricing for upholstery • Never ever give ballpa...
My sewing table setup for upholstery • My sewing table setup ...
DIY How to replace rotted boat cushion wood • DIY How to replace rot...
New upholstery shop building tour • New upholstery shop bu...
Honda S2000 convertible soft top install • Honda S2000 convertibl...
How To repair a separated convertible hard glass • I Fixed My Separated C...
Hacksaw blade hack on upholstery foam • Hacksaw blade hack on ...
Making aircraft seat cushions for Rutan Cozy airplane • Making aircraft seat c...
Never ever give up on upholstery • Never ever give up on ...
Watch A Video To Learn Sewing Upholstery Best Advice For Beginners • Watch A Video To Learn...
Rewarded! Really bad aftermarket Old School truck seat cover makeover • Rewarded! Really bad a...
Warning! Really Bad Aftermarket Seat Covers • Warning! Really Bad Af...
Learn How To Make A Custom Harley Davidson Seat • Learn How To Make A Cu...
How To Easy $0 Zero Dollar Seat Repair Upholstery • How To Easy $0 Zero Do...
How to Mazda Miata MX-5 Soft Top Install Step by Step • How to Mazda Miata MX-...
2024 Great American Total Solar Eclipse Waco Texas April 8 2024 Watch With Us! • 2024 Great American To...
MGB Seats Modern Update Upholstery Start To Finish • 1971 MGB Seats Modern ...
Tuck And Roll? OR Roll And Pleat? • Learning Tuck And Roll...
1964 Ferrari 330 GT Upholstery Update Modern Leather • 1964 Ferrari 330 GT Up...
How To Use A Spray Gun For Glue • How To Use A Spray Gun...
How To Find A Good Upholstery Shop • How To Find A Good Uph...
How To DIY Most Basic Vinyl Landau Top • How To DIY Most Basic ...
How To DIY 4th Gen Mustang Convertible Stayfast Top Step By Step • How To DIY 4th Gen Mus...
Rudolphsupholstery.com Website Tour See 44 years Of My Work • Rudolphsupholstery.com...
See Way More Videos On MY UA-cam Channel: / @oldschoolautoupholstery
Today is the making of seat upholstery with many of the techniques I have used and developed after doing auto upholstery for up to 44 years at this point in my career! Please support my new UA-cam channel by Liking and Subscribing, Ring that bell! I have a working upholstery shop where I do something different every day. I am posting videos often. Stay Tuned if you want to learn more. Hit the subscribe button, and check back in as I upload more videos showing the closely guarded techniques I have developed over 44 years! Please like and subscribe to my new channel, Thanks! As ALWAYS, No sponsors were begged to for the making of this video. I paid for everything!
Please see all of the videos on this UA-cam channel:
/ @oldschoolautoupholstery
Check out my other channels:
60 and Mortgage Free
/ @60andmortgagefree8
The Modernlith Foam Jet Boat Project
/ @modernlithfoamjetboat...
Old School Upholstery Techniques
/ @oldschoolautoupholstery
Airshow RC
/ @wingspan100
Sewing machine used: • This is the best sewin...
Rudolphsupholstery.com
Please hit the "$uper Thank$ Button" I don't think it's working... And the LIKE button while you're at it! Thanks a bunch! 😀
So you want to be an upholsterer? For Newbies Must Watch! ua-cam.com/video/_13aViot-So/v-deo.html
6 best income streams in upholstery ua-cam.com/video/zFz8Sk0COTI/v-deo.html
Must watch! When we fail at upholstery and we do ua-cam.com/video/JBdzFLi8Xx8/v-deo.html
My 5 favorite upholstery videos you need to see now! ua-cam.com/video/TEx_O0m7Bow/v-deo.html
Want to Get Rich with Upholstery? Watch This Now ua-cam.com/video/G5gwp4bnlyE/v-deo.html
The TRUTH About Upholstery Materials You Can't Find on Amazon! ua-cam.com/video/L82znJV5aec/v-deo.html
Watch This Before You Replace Your Boat Carpet! ua-cam.com/video/h15GycISi_Y/v-deo.html
5 Upholstery Spray Glue Questions Answered ua-cam.com/video/6HGaRXUPuN0/v-deo.html
Learn CUSTOM Boat Bench Seat Upholstery Like a PRO ua-cam.com/video/hfVcTCCloQU/v-deo.html
Professional garage lighting in one hour with Hykoont 14 Hexagon garage lights honest review ua-cam.com/video/l41uw-__Ekk/v-deo.html
World's easiest kitchen dining chair cushions for beginners ua-cam.com/video/VU7n5MsaehY/v-deo.html
Never ever give ballpark pricing for upholstery ua-cam.com/video/SB7v-zQeH1E/v-deo.html
My sewing table setup for upholstery ua-cam.com/video/esFs9VRfQ5g/v-deo.html
DIY How to replace rotted boat cushion wood ua-cam.com/video/EeFb3m-B3SE/v-deo.html
New upholstery shop building tour ua-cam.com/video/Qo-nJz8OESc/v-deo.html
Honda S2000 convertible soft top install ua-cam.com/video/urksGjZA26I/v-deo.html
How To repair a separated convertible hard glass ua-cam.com/video/kpAWuYPi0Tc/v-deo.html
Hacksaw blade hack on upholstery foam ua-cam.com/video/NvcjcemrYLI/v-deo.html
Making aircraft seat cushions for Rutan Cozy airplane ua-cam.com/video/i2DaNgZVkPI/v-deo.html
Never ever give up on upholstery ua-cam.com/video/-OD6rPFtc74/v-deo.html
Watch A Video To Learn Sewing Upholstery Best Advice For Beginners ua-cam.com/video/h2bju1t1f88/v-deo.html
Rewarded! Really bad aftermarket Old School truck seat cover makeover ua-cam.com/video/-25DRMg_VX0/v-deo.html
Warning! Really Bad Aftermarket Seat Covers ua-cam.com/video/sLFmEvAKhp0/v-deo.html
Learn How To Make A Custom Harley Davidson Seat ua-cam.com/video/BofYwtjCXj0/v-deo.html
How To Easy $0 Zero Dollar Seat Repair Upholstery ua-cam.com/video/zIoqCUMrBjM/v-deo.html
How to Mazda Miata MX-5 Soft Top Install Step by Step ua-cam.com/video/7x2kXUlOLWo/v-deo.html
2024 Great American Total Solar Eclipse Waco Texas April 8 2024 Watch With Us! ua-cam.com/video/rHAZixGbrRA/v-deo.html
MGB Seats Modern Update Upholstery Start To Finish ua-cam.com/video/KaklK85uXUE/v-deo.html
Tuck And Roll? OR Roll And Pleat? ua-cam.com/video/h4QYpPXrRpc/v-deo.html
1964 Ferrari 330 GT Upholstery Update Modern Leather ua-cam.com/video/PDevnOyhFug/v-deo.html
How To Use A Spray Gun For Glue ua-cam.com/video/c9Rka9Bdc14/v-deo.html
How To Find A Good Upholstery Shop ua-cam.com/video/ojx3sSHirK0/v-deo.html
How To DIY Most Basic Vinyl Landau Top ua-cam.com/video/aONIEl3wK8A/v-deo.html
How To DIY 4th Gen Mustang Convertible Stayfast Top Step By Step ua-cam.com/video/VqcNmvQJV2w/v-deo.html
My Viewers Comment Questions Answered ua-cam.com/video/tFSPF6RfY_w/v-deo.html
How To Heavy Top And French Stitch Upholstery ua-cam.com/video/dLBUzECeSKY/v-deo.html
Upholstery While Sleepwalking Seam Allowance Explained ua-cam.com/video/bsf9gctQxbE/v-deo.html
S-10 To RatRod Alligator Leather Truck Seat Upholstery ua-cam.com/video/PgNHnICqUNI/v-deo.html
Upholstering An Antique Dynamite Box, Really Not Click Bait! ua-cam.com/video/3c15ypOnkw0/v-deo.html
Most Basic Box Cushion Without Patterns ua-cam.com/video/0pa4oAuXw1E/v-deo.html
2000 Corvette Most Common Seat Repair ua-cam.com/video/fvMp53oiIHE/v-deo.html
Worlds Most Difficult Epic Jet Ski Seat Upholstery ua-cam.com/video/Hmlgn0ujRGw/v-deo.html
Old Truck Seat Makeover For Beginners ua-cam.com/video/e0w_UjG54O0/v-deo.html
I Quit Upholstery, Died And Went On A Florida Vacation ua-cam.com/video/aXaD5tx1z-o/v-deo.html
Rudolphsupholstery.com Website Tour See 44 years Of My Work ua-cam.com/video/-8q6qIQ5vlo/v-deo.html
Scheduling Your Upholstery work Viewer suggested video Q&A ua-cam.com/video/UzWHu6tG-gQ/v-deo.html
DIY Clam Style Sun Visors Step By Step ua-cam.com/video/rGGJ3XjQlLg/v-deo.html
How To Truck Headliner Step By Step ua-cam.com/video/dXpF0Op_xRU/v-deo.html
DIY How To 1997 Dodge Truck Seat Bottom For Beginners ua-cam.com/video/bJmSSaE30bM/v-deo.html
Upholstery Foam Explained ua-cam.com/video/-ylXt_hIgU8/v-deo.html
How To Sew A Straight Line ua-cam.com/video/tDe6F6G3Dgg/v-deo.html
How To Sew Single And Double Diamond pleat upholstery for beginners ua-cam.com/video/4knpYqE7OaA/v-deo.html
See Way More Videos On MY UA-cam Channel: ua-cam.com/channels/P2BPA2b3yE5WAHMnt4n0-g.html
It can be dangerous to watch this. A master at his craft can make this look deceptivlely easy. That top looks fantastic now.
Hello Billybob, Thank you for the kind words, but it really wasn't that bad. Please keep liking and watching!
You are exactly correct! My lack of experience would have ended in disaster!
@@ShadowsOnTheScreen Hello Shadows, I don't know about that. You just have to be careful. Please keep liking and watching!
OK after watching your video, I know how to hang wall covering but this. . . you have removed all doubt in my mind I will screw this up badly.
Where is your shop located ???
I have a 71 Nova I’d like to get you to do it.
@@nelsontucker4366 Hello Nelson, I am a proud resident of East Texas! Sorry to say that I only do work for the locals here as they keep me very busy. Sometimes I don't have a free minute. Just Google, "Upholstery shop near me". Thank you so much for checking. Please keep liking and watching!
"Where there's no glue, it's not going to stick". Priceless wisdom right there...😂
Hello Aaron, Thank you so much for saying so! But so true, so true... Please keep liking and watching!
The paint looks so good that you could leave the top off.
Hello Brady, I know, crazy right? What were they thinking! Please keep liking and watching!
@@oldschoolautoupholstery Subscribed.
@@BradySzabo Hello Brady, Welcome aboard! I love hearing good news like this. Please keep liking and watching!
Vato, WOW...now that's craftsmanship at work!!!
Hello Sunino, Thank you so much for saying so! I really appreciate it. Please keep liking and watching!
It's good to see a classic Nova getting it's vinyl top back on right again!
Hello Vicky, I know right? Keeping things the way they should be. Please keep liking and watching!
I marvel at your straightforward delivery and the wealth of information that you convey!
Hello Duane, Thank you so much for your kind words. I really appreciate it. Please keep liking and watching!
THIS IS THE BEST ILLISTRATIVE VINYL ROOF INSTALLATION IVE SEEN YET
Hello Alicia, Well this is real world after all. This was real work for a real customer. I am so glad that you enjoyed it. Please keep liking and watching!
it truly is
Technique #2015: lay a paper towel over the contact cement then soak it with mineral spirits when the cement is dry and old. Let it sit for quite some time. If it's really bad, lay plastic wrap over it and it can soak for hours without drying up.
Hello Chip, That sounds like a great technique, Should have a lower number though based on how important it is! Please keep liking and watching!
Really great step by step guide with no added BS. Much appreciated. I'm about to do the top on my daughter's 66 Olds 88.
Hello 62, Thank you so much for saying so. I think you will do just fine with your daughter's 66 Oldsmobile 88! Please keep liking and watching!
I was the one who exclusively did tops in our shop for a few years in the late 70’s. One year I did 1000. Most were padded Cadillacs Buicks and Oldsmobiles. I have the arthritis in my hands to prove it. (And I did buy a few windshields.)
Hello Fire, my brother! Yep, I used to get a lot of new cars from the dealer and put tops on for them to get more profit. Padded tops, French rear windows, 1/4 and 1/2 tops. Later were the simulated convertibles. See, I'm going down memory lane. Please keep liking and watching!
🫡
I'll bet the previous guy's really happy with the ten cents he saved on all that glue.
Enjoyed this one a lot. Thanks!
Hello The Highlander, Thank you so much for saying so! I really appreciate it. I have no idea of the logic there... Please keep liking and watching!
I don't think I've ever heard you say the exact words, but I often believe your message is, " don't complicate it". Thank you.
Hello Tom, Yea, I like to let people know, "It's not rocket science" Hehe Please keep liking and watching!
I'm sure everyone realizes the more experienced the person doing the work the easier it appears to be.🙂 Very nice work.
Hello Glenn, Thank you very much! Sometimes I work in cruise control, not giving it much thought. Please keep liking and watching!
That's why a guy wrote the book " Idiots guide to vw repair", and now there are very few vw's. There has however, been an explosion of idiots!
It looks like they were so precise in the area they DID not glue. Now it is done correctly by a pro!
Hello Shadows, Thank you so much for saying so! You are right, they taped it off before gluing. Please keep liking and watching!
Please hit the "$uper Thank$ Button" I don't think it's working... And the LIKE button while you're at it! Thanks a bunch! 😁
Your sharing of very Important details Is such a blessing.You have saved me from most likely destroying my project car.I love your videos.Thank you for showing your amazing experience with us all.
Hello Pure, You are so welcome! Thanks for hanging in there with me. I really appreciate you. Please keep liking and watching!
I'm willing to bet the owner just purchased the car recently and the seller did the cheapest/quickest install to maximize his profit of the sale and the current owner is now paying a "second time" to have you install it properly. When I bought my Alfa I waited until I found one that wasn't "restored" so I knew no corners were cut in the restoration. Nice install and beautiful results.
Hello Ih8, Thank you so much! I think that is possible. Please keep liking and watching!
Im about to put a vinyl top on my Chopped Model A sedan. Your videos are great man.
Thank you 🙏
👊🙂🤙✨️
Hello OG, Hey man, good luck with your Model A project! I am sure you will do just fine with it. Please keep liking and watching!
I've never done vinyl top before but I would surely know you have to glue the entire top down ! That is crazy they put it on that way!
Hello SW, Oh, yea. You got that right! Please keep liking and watching!
That is one sexy top! I really like the black tops on the classic muscle cars!
Hello Coro, You are so right, they look so good and are sure to make heads turn. More sportier that white tops. Please keep liking and watching!
Always wondered how to take off the glue without damaging the paint. Thanks! It'll make working on my 67 a lot less scary.
Hello Bj, You are so welcome! I think you will do just fine on your '67. Please keep liking and watching!
This is great video. It will help me tremendously on the 1976 Buick Electra 225 limited father son project. My dads not around anymore to give me this level of knowledge. Thank you for making this video. Excellent looking work.
Hello Fire, Thank you so much for saying so. I bet you must have some great memories. I don't really have that as my dad passed when I was was very young, but the time I did have influenced the rest of my life. Please keep liking and watching!
Great video. Thanks for sharing all of your knowledge with us. I use a can of beans to roll the glued seams. Let it roll.
Hello Cryan, Thank you so much for saying so. If you roll the beans on a hot summer day, you can break for lunch! Please keep liking and watching!
Marvel at the skill of a journeyman. I'm making a tape ball, and looking you up!😂
Hello Edwin, Thank you so much for saying so. Tape balls away! Hehe. Please keep liking and watching!
Right when you said,, what we're they thinking?? You took the words right from my mouth!
Hello Midwest, logical minds think alike right? Please keep liking and watching!
Fir sure brother!
@@midwestkustomz6350 Hello Midwest, Right on! Right on. Please keep liking and watching!
Thank you for the warning about the windshield.
Hello Sandi, Yep you'll need to be very careful. Please keep liking and watching!
First time I saw this done was in 1969 at Randazzo's Auto Radio in SJ where I installed radios. It's really a step back in time to see you do it 50 years later!!
Hello Old, I knew it should bring back some memories for some! Please keep liking and watching!
San Jose? In case I get weak knees, I'd like to know of a place that can do it. I already have a nice pre-cut top from a resto house.
@@gregrobertson9957 I haven't been there in nearly 50 years, so watch this guys videos as he is a master and you should be fine... I wish you luck buddy. :D
I heard years ago that cars with vinyl tops had blemishes that’s why they had vinyl tops. I don’t know how true this is …….Question how often do you buy new scissors ?
You do great work with awesome results….. 🇺🇸👊🏼👊🏼
Hello Freddy, Thank you so much for saying so! Factory vinyl top cars have little metal studs at the rear quarter panels sticking out of the metal for the chrome trim. I think the cars were really made this way specifically for vinyl tops. Please keep liking and watching!
I did a little body work back in the 70s and the shop I was in they actually did a spray vinyl top. Nice work 👍👍
Hello Don, Thank you very much! In the 70's, I was a little 11 year old painting all my neighbors cars in my mothers driveway. Could do that now right? Please keep liking and watching!
Wow man. Great job. I do take notes with the tool's you use for ant projects you show us. Thanks Rudolph
Hello Gonzalo, I hope my videos have been helpful for you. Thanks for hanging in there with me. Please keep liking and watching!
Wow Rudy ! You are a professional! And you did it without any help. I respect that. Thank you so much for this video. I loved it.
Hello Eddie, You are so welcome! You know I have done it all myself for 43 years. Have you seen my website? rudolphsupholstery.com Please keep liking and watching!
Thanks for sharing, and making this video. I have a top to install on my chevelle, and now I feel I can try it on my own. All of your video's have been extremely helpful!
Hello User, You are so welcome! I think you will do just fine with your Chevelle top. I love hearing good news like this! Please keep liking and watching!
Great video! Getting ready to put one on my Chevelle project that never had one before. As for the deliberate lack of adhesive on the roof, I'm speechless other than I'd love to see what it looked like driving down the freeway.
Hello Big, Thank you so much! I am sur you will do just fine with your Chevelle project. Maybe it looked like a baby blimp? Please keep liking and watching!
Great video thanks. I've seen so many people online. I say that you have to remove the front rear glass in order to install a vinyl top that I was really glad to run across yours and see that it can be done without removing the glass.
Hello Big, You are so welcome! Thank you so much for saying so. I have to say that in 45 years, I have done hundreds of original vinyl tops. Not one ever had vinyl under the glass. Only the early Mustangs had rubber gaskets around the glass over the top of the vinyl. Just sayin'. Please keep liking and watching!
@@oldschoolautoupholstery Thanks for the reply. This is a 1969 Cougar, so it has butyl for the front window and a rubber gasket for the rear that I can see headliner material under, but not vinyl.
@@BigWill63 Hello Big, you are right about the headliner material being under the rubber gasket. I guess that was the way the Ford cars were designed. Please keep liking and watching!
Man, we're getting *deep* in the techniques!
Hello Secondary, Yea, getting crazy right? After 43 years I've just begun to share my experiences. Please keep liking and watching!
If that were my car, Id have the vinyl removed, and would not re-install vinyl. The paint looks great, without the vinyl. We use custom made stuffer tools, made from teflon. They are soft, smooth, and no chance of scratch's. Nice job !
Hello Alan, Thank you so much for saying so! This was originally a non vinyl top car the they added the vinyl top. As for stuffing tools, I guess I'm Old School. Still using the same tools I have had for decades, I never loose them. Please keep liking and watching!
Thank you I enjoyed that the guy that put it on. I think he thought that if he just glued on those outer edges and pulled it then that would be good enough just my hunch. I’m also in the Upholstery business for 38 years.
Hello Don, You are so welcome! I think the two of us may have had a lot of the same experiences. Please keep liking and watching!
You make it look easy as usual. Great job
Hello Kreg, Thank you so much for saying so! It wasn't so bad. Please keep liking and watching!
I'd enjoy knowing what the owner had to say when you showed him the top was never glued down! His call to the last guy must've been entertaining ha!
Hello Terrible, I did show him then he understood the reason for the huge bubble. He actually bought the car that way. Please keep liking and watching!
I'm glad you didn't the vinyl top. I have been wondering if I could do my own. I have a good source for the top but I've never done it b4. Seems pretty easy as long as I plot everything out and take my time. Thanks 👍 huge relief
Hello Jseal, You are so welcome! I think you can do it. Remember learning is doing! Please keep liking and watching!
This is hands down the absolute best vinyl top installation video I have ever seen, and I have watched every one on UA-cam, I really wish I was in his area just to get to know a craftsman like this, great guy with excellent information, keep it up man, I am now comfortable with doing my 70 Buicks top
Hello Rob, Thank you so much for all of your kind words. I think you will do just fine with your Buick top. Please keep liking and watching!
Enjoyed the video. Doubt I'll ever do a vinyl or Landau top, but if I do, I know which video to watch again. 🙂 I would have totally screwed up the chrome trim trying to take it off. LOL
Hello Jd, Thank you so much! Now you know how it's done. No screwing up on my watch! Please keep liking and watching!
This is FANTASTIC! I have the same generation Nova to get a vinyl top!
Hello Clark, Right on! I'm sure you will do just fine with your Nova top. Please keep liking and watching!
CAUTION!!! If you have never done this, don't think it is this easy! This is a MASTER at work. In High School, I use to work at a Trim Shop part time, and I watched another master many times make things look this easy, it is not!!
Hello Big, Thank you for your kind words. I'd have to say that I did hundreds of vinyl tops in my 44 years. Mostly in the 1970's to 1990's. I hope my video can help people understand how it is done. Please keep liking and watching!
Sweet , sweet doggy!
Hello Sandi, Miss nibbles loves her fans! Please keep liking and watching!
Awesome video At my job we use a red contact cement glue that is strong as f 130. Bucks a gallon when this glue makes contact with each other you cannot pull it apart no matter how hard you try I'm using that glue on some upholstery stuff I'm doing on our 65 SS Impala thinking on doing a one piece headliner IV been to a fabric store here in Phoenix Arizona called HNR fabrics got a factory fabric color the same color as the original factory
Hello Paul, When I was in Phoenix, I used H&R a lot. Or I would go to Santa Barbara upholstery suppliers in Glendale. I am sure you will do just fine with your '66 Impala. Please keep liking and watching!
I think the guy did it that way because he worked by himself and did it for the first time so it's easier to have a lose top part and then glue down the sides without worrying about a lot of lumps.
Hello Johns, Yea, that's it! I can see that happening for sure. Hehe. Please keep liking and watching!
Love watching you sew material I put black snake vinyl on top of my 72 Lincoln Mark Continental❤❤
Hello Mr, I love hearing good news like this. I like '72 Continentals. Please keep liking and watching!
Very Nice job, I have on order a 69 Camaro body, this will help me to put my vinyl top on. Thank you for a great video
Hello Roger, You are so welcome! Thank you so much for saying so! I hope my videos can be helpful for you. Please keep liking and watching!
Some one got in a hurry. Fast buck and out the door. Nice information on what not to do.
Hello Darrel, It looked as though it was planned that way right? Yep, don't do that! Please keep liking and watching!
ThxQ for the window clip trimming tip. I can see alot of mistakes happening at this point.
Hello Duck, You are so welcome! Yep, Things do happen... Please keep liking and watching!
Beautiful result, must be so satisfying to do even after 40+ years 😊
Hello Skunk, Thank you so much for saying so. I really do appreciate it. Yep, I still do get a satisfaction. Please keep liking and watching!
Great job Rudy
Hello Jre, Thank you so much for saying so! I really appreciate it! Please keep liking and watching!
Wow you make that look easy. I'm going to be looking for a convertible top video next. Always want to indepth see how that is done. Love to see a frame and top from scratch. Carson top? Ever fabbed a fiberglass hardtop? Trim out a fiberglass hardtop?
Hello Roadster, Thank you so much for saying so. I have never made a Carson top, but plenty of fiberglass shelled simulated convertibles. I have engineered folding frames and tops before on the old 1930's and 1940's classics over the last 43 years. Check it out rudolphsupholstery.com Please keep liking and watching!
Clauss scissors that have been sharpened 100 times and a Pfaff sewing machine were old and cool. Before he died he got a Hitachi that he thought was really nice. I'm thinking more about upholstery since my second heart attack and a woman told me her husband wished for an auto upholstery shop around here. We only have a boat and boat cover place.
Hello William, People would think I am crazy for grinding my scissors. Upholstery can be a good therapy for you. Ask me how I know... Please keep liking and watching!
Fantastic work, Need to do my 67 camaro, Now i have more confidence, Thanks.
Hello Tim, You are so welcome! I think you will do just fine with your 1967 Camaro. Please keep liking and watching!
You made that look so easy. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and taking the time show the work in progress.
Hello Louie, You are so welcome! I really appreciate you saying so. Please keep liking and watching!
That was very satisfying to watch. I thought the paint needed to be scuffed first before gluing but I thought wrong. I always wondered how this was done. Great finished product as always!
Hello Clint, Thank you so much for saying so! Yea, no need to scuff as the glue adheres very well. Please keep liking and watching!
Vefy informative a true expert th k you for your knowledge and skill
Hello Jed, Thank you so much for all of your kind words. It means a lot to me. Please keep liking and watching!
Looking at a 1969 Thunderbird. If I purchase it I'm going to have to get it to you! It needs a new vinyl top. Great Work sir !!
Hello Michael, Thank you so much for saying so! If your close to me in East Texas, OK! If not, just Google "Upholstery shop near me". Please keep liking and watching!
Oh Yes sir i live in east Texas.
@@MichaelSmith-jz4st Hello Michael, Then I guess we're neighbors! Hehe Please keep liking and watching!
I really enjoyed watching and learning on your video, thank you Sir 👍😁
Hello Dave, You are so welcome! Thank you for hanging in there with me. Please keep liking and watching!
Great job. Wow you really explained every thing so great. Would you mind saying what vinyl and thread to use for a vinyl top please?
Hello Michael, Thank you so much! For the vinyl, is specifically made for vinyl tops. It's called landau vinyl. Most upholstery suppliers should have it. I use size 92 bonded nylon or polyester thread. Please keep liking and watching!
That looks amazing very well done
You lucked out on the removal tho at least they taped the glue lines off lol
Looks Amazing again
Hello Thunder, Thank you so much! I know right? Taped off the glue. Hmmm... Please keep liking and watching!
Great video. I always wanted to watch a professional do this job. Thanks!
Hello Nova, You are so welcome! Thank you for your kind words. Please keep liking and watching!
excellent install. nice job!
Hello Ican, Thank you so much for saying so! I really appreciate it. Please keep liking and watching!
I need you for my 1977 hearse😮 I’m afraid to take my trim off on the back glass because it’s OG. I have some rust coming.
Hello Neglect, I am afraid of your hearse! Hehe. Back tempered glass is a lot harder to break than laminated windshields. Please keep liking and watching!
Great video as always. I watched while I was sewing. 😊
Hello Dana, Thank you sew much! Hehe. Just be careful and focus on your work. Please keep liking and watching!
Love your videos
Hello Thunder, Thank you so much for saying so! When I think of Thunderjet, I think of the F-84. I really like the F-86 and T-33. Please keep liking and watching!
@@oldschoolautoupholstery it's the model of my 69 Thunderbird engine lol but jets work well. I am self teaching how to do upholstery and your videos are so helpful. I have been painting and working on cars since I was a kid and this just adds to my experience I have recently acquired a singer 281 from the 40s and it seems to work well so far
@@thunderjet4294 Hello Thunderjet, Right on! My '66 T-bird had a 428. I sure do miss her. Maybe we had similar lives. I was painting all my neighbor's cars at 11 years old and discovered upholstery at 15. We just keep going right? If you're a car guy, you can see 43 years of my work here: rudolphsupholstery.com Please keep liking and watching!
@@oldschoolautoupholstery love it
@thunderjet4294 👍👍 Thanks!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing your skills with us.
Hello Patrick, You are so welcome! Thank you so much! Please keep liking and watching!
Awesome job👍🏻
Hello Roy, I am so glad you liked it! I love hearing good news like this. Please keep liking and watching!
I love you man, great job and terrific video!
Hello Don, Thank you so much for your kind words. I really appreciate it. Please keep liking and watching!
Many times the roof is rusted out under the vinyl top. Factory tops often were poorly painted underneath.
The drip rail stainless moldings are often NOT easy to remove without denting or kinking them, and can be one piece, not three like this Nova. I made a tool to carefully remove them without damage.
Hello Lou, You are so right, I've seen many unpainted roofs under the original vinyl. Please keep liking and watching!
Excellent videos hermano! Just watched two of them. I am restoring a 69 Plymouth Roadrunner, you are giving me the confidence I need to do all the upholstery work and vinyl top myself. Started looking for a walking foot sewing machine!
Hello User, Thank you so much for saying so. I think you will do just fine with your '69 Roadrunner. Beep! Beep! Just do it. Please keep liking and watching!
Another excellent video! Thank you!
Hello Thad, You are so welcome! Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. Please keep liking and watching!
Great video, best ever! Really simple to use markings and centering. I’ve got a 67 T-Bird to do and I’m going to do it exactly like you explained. Thank you so very much for sharing. Dan
Hello Dan, Thank you so much for saying so! I miss my old '66 T bird Town Landau 428. I know you can do it. Remember learning is doing! Please keep liking and watching!
Of course this is satisfying it’s a trade it’s like watching somebody make leather boots
Hello Mr, I hope you can also enjoy watching my other videos. Some I would say, are also very satisfying! Please keep liking and watching!
Дуже добре дивлюсь і вчуся .дякую
Привіт Користуваче! Я дуже радий, що ти дивишся та навчаєшся! Продовжуйте ставити лайки та дивитися
My first car exactly
Hello Andrew, Oh, man. What are the chances? Please keep liking and watching!
Nice work and fantastic tips. 😊
Hello Chuckee, Thank you so much for saying so. I really appreciate it. Please keep liking and watching!
@@oldschoolautoupholstery I’m looking forward to the next one. 🍻✌🏼
@@chuckeecheese162 Hello Chuckee, Thanks for hanging in there with me!
Your video is very helpful. Thank you!
Hello Jaime, You are so welcome! I hope this video can help you. Please keep liking and watching!
Love your show hey that 36 mm vw flywheel socket or rear wheel nut lol can’t remember I have one use to work on them years ago
Oh I remember the torque rating think it’s Till it smokes and then a quarter turn more
Hello Ray, It was either for the axel nut for the VW or Mercedes, Don't remember... I'm sure your right. Please keep liking and watching!
Hello Ray, No room for future failure right? Please keep liking and watching!
This is the best instructional video I have ever seen. Thank you so much for being so thorough.! I have been a master mechanic for many years even done my own paint jobs but I have never tackled a vinyl top I was afraid of the sewing part and the stretching part. You made it all very clear thank you thank you thank you. You just save me $2,500 from having to take it to a an upholstery shop. Is there a certain type of vinyl I should get? And where should I get it from?
Hello MW, You are so welcome! I love hearing good news like this. Just Google "Upholstery supplier near me" and ask for vinyl top vinyl, or Landau vinyl. Please keep liking and watching!
Hi there. I been watching so many of your videos and you are truly a master of your craft. Not only in skill but in how you teach it. I have not come across a video on how you layout a top stitch for diamond pattern back rest and center of seat cushions. Do you have a video for this? Thank you in advance and keep up the excellent videos.
Hello Gill, You are so welcome! I love hearing good news like this. You should spend more time browsing through my channel as there is a lot to learn from. Check out: ua-cam.com/video/4knpYqE7OaA/v-deo.html Please keep liking and watching!
Sir, you are a master.
Hello Felix, Thank you so much for saying so. I really appreciate it more than you know. Please keep liking and watching!
That top looks great. All I've seen underneath vinyl were rusted out.
Hello Oscar, Yep rust is a common side effect of vinyl top syndrome. Hehe Please keep liking and watching!
Thank you for your expertise and for making this very informative video 👍👍👍
Hello Tez, You are so welcome! Thank you for you kind words. Please keep liking and watching!
Awesome work love ur videos very instructive. I have learned a lot from them
Hello Antonio, Thank you so very much! I love hearing good news like this! Remember, learning is doing! Please keep liking and watching!
Yea that pre existing work was half ass .
Thanks Rudolph for correcting the work !
Hello Alfredo. Yea, some guys say that, others say "half fast" Either one works... Please keep liking and watching!
Looks Good. Precise, clean, and understanable instructions. I'm looking to replace my 97 bmw 328 soft top convertible using vinyl. Do you have any videos/tutorials/ on replacing the soft top.? All is appreciated. Thanks In Advance
Hello Bryan, Thank you so much for saying so. I do have a few videos showing the install of convertible tops. But not a BMW top yet. Please keep liking and watching!
I have been making notes of the techniques !!!
Hahah
Hello Summer, Remember, the technique number is not what's important. Really the lower the number the more important it is! Please keep liking and watching!
I hit the like button about 2:14 minutes in. Was hoping to see you work the windshield trim too. lol. But this is one sweeeeet MannyWolfer of vinyl top replacement my brother !! Really happy I found your channel. Thx for sharing your wealth of knowledge man. 👍🏻✌🏻
Hello Early, You are so welcome! Thank you so much for the likes, That's what helps me the most. Really the windshield trim is the same as the back window, just much more tragic if something goes wrong. Please keep liking and watching!
Will continue to watch your channel for sure. Love it and I’m also a subscriber 👍🏻✌🏻
@@EarlyIronAddict427 Hello Early, Thank you so much for the sub, I really appreciate it. More to come! Please keep liking and watching!
What a great video. You are a master of your craft.
Regarding the lack of glue; people who do half a$$ed work, should go out of business - karma will catch up with them.
Hello Let, Thank you so much for saying so. I always thought it was "Half fast"? Hehe. What does half an ass look like anyways? Haha. Please keep liking and watching!
👍👍👍👍👍👍
Very nice!
Hello Ron, Thank you very much as it means a lot to me. Please keep liking and watching!
Just goes to show ya, everyone should either ask for recommendations and see the previous work photos
Hello Ron, Yea, very important to keep a portfolio as I have for the last 43 years. rudolphsupholstery.com Please keep liking and watching!
Every video I've ever seen about vinyl tops starts with a stripe of glue right down the center and working your way towards the edges. Every. single. One.
Hello Jesse, every one of the hundreds I have done over the last 43 years were 1/2 and 1/2 as you described. Please keep liking and watching!
Excellent video for a very mystifying process! You make it look very easy, but I know that is because you have decades of experience. Quick question . . . how do you remove the lower beltline molding on the vinyl top? You showed the glass reveal molding, but not that lower trim. Thanks!
Hello Jim, Thank you so much for saying so. The 1/4 trim was attached by plastic clips. They are clearly seen in the reassembly. Check it out. Please keep liking and watching!
Beautiful job.
Hello Adrian, Thank you so much for saying so! I really appreciate it. Please keep liking and watching!
I found a vinyl that has a great pattern and want to put it on my top. Is there a way to know if it is a type of vinyl that I can use on a car roof (exterior). Is that even a thing?
Hello Daniel, Vinyl for car roofs is called Landau vinyl. It is specific for vinyl tops. Any other vinyl will last you tow years exposed to the elements. Just sayin'. Please keep liking and watching!
Amazing work, but could you show the end product a little longer so we can admire it, thanks
Hello User, Thank you so much for saying so! Just pause, pause, pause! Please keep liking and watching!