There was only one vinyl grain available for roofs of all '66 Imperials. Your LeBaron appears to have the correct grain. I have seen both LeBarons and Crowns from 1966 with original vinyl roof coverings in this grain. The coarser grain was used in 1964. Perhaps your Crown has a replacement or dealer-installed vinyl roof in the earlier grain? Chris H. 66 LeBaron --- David Whitney <david.whitney@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I recently bought a '66 LeBaron project to go with > my '66 Crown Coupe > project. Both have what I believe are the original > black vinyl tops in > excellent condition, but the texture is not the > same. > > The LeBaron's vinyl is smooth with veined grooves, a > pattern like the veins > in a leaf. Feels to the fingers like leather. The > Coupe's vinyl is much > coarser, with short ridges that are all more or less > oriented linearly from > front to rear. Feels to the fingers like tree bark. > > I know this was an extra cost option available on > all models. I have seen > other Crowns with the same vinyl texture as my > coupe, but I haven't seen > another vinyl-topped LeBaron up close. Could buyers > choose among different > vinyl textures in '66, or was there one style for > the LeBaron and another > for the Crowns? > > Thanks, > > David > > *********************************************************************** > > This communication is not intended to be used, and > cannot be used, > by the recipient or any other person for the purpose > of avoiding United > States federal tax penalties that may be imposed on > the recipient > or such other person. In addition, if any US federal > tax advice > contained in this communication is used or referred > to in promoting, > marketing or recommending any corporation, > partnership or other entity, > investment plan, concept, structure or arrangement > (which should be > assumed to be the case by a recipient or other > person who is not our > client with respect to the subject matter of the > communication), > then (i) such tax advice should be construed as > written to support > the promotion or marketing of the transactions or > matters addressed > by the advice and (ii) the recipient or other person > should seek advice > based on the recipient or other person's particular > circumstances > from an independent tax advisor. > > *********************************************************************** > > This transmittal and/or attachments may be a > confidential > attorney-client communication or may otherwise be > privileged or > confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, > you are hereby > notified that you have received this transmittal in > error; any review, > dissemination, distribution or copying of this > transmittal is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this transmittal > and/or attachments in > error, please notify us immediately by reply or by > telephone (call us > collect at +1 212-848-8400) and immediately delete > this message and > all its attachments. > > Shearman & Sterling LLP is a limited liability > partnership organized in > the United States under the laws of the State of > Delaware, which laws > limit the personal liability of partners. > > ************************************************************************* > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com > ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing > List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your > response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and > attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to > webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to > http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm