VINYLROOF

Vinyl roof

Vinyl roof refers to a vinyl covering for an automobile's top. This covering was originally designed to give the appearance of a convertible to models with a fixed roof, but eventually it evolved into a styling statement in its own right. Vinyl roofs were most popular in the American market, and they are considered one of the period hallmarks of 1970s Detroit cars. Vinyl roofs were also very popular on European- and Japanese-built cars during the 1970s, and tended to be applied to sporting or luxury trim versions of standard saloon models

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