I want to take the vinyl top off my 1970 cutlass, and just go with a solid color metal top without the vinyl. any helpful hints or ideas on how to do this???

 

Most here will say to remove the vinyl top, I have grown to like mine a lot! It cuts down on the wax time too.

But decoding your cowl tag, your top was painted white at the factory which is somewhat on the rare side. Being a stickler for O.E., I would paint the top white.

Pat

 

is it just a metal panel under the vinyl top?

 

Yes!

 

Yes, usually a rusty one though.

 

Thinking of doing the same thing. But I have the "halo" vinyl top, it just looks weird. Check out this thread for more info:
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...cutlass-s.html