Thread: Un-streetrodding a 34 tudor

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Originally Posted by rspears

Jim, I'm confused. The Juliano Soft Top Insert Kit is not a faux top insert, it's a full blown kit for filling the hole in a stock top coupe or sedan - Soft Top Insert Kits - Juliano's Hot Rod Parts & Interior Products Now that's not to say that you cannot install it as a faux insert, and I'm hoping that you're not actually cutting the top out of your body, trying to make it look more original. None of my business, but guys with steel bodies go to a lot of pain to fill that hole.

Good reading right here. 1932 Ford Victoria Juliano's Interior Products Top Insert - Rod and Custom Magazine
The Juliano top is used for both purposes. Filling an existing hole or making a filled roof look stock. Sometimes a poorly filled roof or a very old (Cracking) filler roof is easier to cover. I would never cut a hole in the roof and ruin the structural integrity of the car. I already feel bad enough drilling 300+ holes for all the rivets. The only down side is the Juliano top sticks up more than a stock roof and some guys complain it looks like a mattress on the roof. These are the same guys that call glass cars Tupperware. To me it looks just fine.

Originally Posted by BIG-JIM

I already feel bad enough drilling 300+ holes for all the rivets. The only down side is the Juliano top sticks up more than a stock roof and some guys complain it looks like a mattress on the roof. These are the same guys that call glass cars Tupperware. To me it looks just fine.

And since you're paying the bills - you're the only one you have to please.

Originally Posted by BIG-JIM

These are the same guys that call glass cars Tupperware. To me it looks just fine.

There are haters everywhere, especially when your car looks better than theirs, gotta ask them, where is the cherry '34 sedan you have located at! If it looks good I don't care if its made of styrofoam it just looks good. Many of us have built both & both types have just as many but different obstacles, I am perfectly happy with 'glass! Real car guys like just that "cars"!