Fiberglass top

I am thinking about buying a fiberglass top for my deuce. But for their $800+shipping price tag I wanna get some opinions on how they fit.

My wife was from Houma and I worked for Cenac towing. My brother inlaw is still there. Micky Watson and his brothers had an FBO there at the airport. Sorry to hijack.

I allways wanted to make an American Express commerical that I never leave Houma with out it.

Small world!

I bought one from Ted korpi in florida a few years ago it fit well I just ordered another one from him for my deuce Im planning to bob this spring.

Do you have pictures of it installed?

The only problem with a hard top is all the trouble to take it off when you show off. I love my soft tops off and windshield folded down for the looks we get.

Unfortunately when my last computer died it took all of my pictures with it.

I would much rather have a hard top. All the ones I find near me are beat to crap. So a good condition metal one shipped to me is the same price as a fiberglass one. So uf they fit good I would honestly rather have fiberglass. At least they don't rust.

I thought about a fiberglass top but changed my mind and bought a new hard top kit in the crate for $925.00, i live in the lighting capital of the world, central florida.

I prefer to stay away from fiberglass body parts due to them cracking.... if you offroad the truck, a branch can come down, hit it in the perfect spot and it's done. plus, if you got kids playing around the truck all the time or if you have ever used the roof to stand on for anything, I don't think it would hold up well.... I'll take the rust over fiberglass repairs... just another opinion...

I'm not all that worried about cracking. Fact is fiberglass isn't nearly as difficult to repair as some might think. If you think a metal top can handle someone standing on it... well I don't know what tops you have seen but all of the metal ones I have handled were already caved in from someone standing on it or piling sand bags or other gear on it. The one we put on the bobber project had to be straitened and reinforced at a body shop. Those metal tops are probably the single most under built parts for the deuce. Not saying I wouldn't use a metal top, but its getting increasingly difficult to find one in good shape for a reasonable price.

I went with fiberglass because most used metal ones are really rusty lots of pinholes and the clean ones are priced like their gold plated fiberglass tops have no seams to leak and are easily fixed or altered with some fiberglass cloth and resin. Fiberglass can bend a lot farther than metal in stress situations and its way easier to fix a crack in fiberglass than straighten out a warped or bent metal one.

ranchhopper said:

I went with fiberglass because most used metal ones are really rusty lots of pinholes and the clean ones are priced like their gold plated fiberglass tops have no seams to leak and are easily fixed or altered with some fiberglass cloth and resin. Fiberglass can bend a lot farther than metal in stress situations and its way easier to fix a crack in fiberglass than straighten out a warped or bent metal one.

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Yep just drill a small hole at the ends of the crack to keep it from spreading . With rust it just keeps coming back.

So I ordered my fiberglass top. Ill post pictures when I test fit it for sure. Supposedly it is a new version. It's supposed to be more better.?.?

Where did you order from? I know boyce sells them but I know there are others.

C&C Equipment on eBay.

Good guys, I've bought a few things from them.

Definitely report back in on how you like it. I'm wanting to get a hard top at some point and was leaning towards the fiberglass.

Do you have a email address, phone number and/or website for this
Ted Korpi?

Thanks,
Orren

Ted Korpi 1673 N spring garden ave. deland florida 386-740-0025.

Ted Korpi

Sorry, I forgot to ask if he is a manufacturer or just an
individual who happened to have a fiberglass top you
bought?

I'm trying to find someone who can custom make me one.

Thanks for patience,
Orren