Rover Got a New Hat

[Bostonian1976]

put my pickup top on this weekend.....I like it a lot. Need to get more hardware because it was held on by 4 bolts total temporarily. Still...pretty cool....oh and the PBR was fitting in a pickup...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2163/2468562430_ef9e5288a4_o.jpg
with randomly placed Hellas that I was experimenting w/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3223/2467739037_fa75db6dc9_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2187/2468558996_88dc5b50f4_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2036/2467737689_66732d7640_o.jpg

[S11A]

Dennis Hopper would approve (PBR) :-)

[autoguy]

that's a fine looking new hat :)

[Firemanshort]

I have seen a lot of dark colored trucks with a limestone top but never the other way around. I like it.

[1961 109 WAGON]

you better get a tailgate before the beer falls out, thats considered alcohol abuse in my book:nono:

[PH4]

My rover has is painted sand such as yours. I recently purchased a p/up top and tailgate and had to paint. I used Rustoleum "Almond" spray paint as a temporary fix and it is about as spot on a match as you can get from a can. You may want to try it on your new top.

[Jim-ME]

There is something really cool about an 88 PU. Looks good!
Jim

[sven]

Yeah it does look good. Are PU tops quieter inside than regular hardtops?

[Bostonian1976]

Yeah it does look good. Are PU tops quieter inside than regular hardtops?

my hardtop has some sort of insulating/sound absorbing foil material on the inside, so I can't compare one to the other. this one had an 'echo' when I talked in it....but that may be the case with other hardtops that don't have the material I mentioned above...

[TedW]

The PBR proves that you are a "regular guy" and not a chablis-sipping elitist. Or something like that.
BTW: Milwaukee's Best is a great choice when cash is REALLY tight.

[Bostonian1976]

The PBR proves that you are a "regular guy" and not a chablis-sipping elitist. Or something like that.
BTW: Milwaukee's Best is a great choice when cash is REALLY tight.

ha - all I know is it was a fitting end for a day of working on the brakes and removing/installing a top...it tasted damn good

yeah I remember Milwaukee's Best (or Beast as people used to call it) in my college days......well okay I kind of remember it :)

[Bostonian1976]

My rover has is painted sand such as yours. I recently purchased a p/up top and tailgate and had to paint. I used Rustoleum "Almond" spray paint as a temporary fix and it is about as spot on a match as you can get from a can. You may want to try it on your new top.

I think mine is considered limestone, and 'sand' is the other darker Rover color....right? I think?

[PH4]

I am pretty sure that is Sand but my eyes may be decieving me. I have always thought limestone was the white colored paint that Rover used as opposed to white.

[EASTTNROVER]

Nice! I really wanted that top though...well winter will be alot warmer next year!!

[xsbowes]

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2073/10249131/19458865/316166497.jpg

[LH Drive]

Really nice PU cab top. Are you going to paint it white? Now all you need is a taigate. I made mine out of recycled aluminun from the scrap yard.

[Bostonian1976]

Really nice PU cab top. Are you going to paint it white? Now all you need is a taigate. I made mine out of recycled aluminun from the scrap yard.

that's a pretty cool tailgate you made.

I have a tailgate sitting in my storage unit. It's rivited to a clamshell door (someone made a 'barn door' out of a tailgate and clamshell which I need to undo).

Then I'll have a marine blue tailgate to match my limestone/poppy red/marine blue Rover. I think all I need is something pastel green and I'll cover all the bases...

[CliftonRover]

I just got one too. and put it on my 88, it is great, the truck feels much lighter especially without a full hardtop and roof rack. its not any quieter reall but it is a lot warmer.