69-72 K5 Bikini Tops
 

As the major manufactures are not willing to make a bikini top for the 69-72 K5, I am taking the time to help make a bikini top available by an upholstry shop in Wichita, Kansas. This bikini top will be made when ordered so it is anticipated that delivery time on each top will be approximately 30 days.

The bikini top will be offered in two different styles, a snap style and a style that works with the rail that used to be available from Specialty Top Company for their Fasttrac soft top. This rail style has a lip built into it that happens to work well with the existing windshield attachment system for the Specialty Top Company Fasttrac soft top.

We do not sell a rail for use with the rail style bikini top and presently Specialty Top Company is out of business. The rail style bikini top is offered for people who already own a Specialty Top Company Fasttrac soft top and already have the rail or those that will fabricate their own rail.

As the location of snaps may not be uniform, all bikini tops will be shipped without snaps installed. You will need to purchase your snap installation kit locally. Ace Hardware stores sell a General® Screw-Snap Fastening Kit (1267), Ace No. 23159.

This bikini top will be offered in a marine grade canvas material that is waterproof. The material will be available in a variety of colors. Certain premium colors will be slightly more expensive. The webbing around the edges of the bikini top will be black.

The bikini top will be approximately 61" wide and 38" long - as placement of rollbars vary be sure to measure from your windshield frame to your rollbar to insure this standard size will work for your specific K5. The bikini top is designed to extend past your rollbar a few inches. A longer bikini top can be ordered for an extra charge.

Please send a private message to get the ordering info.

Here is a pic of the style that attaches with the rail system.

http://yuk0njack.com/bikinitop/bikinitop1.jpg

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Thanks for puting this together Mark. I will be ordering mine soon.:)

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That is a very cool thing to set up for us....Very much appreciated.

:c2: :metal:

I will order mine soon

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Ready to order. :cool:

When would they be ready to ship?
Are they being made as their ordered or are the 'basic' cololered ones ready to go?

Thanks Mark, nice work! :c2:

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Pretty sure he will make them when ordered, but I think it would be wise of him to have a couple standard ones in black premade. I think his turnaround will be pretty fast.

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I can't wait to order mine...........

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Order when ready, to my knowledge no one has ordered any yet so you can be the first!

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I am working on raising the money. Took the Blaz out last night. I was going to go wash it off today but my seat is wet. I need to get it covered. I should be ordering soon.

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A couple bikini tops have been ordered and shipped at this point and I picked up one for myself and another boardmember who gave me his snap version for a template.

The webbing this upholstry man is using is a good heavy piece and the reinforcement plastic strip for the fastrack style rail is is also great.

I'm very pleased with the quality. Here is an album with pictures of the bikini top designed for the rail system. Again, we are not able to produce the rail so you are on your own if you don't already have one.

The snap style will look identical to these, without the plastic reinforcement sewn into the leading edge.

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Hey Yucon, do you have any installed pics?

...Dan

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One was mailed to a member on Friday and he will post some pics of his installed asap. I still don't have mine installed.

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Hey Yukon, sorry for misspelling your name. Don't know what I was thinking.

...Dan

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Guess I better give this the ole' spring bump.

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Cant wait to see some pictures

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Did any pics ever get posted?

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Unfortunately no, but when I get my top yanked this spring I will be installing my bikini top and posting pics!

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I've got one, but I ordered it before I bought the STC fastrac top that they quit making. I just installed a bestop, so I guess I'll try to figure out a way to use the bikini top. I think I'll just install the snaps on the bikini. When I get it done, I'll share some pics. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks.

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NuBomb, maybe someone with a Fastrac style top will get in touch with you and buy yours, then you can order the one you need. However, I bet adding snaps will work too.

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I'm pretty sure I can make it work.

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I installed my bikini top this morning. Here are a couple of pictures.......

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...g?t=1210789127

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...g?t=1210789194

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...g?t=1210789237

I already have a best top soft top so I asked him to just give me the snaps and he did. I installed them in this top so both tops use the same snaps. His price went up, mine was $170 shipped.

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Thanks for posting those! I didn't know the price had gone up, I will contact him to get the form I have linked above updated.

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No problem, just trying to help.

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Is the company still offering these and what's the average cost. Thanks, Jason

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Based on last pricing that I was aware of it should be between $160 and $170 shipped depending on fabric/color. Harry will still make them but I highly recommend you call him and verify pricing and turn around time. Harry's number is listed in the .pdf file in the first post.

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Thanks Yukon, I'll give him a call. I'd like to use one on the yellow blazer mud racer. The original top is getting pretty bad and i'll shave a few pounds. Thanks, Jason

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Having a problem opening the PDF link...Is the gentlemen still building these?

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Sorry my website has changed domain names and I can't edit the original post. Here is the updated link for the order sheet.

If you are going to order a bikini top, please confirm that his prices are still the same as I have not talked to this guy for about a year and last year he did change his price without letting me know!

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Thank you! I will post on the price. I think I will order one soon, but may be a month or 2 down the road.

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if your interested..

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Hmm, nice to know the price from the guy I got to make these is lower. Ours is better looking, course I'm a little biased. :ito:

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Is this your company? If so you need to be a forum vendor to promote your products. Please consider supporting the forum.

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I think the much better place to post your link is in the First Gen K5 forum if you are trying to educate people as to options, rather than in my classified ad.

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And now that you are a site vendor, please start your own for sale post rather than using mine.

I'd appreciate it if you would have the courtesy to edit your above post to remove the link.

I won't post a for sale ad in any of your posts and I request the same in return.

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Just to update, I said I would return with the pricing....

Harry has quoted me 195.00 plus 20.00 freight for the snap style.

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So here is a dumb question, If i want to get a top like this and i will have to use snaps, does it interfere with me putting the hard top back on later??

Thanks

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Thank you for the post guys, i'll be ordering mine soon as well.

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Just Ordered one from Harry! Thanks Yukon! He said the price is $155 plus shipping.

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Sounds like he has dropped the price which is good, I thought the price was getting a bit too high. Let's see a pic once you get yours installed.

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dang he is charging me 185 + 25 for frieght. oh well i guess i need it.