What the hell is a CARLSON top?

[jetcitysicko]

This is such a waste of a good ford.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2481901307&catego ry=6057

[oldchevyseller]

ok the city name sounds french to me , can we deport who ever built that, that ,that , that ,WTF????

[Paul]

tops done by this dude named Calson man,

check it out, trippy man http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif


carlson (http://www.larrycarlson.com/1.htm)

Paul

[burndup]

Its a lighter, smoother top, and with less tar.



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Oh shit, you mean a CARLTON top, right??? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[seldom scene]

Carlson was an amatuer auto trimer who didn't know how to make a padded top so he did the best he could cobble together from convertible tops made for other cars. Hence all poorly made tops to this day are known as Carlson tops. You can look it up!

[oldchevyseller]

i see chuck barris (george's cousin)and sandford and son when i look at that thing????

[Chopped50Ford]

That car is bitchen except for all the brown shit.

Puke vomit....

[mikes51]

About the only thing worse than a poorly sloped carson top, is a car with skirts running a rake.

What a difference fixing those 2 things make.

http://img64.photobucket.com/albums/v194/mikes51/ee_12_s.jpg

[Flexicoker]

CARSON top, and yeah, its ugly

[Cadillacin Marcus]

Shit that fuckers ugly...

[Psycho78]

Check out that swanky interior. reminds me of my aunts old 76 Ford t-bird..... wait it is a 76 ford t-bid interior

[RocketDaemon]

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Check out that swanky interior. reminds me of my aunts old 76 Ford t-bird..... wait it is a 76 ford t-bid interior

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and the dash and steering wheel too... so sad

[jetcitysicko]

All that thing needs is some Mercedes headlights and it would be perfect in my book...Or maybe some square headlights to match the simulated woodgrain.

[JamesG]

Those front seats look like they are out of an American airliner.....
http://i8.ebayimg.com/01/i/01/f5/2d/84_12_s.JPG

[bufordtjustice]

Nice fix mike51, that looks a helluva lot better...

Greg

[Mike]

The Carlson Top was first introduced by Ohio radio mogul Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson in 1978. It was developed to be used on the regionally famous custom known as the "Tarlick Cordoba".

[dooster-hotrods]

Theres a Dayvan somewhere missing an interior.....

[Rix2Six]

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The Carlson Top was first introduced by Ohio radio mogul Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson in 1978. It was developed to be used on the regionally famous custom known as the "Tarlick Cordoba".

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OK I thought of the WKRP in Cincinati tie in but I thought it was to obscure of a reference.

[Missouri_Mike]

Surely that thing can be saved, but who'd want to buy in at that kind of price just to tear it apart and remove all the offending bits?

[Oilcan Harry]

The first Carlson top was produced by Emmit "The Stitcher" Carlson. Carlson, born in Bland Idaho was imployed as a youth, at a pup-tent manufacturer where he honed his "skills". His work features unimaginative design and generally poor porportions. He is much better known for his folding tent camper tops and yard swing canopies.