Hi Bud
I don't own an M-body. I was considering what to buy in a 2-door 1977-1979 Lebaron 318 V8. The vast majority I see have the 1/2 vinyl roof. The few that don't generally seem to be 4 door 6-cyl cars. My taste, not anyone else, I just don't want a vinyl top car. Was thinking of buying a vinyl top car, removing the vinyl, and painting it. Wanted to know the level of difficulty in removing a vinyl top and going to a painted roof car. From Just Wondering's excellent repair/replace thread, removing a vinyl top from a Lebaron and creating a full painted roof car is just too much work. He's got some serious moxie to have done the replace. Jeff put 30 hours of work into getting rid of the vinyl top on a later Lebaron. Looked like a lot more hours than that involved. I have very few body work skills, so that 30 hours would go into a body man's pocket. I was going to wait for a non-vinyl top car in a color I like.