Fiberglass Hard Top

[1968 Kaiser M35A2]

Hello all! I am new to the site and I would like to thank everyone who contributes to all this great information. Mahalo! (how we say thank you in Hawaii). I have located a Kaiser M54A2 that has a fiberglass top which is smooth on top without any light bumps. The inside has some molded in reinforcing. I have read on here that all the fiberglass tops have bumps and only the steel are smooth. I do not know the age of the truck, only that it is a Kaiser and been parked for the last 9 years. I want to put the top on my Deuce. Although it is from a 5 ton I have been told it will fit my Deuce. Has anyone come across a smooth fiberglass before?

Mahalo, Hedge

 

[Crackerjax]

yea but i think they might be imports.....cant say for sure is there a data plate on it?

 

[1968 Kaiser M35A2]

I could not find any ID on it. It was converted to a tanker for a construction company. It very well could be some imported aftermarket thing. Looks good though. I hope it fits.

 

[ddskehan]

good luck. if it fits your golden. I've seen those fiberglass roofs for sale online but never laid my eyes on one.

 

[mlwats1@hotmail.com]

does anybody need a hard top, i found a guy who is selling them for $200 in south west MO

 

[chicklin]

does anybody need a hard top, i found a guy who is selling them for $200 in south west MO

If it's the same guy I'm thinking of, I bought one from him last year. Very good, clean take off top. They even delivered it all the way up to KC 'cause they were headed this way. Nice guys.

 

[Beerslayer]

Back in the 70s Wittenberg used to sell surplus gassers with their own fiberglass hard top and sell them as water trucks and farm trucks. That might be what it is.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Mine has a smooth top and it's fiberglass.

 

[wdbtchr]

does anybody need a hard top, i found a guy who is selling them for $200 in south west MO

I'd like to have a couple if they're available.

 

[Wildchild467]

What is better about fiberglass than steel? Noise reduction, better insulation? If the prices are about the same for both, steel is real, right? Im relativly new to deuces, so im learning here!

 

[SCSG-G4]

Fiberglass does not rust, steel does. Ask cGarbee and a host of others!

 

[Irv]

It doesn't look like a Whittenberg to me. I have an extra Whittenberg fiberglass top and it has wide stiffening ridges on top. Whittenberg used to be in Tacoma, WA and moved to Richland or Pasco, WA many years ago. I think there was also a name change. Btw, the deuce and 5T cabs are dimensionally the same. Same top fits either one. Irv

 

[mlwats1@hotmail.com]

i went and looked at the tops he had five useable tops they are metal normal dents and dings models i bought all of them i will have them until they are all gone if you want one please call 417 850 4939. he bought a half dozen m109 just for the front axles the rest of the truck are sitting there until he chops them up for scrap weight, lots of van body parts no w/w trucks there, but there are some engines for $500 and he will pull them out, J pipes and radiators, instriment cluster for $50, rear axles and drivelines.

 

[TIGERFANS2]

Where's this guy located?

 

[Copper01]

Hi,

Yes, I am looking for a hard top for my m35a2, Please advise.

 

[wreckerman893]

Memphis Equipment used to sell those (according to the old timers in the MVPA) and often put them on trucks they refurbished and sold.

 

[Roaddog58]

does anybody need a hard top, i found a guy who is selling them for $200 in south west MO

Does he still have anymore?

 

[jeeping88]

Any cheap tops still?

 

[tobyS]

I want one heavy enough to work off of (stand without denting) and that has enough front overhang to get water away from the window hinge. Maybe a roll bar.

 

[tobyS]

Does he still have anymore?

This thread is very old...you can count on them being long gone.