64 dart power top for convertibles

Well we have one guy here saying that he did his non working power top by hand no prob.for years, but another guy saying it is really hard to work the power top manually.

My question is -- although it would be cooler to have the power top, assuming it's not new/replaced stuff, let's just say something in the origninal power or hydraulics craps out, would it be frozen in place, iether up or down, or imagine it conking out mid way, being unmovable, ... don't want to get caught like that!

Still having the slant is more important than the power top but since I am not a mechanic much beyond doing timing and cleaning/adusting spark plugs, I have to pay for the work I want done.

amx364 said

On 70 Barracuda the power top was not working due to broken plastic hyd. line and so I just raised and lowered it by hand for about 10 years till I found a source for the lines and one cylinder. So it is not a deal breaker but the replacement parts are out there.

I want to make a removable hard top just to be different and warmer in the winter.

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