Author Topic: Gator grain and Crocodile grain, whats the difference?  (Read 1012 times)

Offline R/T

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Gator grain and Crocodile grain, whats the difference?
« on: May 13, 2006 - 06:36:12 AM »
I was searching for a vinyl top to fit my Challenger and came across a web page that has  crocodile grain vinyl tops. What is the diffence in the patterns of gator gain and croc grain? My chally is a 73 and since almost nothing is as it came from the factory, I was kind of thinking about a croc grain vinyl top.
 http://www.garysupholstery.com/crocvinyl.html
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Re: Gator grain and Crocodile grain, whats the difference?
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2006 - 07:50:15 PM »
I've only heard it called gator grain. I suppose the two could be the same, though. Good luck finding some - extremely hard to get a hold of.
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Offline Robb

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Re: Gator grain and Crocodile grain, whats the difference?
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2006 - 08:01:42 PM »
Is that vinyl you have linked, the same durability/grade as an appropriate rooftop vinyl ?

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Re: Gator grain and Crocodile grain, whats the difference?
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2006 - 08:00:20 AM »
The difference is probably in the size of the pattern.  The gator grain's pattern is fairly large...all the others we looked at were about 1/2 the size.  Here's a pic of gator grain.
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Re: Gator grain and Crocodile grain, whats the difference?
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2006 - 08:52:11 PM »
I read something about the different colored Croc grain tops before, going from memory I think it was Ford that used them sometime around '73 - '75?

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