Yeah, don't get me wrong Larry - I would vote no vinyl. The only reason I did it was... by the time I got to looking at the roof and seeing how somebody had a dance up there, I opted to just cover it. On my satin black thing it looks OK. As I understand it your plans (for now) are to build a gasser, so with that in mind a vinyl rood - whether original to the car or not - would look strange. Hopefully it's not too rough for your plans, is all.