Tim Taylor opened his Jeep soft top store/ businesss 1987 while in University as TGTaylor Mfg. Phone call after phone call people asked if this was the place that makes those California Tops. Then he began answering the phone as CALIFORNIA TOPS.

Tim is a normal guy who took a liking to Jeeps from a young age growing up in a NEW YORK small town on an English horse riding business. As a teenager moving to CANADA he bought his first JEEP CJ5 1981 LAREDO black and drove it to college. Then opening up his store and studied on his front counter and exploded the city of EDMONTON with wild and crazy coloured tops, 100s of printed designs plastered the city. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOKED TIM'S MARK WAS THERE, 100s OF YJs, TJs, CJs, JKs, JLUs with weird tops, colourful mismatched NATIVE seatcovers. People from USA would drive up to see him and his store and people from BC, MANITOBA, etc. would take the trip too. TIM WAS FAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and still took 1000s of orders over the phone from USA at the same time while even studying for his UNIVERSITY. Now here is his latest offering THE CARGO TOP! This particular one is fully evolved into the ultimate simpleness. He wished he made it this simple the first time. No Tools.