hard top cabriolet

has it ever been done?

I was thinking if there was some way of moving the rear bulk head forward to just behind the front seats, making it a 2-seater, that would leave enough room to build a merc SLK type of roof that folds up into the boot.

who's brave enough to try it?

eupel1 said

who's brave enough to try it?

od daft enough    

If anyone thinks they can do it they can use my car as the project. If they bodge it up though they can keep the car & give me 500 sheets!

Scroll down and see the blue one here :

The weirdest cabriolet pic post | VW Vortex - Volkswagen Forum

why oh why

YEAH!!! Bad boy! I want one! Didnt see any blue ones but on the 2nd page they got a white one with the roof coming off in stages. Thats perfect. Who wants to sell/make me one?
I wonder where I can get one from

you need a top techniks conversion :wink:

divweir said

why oh why

Hmmm… dry, warm, no rips, no tears, no break-ins, no porous this and broken tension cables that, no water stained interior, better rear vision, longer life (I'd imagine)… anything I've missed?

get a tin top then.

novocaine said

get a tin top then.

   Ha! That defeats the whole object! I want a cabriolet for the summer (and fuck a pug 206!). But with british whether it's hit and miss. Might as well move with the times find other options.

I just thought….

…get a tin top, chop the roof off, use it on a cabriolet. Take the tin top roof off when its hot. BMW did that. I'm sure it was on the 3 series. They built a hard top cabriolet where you actually took the whole roof off. It was aimed at rich folks with big garages who had the space to store a whole roof as well as a car.

bmw, mazda, rover erm sorry mg

you can buy a hardtop for most modern softops for all those people who say "oh i like the looks but i want a roof" whiney hairdressers you choose you job now suffer the concequece of your actions.

novocaine said

bmw, mazda, rover erm sorry mg

you can buy a hardtop for most modern softops for all those people who say "oh i like the looks but i want a roof" whiney hairdressers you choose you job now suffer the concequece of your actions.

Ha. I don't work in any of those professions. I prefer the look of the soft top. I'd sooner have a soft top. But considering we get like 3 days a year of instense heat, the kind where old people die and the Irish get sun-burnt, I'd like to be able to drive/park my car and and not worry about the negatives I mentioned before.

wan't calling you a hair dresser bud. unless you drive an MG or the likes. :mrgreen:

eupel1 said

 I prefer the look of the soft top. .

id have to agree with you there but thats cos i prefer small rear lights and goin really fast with the roof off (child)

all i can think of is that hideous hard top they stuck on the hideous porsche boxster, theres a red one on our street and its hideous

How about making a carbonfibre mould of a tin top and adapt for a soft top