Hardtop/Convertible
12-17-2011, 10:35 PM
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Hardtop/Convertible
I thought some of you convertible guys might find this interesting. I was wondering where this car may be today.
http://www.vetteweb.com/features/vem...ble/index.html
http://www.vetteweb.com/features/vem...ble/index.html
12-17-2011, 11:41 PM
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Why would the soft top still be on the car? I don't see any way to use it.
12-18-2011, 12:00 AM
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The hardtop and tonneau cover unbolts as one unit. Uses a hoist system similar to the one used for hardtops on Jeeps.
Drop in and bolt up the convertible tonneau and you're back to a stock convertible.
Depending on how you use the car it makes a lot of sense.
12-18-2011, 08:51 AM
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Looks like he did a pretty good job to me. 
01-11-2012, 09:51 PM
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wait... what about the 98 pace car? i know i've seen one with a hard top
actually, i found the pic
that article's wrong. it Murfreesboro, TN
actually, i found the pic
I thought some of you convertible guys might find this interesting. I was wondering where this car may be today.
http://www.vetteweb.com/features/vem...ble/index.html
http://www.vetteweb.com/features/vem...ble/index.html
01-11-2012, 10:04 PM
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Thanks for posting this John. I have been curious how this could be done. I had to have a Vert but like the FRC look too. Plus I could do track days with a roof. Something to think about.
01-12-2012, 02:34 PM
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I saw a retractable like that several years ago at the Lone Star show at Texas Motor Speedway. A company there was trying to sell the conversion.
06-25-2019, 10:24 AM
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If you wanted a retractable hardtop, Maybe/maybe not, you could use the mechanism off the Cadillac XLR. Maybe better to buy a Cad and slap Corvette front clip on it, the rear need to stay to accommodate the folding roof.
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06-25-2019, 11:41 PM
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06-25-2019, 11:58 PM
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A spammer revived this thread earlier today and she's now history.
