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Originally Posted by mach4
It's generally a bad idea to chop the top off a sedan/coup to create a convertible, the reason being that convertibles are designed with extra bracing and support to make up for the roof being gone.
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That is understood. A good friend of mine is a fabricator who builds race cars. He does it all, interior cage (to NHRA Specs) steering and suspension, exhaust, parachutes, I've seen 600+HP at his shop, motorcycles, cuts axles (to fit wider tires) really neat stuff. I helped him by designing an automatic headlight opener/closer using benz parts - vacuum elements, a vacuum pump, purge solenoid, here's a video ->
Camaro SS Headlight door opener/closer using pre-owned Mercedes Parts - YouTube
He's giving me pointers on where to cut, and how to get it together. I'm gonna have him beef up the bottom.
My intentions are to build a parade car for politicians to parade around in, however, the more I think about it, how cool would it be to put a seat up high on the rear deck (with seat belts and a panic button) and cruise around town.
It's going to be a long project, as I need to build a greenhouse too.