General convertible coupe or photo shop take a look!
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General convertible coupe or photo shop take a look!
no they didnt make one
Definitley a photoshop job, but i like it! 
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They didn't photoshop the shadow...
I took a coupe once to a firm who reckond they could 'chop' anything. They declined the coupe, far too weak and would need a ton of strengthening if you chopped the roof off. Guy on the coupe forum looked into this big time and the cost was astronomic, not least the cost of getting a custom hood made. he was quoted 10k+ to do it.
I took a coupe once to a firm who reckond they could 'chop' anything. They declined the coupe, far too weak and would need a ton of strengthening if you chopped the roof off. Guy on the coupe forum looked into this big time and the cost was astronomic, not least the cost of getting a custom hood made. he was quoted 10k+ to do it.
hmmmm, doesn't alfa GTV spyder use it's bodyflex to it's advantage being similar to the wooden Morgan cars in the way it acts? the chasis being pretty much the same bar the more advanced rear suspension.
how does the GTV compare with the spyder, that's where i'd be looking if i was looking to make a convertible coupe.
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You mean complicated rear suspension,
In truth the alfa suspension is more fragile and many believe the handling to be no better, is all a matter of opinion
if you jack a coupe up and have the door open the body wil flex and the door will catch as you close it.
I would imagine a softer chassis is often beneficial in the wet etc. The morgan will have been designed to perform in a specified way under load. the coupe would just buckle if it had the roof chopped. I suspect that the rear quarters on the GTV spyder are very different structurally as will be the A posts, sills etc in order to maintain ridgidity with no roof. it will have been designed from the ground up on the drawing board with calculated decisions and will be different to a stock GTV/Coupe. This would require a huge amount to fit modify as a conversion
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The only ones I know well are the Barchetta and the Punto its based on. The B has a much more rigid bodyshell with the windscreen frame doubling a a roll bar. It's a great big lump of rolled steel bar that goes right down and around the floor plan. In the punto the frame where the doors sit is fairly thin and flimsy. The B has 4" deep box sections along each side with a thick bulkhead for extra rigidity behind the seats....Having said all this the car still flexes over bumps and isn't nearly as rigid as the ole MX5..
The Spyder is even worse, and that was supposed to be designed as a cabrio. Driving it on bad roads feels like its got a hinge in the middle. so I'd really hate to drive a convertable coupe. A 'proper job' would be so heavy that you'd lose performance..
MY 2p worth anyway
The Spyder is even worse, and that was supposed to be designed as a cabrio. Driving it on bad roads feels like its got a hinge in the middle. so I'd really hate to drive a convertable coupe. A 'proper job' would be so heavy that you'd lose performance..
MY 2p worth anyway
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the chassis on my mk1 mx5 is thick box section, the car was also designed from scratch to be a roadster, not based or sharing design with anything else. lovely car with awesome feel and tuning potential but more hairdresser image than the barchetta.
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I've removed the roof from a coupe 20v and linked the floor to the windscreen via a roll bar/ hoop arrangement and it drives really nicely and is surprisingly rigid. Looks ok too.
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Got pics?
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