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 Post subject: Roof stuff
PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:37 am 
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Is it possible to convert the roof of a classic mini so that it comes off? with it still being a hard top?

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Perhaps look at a ragtop sunroof or all glass roof?
That'd have the same effect without all the engineerig needed.

I'd love a convertable hardtop mini, but it wouldn't be easy.
First up you'd have to start with a 60's shell to help get aroung some of the
ADR and compliance stuff. Once the car is built as a complete convertable,
just get a roof made from fibreglass or something to keep it light.

Too much work for me to do.
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Yes, but it wouldn't be easy. You could also research carson tops. They're like a rigid soft top. With a carson top the hardest part is getting the mini made into a convertible and legally registered. The top itself is relatively easy.

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hmmm.

Just wondering because on the weekend I took a work mates toyota celica twin turbo for a drive, and it had a targa top, and it was really really really nice... wouldnt mind it if I could do that to a mini, maybe a couple of projects down the track.

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Get a Moke.

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A "Webasto" style roof only leaves about six inches inside the gutters when it is open - search for a British Open Classic (Rover) model as they have this type of roof
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A "Webasto" style roof only leaves about six inches inside the gutters when it is open - search for a British Open Classic (Rover) model as they have this type of roof


Or ping Boho - who owns an Open Classic (lucky sod!)

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screech wrote:
hmmm.

Just wondering because on the weekend I took a work mates toyota celica twin turbo for a drive, and it had a targa top, and it was really really really nice... wouldnt mind it if I could do that to a mini, maybe a couple of projects down the track.


Uh oh, I sense a yuppie gene lurking in Cass...

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