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by **Bernard** » Sat May 03, 2008 11:19 pm

I'd be curious to see how this one turns out...

by CJ » Sun May 04, 2008 9:40 am

Very interesting, chassis strenghtening will be key to the success of this project.

CJ

by **Kace** » Sun May 04, 2008 10:02 am

There was a completed convertible some years back in Barbados - can't seem to find any pics though.

Anyway - it should look like this :

by **Mickthepieman** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:32 am

I lot of work but it should be worth it, sprayed yellow with black leather interior. :smt023

You would not get many pies in it though :idea:

by **Myfeckin FTO** » Mon May 05, 2008 1:00 pm

I wish him the best of luck with that project cause he's gonna need it. I reckon that even with a couple of hundred kgs of strengthening there will still be a huge amount of scuttle shake - for a start the rear seats will HAVE to go to be replaced by braces - plus he'll need to run some more braces down the sills and across the front - loosing the roof though is gonna massively affect structural rigidity and will be lethal in a crash.

The FTO was never designed to be a convertible - Photoshops are all very well but I bet it will look very odd with the roof up in which state it will have to spend 98% of its time.

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:59 pm

i'm allmoust sure it will be a weekend car or a show car , not a daily driver . but ... it looks very good so far

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:18 am

That guy must have his pants specially tailored to accomodate his extra large "cohones".

Fair play to him for having a go - I really hope he manages to do something spectacular - imagine showing that car to the local mitsi rep..

It's a far cry from the current open top colt thats for sure.

by **Mustang** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:30 am

Hopefully he will not put that veilside front (as indicated in the sketch) on the car, as it would turn what could be a graceful looking sleek cabriolet into a snow plough lookalike. NOI but that veilside front does the car no favours whatsoever.

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:34 am

Mustang wrote:Hopefully he will not put that veilside front (as indicated in the sketch) on the car, as it would turn what could be a graceful looking sleek cabriolet into a snow plough lookalike. NOI but that veilside front does the car no favours whatsoever.

I tend to agree with you on this one Mustang - far better looking options available out there.

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