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That is one of my concerns. How do they do it with VW bug convertibles I wonder? There is a picture of a fastback convertible in the gallary at the Samba and I do see he has put some support bracying between the door frames about six inches up from the floor. I'd probably be triping over that every time I got in and out of the car. I used to own a 72 Camero and wanted to put a T-top in until I was warned about no center bracing in the roof of that type model. One does have to be very careful. Thanks for the questions and suggestions everyone. Ron > With the "backbone" of the body gone, how do you restore body/frame > rigidity, as in maintaining the door to body gap? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Bechdolt" <ron@bechdolt.net> > To: <type3@vwtype3.org> > Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 8:42 AM > Subject: [T3] Type 3 Convertible? > > > >I know the T3 purists out there will frown on this idea, but I'm > > considering turning my 69 fastback (junkyard salvage) into a > > convertible. I've only found two of these ever done and if done > > right, they look pretty good. Only problem is finding a top that > > would fit and look good. What I've seen for tops looks all wrong, so > > I'm considering removable hard shell top, perhaps one I would make out > > of fiberglass if I could find a way to keep it firmly in place. > > > > I'm just curious what fellow T3 owners think of such an idea. Crazy? > > Practical? Dangerous? > > > > Ron Bechdolt > > 69 Fastback > > 72 Bug > > 72 Westy > > 70 Deluxe Bus > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > -- Ron Bechdolt