Custom Soft Top

[Geoff Dowdle]

Clyde,
one thing to think about making a soft top with glass rear screen ,
soundproofing / padding internal lining and external cloth is that where
will it all fit when you lower it .
It will either fill up the back seat area , or sit on the top of the body a
bit like the 400 & 405 dropheads which to me spoils the look of the cars &
possibly impedes the rear vision .
Years ago I had a 402 which had a simple folding hood frame and only the
external cloth , it all folded neatly out of sight behind the rear seat back
.
I will make a similar arrangement for my 400 convertible project.
It would be a big job to do such a conversion properly and how successful
would the hood be at speed , its a big cockpit to cover .
Have you considered carefully removing the roof and converting the roof into
a detachable hardtop.
Good Luck
Geoff