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Topic: 68 retractible hard top?
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Hukdunfonix
Journeyman Posts: 68
From: San Diego, Ca. USA!
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 11-11-2005 05:12 PM
   
Hey you guys, i just got a 68 convertible and i dont really want to use the soft top anymore cause of the rain and stuff. i wanted to know if theres anywhere that sells a retractible hard top, or a hard top that can be takin off by hand. please send links. thank you.
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Fastback68
Gearhead Posts: 4169
From: Sucat, Paranaque, Philippines
Registered: Jul 99
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posted 11-11-2005 08:07 PM
I will hazard a fairly confident guess that there is nothing commercially available that will fit. There are surely folks out there who will make one to order though, but that'll cost.
Have you given a thought to any cutting that might be required to make it fit and stay on? Next time I run into someone with a first-generation T-bird with a removable hard top, I'll be interested to see how it works.
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Hukdunfonix
Journeyman Posts: 68
From: San Diego, Ca. USA!
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 11-12-2005 03:03 AM
Yea, we were at the route 66 show over in san bernindino, Ca, and a guy said that he new a company that made it. but it must of closed down or something cause the website link doesnt work. the on he told me about was that it could fully retract into the convertible compartment which is about a foot wide and about car widths length.
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68mustang351w
Gearhead Posts: 486
From: San Diego, Ca
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 11-12-2005 03:11 AM
I thought Mustang Plus advertised a retractable hardtop (retracted into the trunk, like the Ronster (i think that is what its called)). Not exactly what youa re looking for but the closest thing I have seen actually marketed.. David F.
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Hukdunfonix
Journeyman Posts: 68
From: San Diego, Ca. USA!
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 11-12-2005 03:27 AM
well i kinda want to be able to use the back seats. is there any pictures of the ronster kit with out the body kit on it? all im seing is a blue 66 with his body kit on it.
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Hukdunfonix
Journeyman Posts: 68
From: San Diego, Ca. USA!
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 11-12-2005 03:37 AM
i was reading it, the ronster kit is a chassis strengthing kit, tonneau cover (back seat speedster cover) tonneau cover brace, windshield header filler panel, and the instructions. so that car was a true roadster (someone cut the roof off and he made it work) not a convertible car.
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68mustang351w
Gearhead Posts: 486
From: San Diego, Ca
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 11-12-2005 05:10 AM
SOrry for the wrong info, i was going only on memory, anyways i dug out my Mustang Plus catalog and on page 58, it shows the kit i was talking about, though as you mentioned it (like the ronster) started out as a hardtop, it doesnt mention whether or not it could be retrofitted onto a conv. Maybe a call to M+ is in order ? 1-800-999-4298... David F.
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Scott H
Gearhead Posts: 1038
From: Chicago area
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 11-12-2005 07:25 AM
Don't forget to bring along a HUGE checkbook. If I recall, the cost was in the $5000 - $6,000 range.
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hotwheelscltr
Journeyman Posts: 16
From: las vegas,nv
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 11-12-2005 07:43 AM
I have just read somewhere in one of the latest mustang mags,that the company is starting back up or someone else is going to make them agian. mike------------------
get your kicks in a fast 66..
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mellowyellow
Gearhead Posts: 7553
From: So. Fl.
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 11-12-2005 09:29 AM
An M&M'er...Tony, the guy who used to do the Tues question. bought a 65 cv that had one. MMonthly, years ago, did a "roadtest" on one. It was heavy, not easy to handle, etc. I drove a 62 Vette on and off for almost 8 years. The only place to put the damn thing was in the house and it was a PITA! They were also a high theft item. The SL Mercedes coupes had removable tops and there was a pulley arrangement that could be bought to hoist them up to the garage ceiling. My ceiling doesn't lend itself to such a "rig". When I sold the 62, I didnot include the top. Sold the top later for 1500!! Today, believe they bring more!
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kinger44
Gearhead Posts: 274
From: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 11-14-2005 08:57 AM
Read Mustang Monthly this month for a story on the retactable hardtop. The company is starting back up again. BUT the kit only is for coupes, NOT convertibles.Gregg ------------------
68 coupe, red on black. http://mustangsandmore.50megs.com/MembersPics/kinger44.html
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Rudi
Journeyman Posts: 74
From: Welland ,On., Ca.
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 11-14-2005 08:54 PM
You'd be better off finding someone with a coupe to trade cars with. If I had an extra one I'd be up to it!
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sigtauenus
Gearhead Posts: 3406
From: Va Beach
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 11-16-2005 08:18 AM
Trade a convertable for a coupe? That won't be hard to find somebody willing to trade.
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