Yes, the Daytonas with t-tops were just sawsalled by "Cars and Concepts" (or something like that) I've read things on other Shelby lists/forums by people that worked for that company and the told what they did to create the T-top cars. Rivets and no welding to an original hard top car. The hardtop Daytonas are a night and day different car to drive. Quieter too! A lot quieter. But a Lebarob convertible is a much stiffer car than a t-top Daytona. The underside of it was designed to be a convertible and is different than a hardtop LeBaron. I've never compaired them at a salvage yard but have been told that the underside is different.
Bob Doherty http://amoparx.net/mnsdacpic/mnsdac.htm Coon Rapids, MN. 89 LeBaron GTC Convert TII 87 Shelby GLHS #784 87 Shelby GLHS #654 http://amoparx.net/glhs654/glhs654.htm 68 AMC AMX #5816 http://northstaramc.com/northstaramc.html 94 Plymouth Sundance 2.5 TBI (My Wifes car that I drive) http://geocities.com/amoparx/ -------------- Original message -------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > My only experiences with Mopar convertibles are P, J, and old school > E. I have never seen a windshield crack in a FWD car. The P has a LOT of > extra support between the front and rear wheels. It also has permanent > fixed support "triangle" windows on the sides. I had to add support on the > E. I have seen those crack at about 600HP at a drag strip without the > subframe connectors. ; ) My experiences with the J convertible are > through friends. I owned an '87 J new in '87 but never a J 'vert. I have > several friends with them, some of which were also purchased new. No > problems to date. I would suspect that if a G body had the same kind of > under body support for a convertible top, there wouldn't be any problems > with those either. I'm willing to bet Chrysler just used a sawsall and > made a few T-Top cars without consideration to body / frame stiffening. If > that is the case, I could see why windshields would crack in T-Top cars. > Especially if you bump up the HP and launch it hard. I would be curious to > know if anybody has a regular hard top and a T-Top G body. Look under it > and see if there are any frame differences. > ___________REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING_________ > ShelbyDodge mailing list > ShelbyDodge@imagilist.com > http://www.imagilist.com/mailman/listinfo/shelbydodge -- ___________REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING_________ ShelbyDodge mailing list ShelbyDodge@imagilist.com http://www.imagilist.com/mailman/listinfo/shelbydodge
