This is just my point. If the t-top cars were flexy imagine no roof at all....
-Rich On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:02:47 +0000 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], shelbydodge@imagilist.com > Subject: Re: SD> Convertibles and Windshields > > 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 > ___________REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING_________ ShelbyDodge mailing list ShelbyDodge@imagilist.com http://www.imagilist.com/mailman/listinfo/shelbydodge
