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We have been giving the hardtop option for the A352 a little more thought. We will be using a Morris 1000 rear window and part roof section to make a start on the shape to mould from, we just need to pop down the road when it's not raining and cut it of the scrap car that we have found locally.
The mock up photoshop image below, which was posted before, shows the roof line being very low and not overly easy to access (damn my hot rod taste! :icon_twisted but in reality the roof will need to be a bit taller.
We tried an MX250 roof, but that just doesn't work!!
Hello
Here are some further design references for your consideration.
The 356 hardtop seems to be similar to your original idea.
This may be a stupid question but can you make the doors bigger ( see Silver Bullett images ) to simplify access? The roof design could then remain lower also.
Hello
Here are some further design references for your consideration.
The 356 hardtop seems to be similar to your original idea.
This may be a stupid question but can you make the doors bigger ( see Silver Bullett images ) to simplify access? The roof design could then remain lower also.
It looks very much Jag XKSS with that shape screen, Is it from a spitfire mk3 hardtop? How does the original spitfire front screen look?
What you have mocked up looks good, but I agree it also needs to be attainable, if its not laminated a stone will give you a face full of glass!
I believe some MX5 hardtops are very similar in shape and not all are heated. I presume they are laminated aswell?
Finally got around to cutting the roof off the Morris, to use as the starting point for the A352 hardtop. It's the first "roof chop" I have done for years.
An important part of creating the hardtop for the A352 is to have glass that is both cheap and easy to obtain, this is why I have chosen the Morris 1000 roof and glass as a starting point. I Propped up the glass on the A352 today to check fit and head room.
A quick "infill" in Photoshop shows how the finished item may look.
The roof will be split along the top of the windscreen and hinged at the rear for access.
So is that rear screen the Morris screen, rear, upside down?
It looks good from over here! Will the radius of the door apperture mimic the wheel arches?
Your a clever sod aren't you!
but in reality the roof will need to be a bit taller.
