Re: [Amc-list] Convertible conversion?

["Stu Fitchett" <amckiwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think the 2 door cars have a different front screen to the sedans / wagons

Not sure if it applies to hardtop & pillarless cars as well

Just beware when getting a screen

Stu

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Sent: Wednesday, 17 December 2008 9:38 AM
To: piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx; AMC/Rambler owners,drivers and fans.
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Convertible conversion?

I am way to far away to deal with shipping, but I have a spare windshield
from a 65. Wish I could get it to him.
Has he priced a new one or contacted Eddie steaks....

As for vert conversions.
I read the article in Hotrod in about 84-85 about doing the conversion on
That series Mustangs.
The roof assembly would be a beyotch.  The Mustand project used a scratch
built frame and I bet it was a nightmare!
The body takes wome serious, serious bracing!  We're talking full length
tubes inside both rockers, diagonal bracing etc; Lots of it.

   The xtra bracing is extreme and there is a bunch of it. Even with all
that the body still has some flex in them!  Though I must admit my 65 is
about the most non flexy car I have ever had! I swear my 69 American has
more leeway when jacked diagonally! The American gets a slight misalignment,
but not much and the doors still close well.
   The conv is dead on perfect! The doors still close right on the money. I
was impressed the first tim I had occasion to check for flex. That's the
main reason I saved it.  

    The only ways I would consider doing a roof to convert conversion would
be if a convert was not available in the body style I desired or I was
willing to build with a rollcage and no top!!!

    If you add a nice 6-8 or higher point cage to stiffen the car then you
take some of the load off the floor area.
Likewise if you weld the doors in and add some internal bracing in them you
also make things easier.

     I'd look for a convert in that body as they were made, unless I am
mistaken.  Otherwise I'd consider doing it as either the rollcage version
with no top or give up.  Hopping the doors to get in and out would grow old
fast!

  Oh, if you want to do an altered drop me a line! I think you can reskin
the 65 to make it into a 64, then move the rear axle forward, shorten the
front inner fenders and move the 64 front wheel openings forward. You could
build an altered wheelbase convert ! 

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
" I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens! "

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> I can't speak for the convertible idea but a guy on the AMC Forum in Texas
needs 
> a 64 Classic windshield BAD right now.  He's fixing up a Rambler Typhoon.
> 
> I'll forward you email address to him if you're willing to part with that 
> windshield (and if it's in good shape of course).
> Joe Fulton
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 12/16/08, Victor the Cleaner <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > From: Victor the Cleaner <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [Amc-list] Convertible conversion?
> > To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 11:46 AM
> > Just out of curiosity...
> > 
> > I've got a two-door 64 Classic that's been reduced
> > to a shell - the
> > 287 was getting pretty bad (oil consumption), so I pulled
> > it (and
> > the tranny) a few years ago and haven't yet gotten a
> > chance to do 
> > anything with it.  Body's not in too bad shape - floor
> > pan and front 
> > fender rust perforation and some minor front-end accident
> > damage.  
> > But I've been wondering what it'd be like to chop
> > the roof off and 
> > turn it into a ragtop.
> > 
> > Can anyone offer any experiences (pos or neg) or opinions?
> > 
> > thx.mch.
> > 
> > Jonathan
> > 
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