canam hardtop who is interested ?
Discussion
There is a central brace from which two roof panels hindge. The roof panels and the central brace can easily be removed and stowed behind the seats. I'll post some more pics as things move on. The inner skin is now covered in polyurethane foam to allow me to create the outer profile.
Dave
Dave
You may consider mimicking the Peugeot 908, use the current lower door and have a "gull wing" upper section for the window. This allows removal of the upper door for a "t-top" and possible storage of the upper door behind the passenger seat (this is where my windows are stored when removed from the GTR).
CanAm Dave said:
Ha Ha! The 'bean can' is actually a 3" diameter aluminium bar. It was just used for it's weight to hold the shape while bonding.
Dave
Dave your setup so far looks very good....if you are having problems with the roof design because of the door glass you could use the Koenigsegg door hinge system made by Raptor VX3 ... the door does outwards before going up??Dave
Dom
As a current CanAm builder and my next stage is the body work, I have thought about a hard top too.
Having read through all the posts on this, has anyone thought about having a small hinged section at the outside part of the roof panels ( say a 2'' strip next to the window) that can be locked in place from the inside, but can remain unlocked when you shut the doors from the outside.
In other words you lift the hinged strip then open the door, get in, close door then snap-lock the strip in place.
The strip would be narrow enough that nobody could put their hand inside the car if security is the issue but at least when the strip is locked shut it holds the window in place..... It also means you don't have to lift the entire roof panel to open the door to get in.
Finally, if any of the hard top builders are interested in having it made in autoclaved prepreg carbon ( the strongest type of carbon you can get), then I would be only too happy to help since i have both the autoclave and the expertise in that field....And with a bit of co-operation we both end up with a carbon hardtop that works!
Pete
Having read through all the posts on this, has anyone thought about having a small hinged section at the outside part of the roof panels ( say a 2'' strip next to the window) that can be locked in place from the inside, but can remain unlocked when you shut the doors from the outside.
In other words you lift the hinged strip then open the door, get in, close door then snap-lock the strip in place.
The strip would be narrow enough that nobody could put their hand inside the car if security is the issue but at least when the strip is locked shut it holds the window in place..... It also means you don't have to lift the entire roof panel to open the door to get in.
Finally, if any of the hard top builders are interested in having it made in autoclaved prepreg carbon ( the strongest type of carbon you can get), then I would be only too happy to help since i have both the autoclave and the expertise in that field....And with a bit of co-operation we both end up with a carbon hardtop that works!
Pete
1717 said:
Hi did anyone successfully make a working targa top in the end ??
Thanks Jamie
was looking for such today/night lol, and just came across this, looks very cool, there is also a video on FB, not that I'm on FB since big tech, but you can still find it without being a member.Thanks Jamie
here there nice roof, I guess its the one from this thread?
https://www.ultimasports.co.uk/Models/EvoConvertib...
or drive it as a Targa
I also came across this one, not as 'nice' but maybe so you can still open the rear easily? no idea.
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