nova convertible

[bai1ey]

hello people
do any of you kind folk know if there has been a saloon converted into a drop top?

if so any project threads build guides ect..
how much more strenth do you think would have to be put back into it ect..

please discuss

thanks bailey

[novacabrio]

search hutchinsons!!

[novacabrio]

http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/index.php?seite=Modelle/Umbauten/Hutchinson/Hutchinson.htm

http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/Modelle/Umbauten/Hutchinson/Hutchinson1.jpg

[mowgli]

DISCUSS.......DISCUSS..........

ok, the irmscher one was based on a hatch, and was designed in conjunction with the factory, was well designed and looked cool...

the hutchinson was badly chopped up in a shed in coventry by a bloke with an old photo of a triumph stag and an axe.....then ray charles got the job of fitting the roof....

end of discussion

[novacabrio]

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=120216&highlight=nova+cabriolet

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=136247&highlight=nova+convertible

[bai1ey]

right so the hucthingsons was not factory made then ??? wow i have been thinking they was for ages. i think they look better in the longer saloon shape then the irmy hatch type affair

[novacabrio]

no convertible nova was ever factory all were converted

[novacabrio]

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=138599&highlight=irmscher

[bai1ey]

oh right is the sprint kitted one a hatch base or a saloon base car does any one know its all very interesting.

novacabrio havnt you had a few of these convertible one

[dj_wudgey]

i like the hutchinsons cabys id have one as a runabout!

[mowgli]

the sprint was hatch based..

hutchinson also did a few hatches, and they looked even worse

[bai1ey]

i am really liking them atm i think it is the way forward but each to there own

[mowgli]

i am really liking them atm i think it is the way forward but each to there own

bailey, have you got up close & personal with one yet?????

[bai1ey]

no mate only seen pics are thay horibly(sp) made. short cuts taken here and there.
i am thinking of converting one when i have the funds.

[mowgli]

they aren't very watertight, i've seen better softtops on a pram

[bai1ey]

haha i think if i had one it would be a summer only affair lol

i bet they are quite drafty in the winter aswell

[Jack]

I'd have a hutch. There was a white one for sale somewhere round here (Gillingham?) which I quite fancied, £600ish iirc.

[comptoncj]

I would have a one sided view because i own one, i love it lol yes the roof isnt great but they're different that why im building mine because you dont see them around. But everybody has their own opinions so each to their own.

[bai1ey]

I would have a one sided view because i own one, i love it lol yes the roof isnt great but they're different that why im building mine because you dont see them around. But everybody has their own opinions so each to their own.

sell me yours lol like i ssay i want one for summer

[dj_wudgey]

id have a hutchinsons caby for a runabout but thats it lol

[comptoncj]

sell me yours lol like i ssay i want one for summer

What summer? lol

I wont be driving mine this summer lol its still in bits just about got the engine and running gear sorted but then got distracted by another project so over the evenings this summer i'l be a busy bee so look out for updates on my WIP lol

[burgo]

meh what does it mater how water tight the roof is, its designed to have it down

[mowgli]

and knowing just how rustproof a nova is & how waterproof the electrics are, it needs to be waterproof

[burgo]

and knowing just how rustproof a nova is & how waterproof the electrics are, it needs to be waterproofactually the hutchinsons i had years ago had been sitting outside with no roof or interior for a few years and it was the back archs that were rotten :confused: the rest was fine

[comptoncj]

actually the hutchinsons i had years ago had been sitting outside with no roof or interior for a few years and it was the back archs that were rotten :confused: the rest was fine

My one is pretty much perfect underneath, alot better than my nova hatch, the convertible only needs a patch on the cill, which i didnt think was too bad at all especially with its leaky roof lol

[burgo]

so long as you leave a floor bung out of either side like with my estate they are fine lmao

[comptoncj]

so long as you leave a floor bung out of either side like with my estate they are fine lmao

lol haha, where i live the is a ford though so my feet would get wet going through it lol

[burgo]

lol haha, where i live the is a ford though so my feet would get wet going through it lolgo quick enough and you'll skim across lol

[comptoncj]

Hmm might try that lol or make it so the passenger gets wet feet and not me lol

[ward]

ill only be using mine in the summer as the roofs are very badly designed.
altho am looking into designing me own as ill have a spare oneto messa round with