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gordonbennet Rank: Renault 16

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Shite, whats the deal with that B&Q bloody drain pipe running up from the front wing to the roof rack on the shite orange Lacetti.

 

Fuck me i'd have to wear a bloody robbers mask and a stripey jumper and carry a bag with SWAG on it before i'd drive that.

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P6 Convertible?!

 

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^ and the hood sits where?

The hood folds into a life raft sized package that then clips unobtrusively on top of the boot mounted spare wheel.

Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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^^^ If you'd be so kind!

 

Back in the day, Rover seriously considered a P6 convertible (and a hardtop coupe) and had two prototypes built by external coachbuilders. One by FLM Panelcraft (of Estoura fame), one by the Swiss company Graber. The structural strength was not a big issue, since the P6 has extremely sturdy sills and the roof doesn't carry much longitudinal stress to begin with. Both companies further increased the structural rigidity by converting the cars to two-door configuration with lengthened doors.

The apparent big problem was already mentioned here - hood storage. Being not the most roomy car to start with, proper hood storage would have meant the car being a 2+2 at best and thus the idea was not approved for production.

Both of the prototype convertibles survive and are meanwhile fully restored.

 

Since then a lot of individuals had a go at creating haphazard backyard convertibles by simply whacking roofs off with an angle grinder, welding the rear doors shut, and either not bothering with a hood, or fabricating something decidedly amateurish. They also mostly didn't bother about a proper side window arrangement.

 

Then came Design and Solutions and decided to rectify all that. Although they did not bother with lengthening the front doors, they did alter the side window glass (note absence of a door frame) and designed a functional hood, although without any padding. Doing this in a period when the P6 wasn't exactly at the peak of its popularity, apparently it was not a great success.

 

Also note that the whitewashed example currently offered on Ebay appears to have been Cameron Green at some stage. It certainly was a pretty car, no doubt.

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EssDeeWon Rank: Renault 16

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South African import badged as a V8-S, potential barg but I would beware of that very short MOT. Its a no brainer to just run a car down the road for an MOT if its nearly expired and you think it'll pass especially if your trying to sell it, maybe that's just me.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980-ROVER-SD1-3500-3-5-V8-MANUAL-5-SPEED-SDI-TAX-MOT-63k-SOUTH-AFRICA-IMPORT-/181320346580?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2a3788ebd4

 

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dugong Rank: Renault 16

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Back in the day, Rover seriously considered a P6 convertible (and a hardtop coupe) and had two prototypes built by external coachbuilders. One by FLM Panelcraft (of Estoura fame), one by the Swiss company Graber. The structural strength was not a big issue, since the P6 has extremely sturdy sills and the roof doesn't carry much longitudinal stress to begin with. Both companies further increased the structural rigidity by converting the cars to two-door configuration with lengthened doors.

The apparent big problem was already mentioned here - hood storage. Being not the most roomy car to start with, proper hood storage would have meant the car being a 2+2 at best and thus the idea was not approved for production.

Both of the prototype convertibles survive and are meanwhile fully restored.

 

Since then a lot of individuals had a go at creating haphazard backyard convertibles by simply whacking roofs off with an angle grinder, welding the rear doors shut, and either not bothering with a hood, or fabricating something decidedly amateurish. They also mostly didn't bother about a proper side window arrangement.

 

Then came Design and Solutions and decided to rectify all that. Although they did not bother with lengthening the front doors, they did alter the side window glass (note absence of a door frame) and designed a functional hood, although without any padding. Doing this in a period when the P6 wasn't exactly at the peak of its popularity, apparently it was not a great success.

 

Also note that the whitewashed example currently offered on Ebay appears to have been Cameron Green at some stage. It certainly was a pretty car, no doubt.

 

Given the chassis \ punt arrangement of the P6, I'm surprised Crayford or the equivalent didn't shorten a 2000 or V8 into a 3 door and lop the roof off professionally. The white eBay car's getting there but the amount of plod in the wings would bother me as a prospective purchaser. 

scruff Rank: Renault 16

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Do it Trig. I absolutely loved mine, I only sold it as I needed a van and I'd have another in a heartbeat. That's a great price too

Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Junkman

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Given the chassis \ punt arrangement of the P6, I'm surprised Crayford or the equivalent didn't shorten a 2000 or V8 into a 3 door and lop the roof off professionally. The white eBay car's getting there but the amount of plod in the wings would bother me as a prospective purchaser.

If you really want to take it on, you would have to rebuild it from the ground up in a proper way.

And that raises the question, why bother?

trigger Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

trigger

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Do it Trig. I absolutely loved mine, I only sold it as I needed a van and I'd have another in a heartbeat. That's a great price too

 

I've spoke to the vendor and I'm going to take a look on Tuesday, It sounds nice enough from his description, It will be much nicer to drive to Wales in than the Acclaim too. 

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panhard65 Rank: Renault 16

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Just seen my old 17 gordini is going back up for sale. As far as I know it has only been offered in the owners club at present with no mention of price. The picture was from when I had it. It has since had the restoration started. It should of been a runner and went with pretty much everything to restore it.

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Pm me if you are seriously interested I know when I got it originally the previous owner wanted to see it restored so it needs a good home.

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