Convertible top.

[Polishingpete]

My Beauford has been on the road for three years now, I chose to make
a non standard roof as I thought the factory one was not well thought
through. Turns out my own roof falls into the same category!
I use the car (a 4 door lwb) for weddings so want something which is
resonably quick to put up and down and looks good.
This coming winter I want to redo the roof frame/top and before I come
up with another idea am asking if any of our members has created a
roof they are happy with which I could copy.
I would appreciate any feedback you can give me.
Kind Regards
Peter

[chris gregory]

Thanks for your reply Peter

That confirms my thoughts on the gearing.

As for hood design,I have spent ages working on various layouts and now have one that works.I have the std. 4 door model, but the design could
 be altered for the long body I would have thought.

Regards Chris

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[Polishingpete]

Hi Chris,
I thought Hamish gave a good answer, I had carried out the same
comparisons as he had (engine, wheel speed and diameters) in the
spread sheet but on a bit of paper and came to the conclusion I wanted
a 4.15:1 diff. One other point, it has been a surprise how much the
ignition timing can have on the 'wrong gearing' effect. Check your
timing!
If you have any pictures of the roof I would appreciate a look at
them.
Kind Regards
Peter

On May 15, 8:59 pm, chris gregory <tarotc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for your reply Peter
> That confirms my thoughts on the gearing.
> As for hood design,I have spent ages working on various layouts and now
> have one that works.I have the std. 4 door model, but the design could
>  be altered for the long body I would have thought.
> Regards Chris
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Polishingpete

> <peter_cornw...@lineone.net>wrote:

[chris gregory]

Hi Peter

Sending some pics. of hood,still making final tweaks but seems to be working well.I found a ruff mock up of the design to show the mechanism layout.

I`ve spent ages trying various dimensions to give right height with minimum overhang and compact folding

Regards Chris