Ebody convertible hardtop?

[ToxicWolf]

My favorite old lift-off was my 450 SL.  Although my Corvette was a close second.  The Blazer top required a pulley.  I would love to have one on the Challenger. 

[TheGanzman]

As a 62 year old LIFETIME car guy, I - like many of you here I'm sure, am prone to wild "fantasy" dreams - like the mythical "Blank Checkbook" resto-modification.  One of those is to adapt the retractable hardtop technology that already exists (since the 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner), and amazingly even before that, the 1935 Peugeot 401 Eclipse, to a '60's or '70's muscle car.  You would want it to mimic the more current technology with the "split" or folding roof, of course...

My wife (Both "the money man" AND "the brains of the outfit") in our relationship, owns a 2009 AMG SL63 Mercedes.  EVERY time she or I runs the top up or down, I watch it with slack-jawed amazement and reverence - I wonder if you took your '70 Cuda hardtop to Chip Foose and said: "Make it do THAT!" what his response would be - can you say "Restraining Order"?

[dave73]

This is old I know, but I started it so why not? Just came across this; not a mopar but the concept is pretty awesome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzxtlccqdtg&feature=youtu.be

Seller was on ebay at some point and find this detail:

How is the roof attached?  Is the roof water-tight?
The roof weighs 75 pounds when trimed out.  the roof comes off with 2 bolts and 2 wing nuts, and can be removed in less than 2 minutes.    The top is held on by two bolts in the front and two wing nuts in the rear.   (See pictures below) There is a metal header attached to the roof.  On this metal header, there are two tinnerman nuts (mustang fender nut clips)  The two bolts go thru the mustang convertible sunvisor bracket dowel pin guide hole and thread into the tinnerman nuts,  The fiberglass roof up front is built to have a gasket that sits on the windshield stainless steel trim.  The back of the roof is held on by two wing nuts.  For mounting the back of the roof, two coupe sunvisor bracket rods are secured to the rear seat metal back frame. (Don't laugh . . . it works, its simple and inexpensive.)  The sunvisor bracket rods so they could swivel out of the way when the top is in the down position.  This keeps the top from tearing or catching the mounting rods.   The sunvisor rods are tapped to accept a 5/16 wing nut.  The sunvisor bracket is double nutted for  a height adjustment of the roof.  There is metal reinforcement attached to the roof where the wing nuts attach.  The owner can adjust the double nut, thus adjust the roof height.   I choose to have the roof sit 1/4 inch off the paint.  I do not want to marr the paint.  Weatherstripping can be attached to the roof where the roof sits on the convertible boot snap trim (hockey sticks).  This weatherstripping will keep most of the water and wind  noise out.  When the new owner installes the rear glass, rain should not get into the car.  However,  if this car is taken to a car wash, and the pressure washer is aimed at the roof to body lines, or the window to roof lines, some water will get in, just like any old Mustang.   In short, the roof can be as water tight as the new owner wants it to be, but keep in mind that the tighter the roof, the more chance for paint damage.