Hello and a techy question, GT4 Convertible ? Options

[carlosfandango]

Hi, some of you guys may know me from Celicatech / GT4OC / Celica Club UK / TOC etc etc.

I test drove a ST205 a couple of weeks ago and have a unusual question, perhaps its been discussed here before?

its been on my mind for a while, a St205 and ST202 Convertible modification.

using the st205 as the project car and getting hold of a crash damaged cabby to molest and take bits off.

I cant find any info regarding chassis strengthening on the st202 cabby. I know that my convertible was sent from Japan to germany in coupe form and converted by a german coachbuilder, they did all the gen 4 convertibles for the european market and differ from usa version, our hood is manual and has a targe top.

i'm assuming the st202 vert left japan as a convertible and need to know what was done to the chassis.

any ideas?

This post has been edited by carlosfandango: Mar 31, 2005 - 11:43 AM

[blu94gt]

I would think that you'll have to completely strip the st205 to do a quality job. That way you can have it all painted when you're done too. Seriously I would think just strip it down to bare frame and body work, do all of the customization, THEN before you put any of parts back into it put it on a frame puller to make sure the frame is still straight to factory specifications (i know of many body shops here in the states that have these, i don't know about in the UK)

If I was in the UK I would love to help with this project, I think it would be an amazing custom job. I want to open my own customization shop within a couple years and convertible projects like these would be great. I want to chop a Honda Prelude for all the ricers here in the states

Are you going to use a factory Celica ragtop/top frame/motors? or no top at all? or fabricate your own?