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

[carlosfandango]

but that explains a FE powered convertible for the USA/Canada.
UK missed out on the gen 5 convertible because it was too expensive to strengthen it to UK spec and the gen 4 convertible didnt sell as many units as toyota had hoped.

The UK 6gc convertible is 3sge powered - it is either strengthened to meet uk regulations or the chassis is strong enough as it is with only a few modifcations like the USA/C version.

I guess the only people who can tell me for sure will be ACS.