Technical Roof skin to carson top ?

Has anybody used a stock but chopped roof skin to build a carson top. I thought if you just filled the rear window except for where you need a small area for the new window,then pad the inside and outside what would be the difference.
You even could weld in a few ribs for the look. It would be a lot easier then building a whole cage. Please tell me what I'm missing in my thoughts !

 

No reason you couldn't, but why? A finely done removeable hardtop is surely more beautiful and exotic than a Carson-style padded top, yes?

 

Yes,but I really love the look of a custom 50's car with a carson. Look at Oz customs 56 packard"Caribbean." Way to cool!

 

I too have looked into creative ways to use the original roof skin to make a removable hardtop convertible on my 53' buick; or at least use it to spec out the carson top. I came across this "build progress blog." They want to wants to keep the frame & stability of the hardtop, but wants a removable roof skin. Might be off topic, but pretty cool concept. Not my car.

http://www.telusplanet.net/public/phovland/Buick.html

 

Thanks Rob

 

Also I don't need it removable!

 

Biggest job might be to reshape the A-pillars to make them look like a convertible.

 

You might be right Rikster!

 

Sounds like you want a padded vinyl top. No reason you can't build whatever you want with whatever rear window you want. Some cars came from the factory with a vinyl top with a small rear window, all they did was make a plastic overlay to partly cover the rear window and installed the top over it.