cut the roof off a sedan - instant convertable

[steve.zissou]

I have an old Ls400 lexus that I was basically going to scrap - paint is odinary and has a few issues that would cost alot to fix for rego - much more than the car would be worth.

Then i thought, what about cutting the roof off. As per the dodgy photo shop i think it looks good. I would only use it for driving around the farm and visiting neighbours and down to the river - on private roads of course.

I know every one says as it is a unibody, if you cut the roof off it will have no streghth and will bend at the first speed bump - i am a bit sceptical. Has any on ever actually done it. I found a few people that have done it on smaller cars (323's etc) and they never had an issue (even jumping them off ramps). I could weld the doors but dont want to go to that much effort.

Also - i'll chop the exhaust and run straight pipes - the old lexus v8 sounds mighty nice once free'd.

This is not for the road - just a way to travel round the farm in style - better and cheaper than a golf buggy.

While i was in the mood i shopped a FG xr8 to a 2 door convertable