necessity of a roof

[desinor at sympatico.ca (Jean-Claude Desinor)]

   I remember reading somewhere that one of the differences between a 
Rabbit and a Rabbit convertible (before they used the newfangled Cabrio 
moniker), was that Karmann added 150 pounds of floor reinforcements to them.
   I understand that what you are asking is to just cut a bigger 
sunroof, but I suspect the shell integrity would be compromised. I 
remember one MkII windshield cracking because the shell without dash, 
seats, carpet, doors, hatch, hood, etc was twisting too easily. Of 
course, rust may have been at play there, but our cars are old ...

	Jean-Claude
	84 8v (you toucha ma car, I breaka ya face ...)

Foxx (in a box) a ?crit :
>   i know that there are convertible sciroccos and cabriolets with extra 
> body support rolling around out there with for the lack of a steel roof. 
> but, what i'm wondering, would extra support be necessary if the frame 
> of the roof is there and not the middle section? in essence, to convert 
> the roof into one big sunroof? harebrained, i know. i just see these ads 
> for new cars with a vertical sunroof rather than a horizontal one and 
> wondering if the middle man couldn't just be skipped. now, on with 
> normal life.
>