SNAIL ☠ Vintage School 2CV    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Folding roof/ragtop          SNAIL Forum Index -> Wanted View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Deuche Fester Dropped Joined: 17 Apr 2008 Posts: 102 Location: Hilversum, The Netherlands Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:58 pm    Post subject: Folding roof/ragtop I am playing around with some ideas and i am checking out if i can install a folding roof that is also used on a DS or a VW beetle ragtop. Any ideas or tips where to get my hands on them are greatly appreciated. _________________ Back to top Muskie Dropped Joined: 02 Oct 2008 Posts: 166 Location: Limburg Holland Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:16 am    Post subject: Great idea, but (I think) very difficult to built. Maybe you should cut out and weld in the roof of a ragtop (damaged, sloop ) Renault Twingo. _________________ http://muskies-aircooled.skynetblogs.be/ Back to top Bart Lowered Joined: 17 Jun 2007 Posts: 783 Location: Södertälje Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:09 am    Post subject: It may look cool, but from my experiance the slider system in such a roof is very fragile. It is not without a reason I'm afraid that most twingo's come with such a roof. So from that point of view you better stick to original. _________________ I like to play Back to top Deuche Fester Dropped Joined: 17 Apr 2008 Posts: 102 Location: Hilversum, The Netherlands Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:24 am    Post subject: I am willing to investigate this option, i had the VW beetle ragtop in mind, the Twingo ragtop and perhaps those that are put on DS. But the 2cv has a much bigger and rounder arc so i will have to see how to fit it well. I do think if i can find a folding roof as big as the original roof (900mm wide and all the way to the back) it will look great and it is much more useful. you can open it with 1 hinge in the middle and slide it open any way you want and fix it in that position. It's worth investigating, although i know i will probably have to create the sliding mechanism myself. _________________ Back to top Captain Krimson Dropped Joined: 03 Feb 2008 Posts: 171 Location: the Netherlands Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:58 am    Post subject: a friend of mine has a Picasso with such a roof, in that case you'd even have a Citroën roof . This roof is probably more curved than the Twingo-one _________________ look for "sundive live" on youtube and be startled by my weird musical mind Back to top Olli Soviet-Finn Photoshoper Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 2146 Location: Soviet-Finland Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:48 am    Post subject: Broblem with twingo and beetle roof could be that they are much smaller than 2cv´s. 2cv is quite boxy design and roof is as wide as rest of body. At least in "modern" cars roofs go much smaller than body of car. Also finding abandoned ragtop vw could be hard. Those vw guys are after those roofs too. I think only good looking result could be fully custom made roof and that makes you many work. -Olli _________________ www.ollierkkila.com Back to top JoZeF Grave Digger Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 1734 Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:01 am    Post subject: Twingo roof should be wide enough to look good on a 'Hoodride AMI6, though _________________ "That bumper fits there like sunglasses on pig" O.E. Back to top Etienne Hoodrider Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 2829 Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:12 pm    Post subject: My mother has such a roof on her twingo. Well, we cannot say it's waterproof and it has never been ! _________________ www.super2cv.com Back to top björn Lowered Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 1695 Location: hillywood(hilversum)/holland Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:03 pm    Post subject: cool deez whe sould go to car yard and look for a twingo _________________ Back to top JoZeF Grave Digger Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 1734 Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:36 pm    Post subject: I doubt that VW ragtops are watertight. It's much more for the looks than the practical aspect of things; like a lot of things in car customising _________________ "That bumper fits there like sunglasses on pig" O.E. Last edited by JoZeF on Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:13 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top Deuche Fester Dropped Joined: 17 Apr 2008 Posts: 102 Location: Hilversum, The Netherlands Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:02 pm    Post subject: I agree with Olli, and i figured too that although the width of the ragtops can reach 90cm, the length should be much longer for it to fit the 2cv. The Twingo one is much too straight and short i think, but it can't hurt to look for ways to customize them. Even when i can use the glider rails and modify the rack and canvas. I will start a project topic when i am ready :) _________________ Back to top Muskie Dropped Joined: 02 Oct 2008 Posts: 166 Location: Limburg Holland Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 1:27 am    Post subject: My father owned a Beetle 1200 ragtop in the sixties. God I hated that car! I allways wondered why he didn't buy a "real" car. Neighbours left and right had a DS, both grey with a dark grey roof. Our Volkswagen in yellow in between. The ragtop was waterproof allright! Now for sale in my home town: http://link.marktplaats.nl/243638221 God, I wished that car would be mine....... _________________ http://muskies-aircooled.skynetblogs.be/ Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         SNAIL Forum Index -> Wanted All times are GMT + 2 Hours Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum SNAIL forum----------------General chatMeetingTechnicYour ride Sell/Buy----------------For SaleWanted  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group. Hosted by phpBB.BizHat.com