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Old 12-05-2016, 02:16 PM
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Does anyone here know the company who produced this hard top?
Would love one of these for the winter.


 
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Given that there are no anchor points for the rear, I don't know how they would be able to secure the hardtop to the car??? In my miata, there are two anchor bolts to attach the hardtop, but the crossfire doesn't have that feature.
 
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Originally Posted by stevieb
Does anyone here know the company who produced this hard top?
Would love one of these for the winter.


First time I have seen that. If you find out who made it, find out also if it is available in red !
 
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That picture, came from a concept by a company called MetalCrafters Automotive Enhancements. I believe it was just concept only and never made it to production. I did a search on their site and could not find anything about it..

I found the info here..

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Given that there are no anchor points for the rear, I don't know how they would be able to secure the hardtop to the car??? In my miata, there are two anchor bolts to attach the hardtop, but the crossfire doesn't have that feature.
Granted but I would think anchor points wouldn't be hard to fit.
 

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Yea, the center one is already there, assuming the hard top would have the same hook thing that the rear window bow does.
 
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Salvage yard frame and some creativity.. thin aluminum skin and glassed over?


 
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Originally Posted by Hangman
Given that there are no anchor points for the rear, I don't know how they would be able to secure the hardtop to the car??? In my miata, there are two anchor bolts to attach the hardtop, but the crossfire doesn't have that feature.
With the engineering that went into hand fabricating that hardtop, I am sure that developing a way to secure it was the easy part.
 
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I don't think its gonna happen since that picture was from way back in 2004.. If we haven't seen one by now, chances are its dead..
 
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I don't think its gonna happen since that picture was from way back in 2004.. If we haven't seen one by now, chances are its dead..
What a shame They would have sold really well.
 
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I found the company.
$10,000.00
How many???
 
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Group buy discount?
 
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Does it come with a roadster?
 
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If the cars had actually sold for what they stickered, there may have been a market for it.

But given that our cars sold, for the most part, at a great discount, I'd say this idea was dead soon after it was first hatched.
 
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Too bad they didn't follow MB's concept and done a retracting hardtop...
 

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