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....... but the stunted rear proportions made it look a little odd from certain directions.
Next was a “shooting brake” type item that kind-of worked........
......... then a ‘70s looking attempt with an inset rear window & buttresses each side not unlike the original Mini based GTM.
Again it worked in a sort-of way,
but I think I may now have cracked it.
If I was going to pay money for a hard top (which I’m not) I’d want something that gave me something the fury doesn’t currently have, so it would have to be pretty water tight & offer some additional practicality.
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Again the styling isn't ideal - having a roll bar 3" taller than the screen top makes smooth lines tricky
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Of course the biggest problems are sealing the top against
the Fury’s lithe shape & protecting the rear deck from anything carried in
the back & sliding about, the former being particularly tricky as wherever
the top touches the rear deck, there’s a slope towards the middle of the car.
Stopping this leaking would be near impossible. Here I felt I had a stroke of
genius, the hard top has a load floor built in which both protects the rear
deck from being damaged by sliding stuff, & means that the weather seal is
immediately behind the roll bar where the deck is quite flat. The rest of the
periphery can be trimmed to – say – ¼” from the body & I’ve put a couple of
venting slots right at the back below the load floor so air is drawn out,
venting & drying any water that gets between the deck & the load floor,
this arrangement also means the fuel filler is very much outside the car, so
fumes are not a problem.
So there you go. Will it get made – of course not, I just enjoy the problem solving.
So there you go. Will it get made – of course not, I just enjoy the problem solving.
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