How your Mustang Convertable was Made - 1982-1993 Mustang GT Registry Message Board

Bobs88CobraGT · 01-23-2018, 07:06 PM

I found this on the internet. I always thought that a convertable was built as a convertable, a car with no metal roof but then had a cloth top put on.

82gtstang · 01-30-2018, 10:13 AM

Why would DAP waste the time, energy, and steel to spot weld C-pillars and a solid roof to the chassis only to chop them off off later? Sound ridiculous to me. The 'temporary' tops were a fiberglass-type material. They were shipped back to DAP to be re-used.

fb93 · 03-01-2018, 11:50 PM

This is what i have always been told, and read...

Ford contracted Cars and Concepts to convert hardtop Mustangs into convertibles in 1983. Convertibles built after that, as far as i know, started out as convertibles. They werent conversions. There was one exception to this. McLaren.

According to ascmclaren.org...

"the '87-'90 ASC/McLaren Mustangs began life on the Dearborn assembly line as two-door notchbacks with convertible platforms. Roofs were cut off by laser at ASC and the A-pillars were inclined a few degrees rearward for improved aerodynamics, which meant trimming the door glass for proper fit."

Cars and Concepts also took care of the Chrysler LeBaron convertible.

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01-30-2018, 10:13 AM	#2
82gtstang Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 8	Why would DAP waste the time, energy, and steel to spot weld C-pillars and a solid roof to the chassis only to chop them off off later? Sound ridiculous to me. The 'temporary' tops were a fiberglass-type material. They were shipped back to DAP to be re-used.

03-01-2018, 11:50 PM	#3
fb93 2010 Donating Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 326	This is what i have always been told, and read... Ford contracted Cars and Concepts to convert hardtop Mustangs into convertibles in 1983. Convertibles built after that, as far as i know, started out as convertibles. They werent conversions. There was one exception to this. McLaren. According to ascmclaren.org... "the '87-'90 ASC/McLaren Mustangs began life on the Dearborn assembly line as two-door notchbacks with convertible platforms. Roofs were cut off by laser at ASC and the A-pillars were inclined a few degrees rearward for improved aerodynamics, which meant trimming the door glass for proper fit." Cars and Concepts also took care of the Chrysler LeBaron convertible.