Photo: Drop Top Customs
If you are an engineer, or at least know what engineers do, then you may be aware of the fact that chopping a car’s roof off has catastrophic effects on its rigidity, handling, ride and safety - it is basically compromised, and if the car in question is a four-door, then the loss of the B-pillar is extremely significant.
However, Drop Top Customs, from Florida specialize in cutting the tin tops off cars and replacing them with classy-looking soft tops. Now, they have taken an angle grinder and taken off the roof off Chrysler’s 300, as well as the Dodge Charger - both cars are four-door sedans.
They say they have strengthened the car sufficiently, in order for it to cope with the loss in rigidity, but we aren`t really convinced by that statement, and would love to get a chance to drive one of these ‘converted’ cars, then compare them against the stock model.
However, we will concede that the rag-topped 300 actually looks good, and it has a nice American-retro feel about it, especially when viewed from the side, perpendicularly. The Charger also looks good, but the conversion really suits the Chrysler better, we say.
They say they have strengthened the car sufficiently, in order for it to cope with the loss in rigidity, but we aren`t really convinced by that statement, and would love to get a chance to drive one of these ‘converted’ cars, then compare them against the stock model.
However, we will concede that the rag-topped 300 actually looks good, and it has a nice American-retro feel about it, especially when viewed from the side, perpendicularly. The Charger also looks good, but the conversion really suits the Chrysler better, we say.
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