Buzz,
Funny I had never heard a whisper before of cutting the rear cowl for a folding top, until now!
Means nothing, but, when Steve Syrdal was CEO of the original Classic Roadsters, we sent a body and frame to "Sterling Tops" in Detroit to have one engineered. Sterling built all the tops for Chrysler at that time.
Two months later they came up with a prototype that would actually even work with a 3-point roll bar. (Much work had to be done to the rear cowl not only to hinge upward but also to allow the cowl to pass over-through- the roll bar.)
Cost for the actual prototype was in excess of $20K, tops were expected to be just under 5K! Great idea..........but obviously went by the way-side.
