Anyone ever seen a convertible Skyline?

[T0nyGTSt]

I'm sure you Nissan afficionados know about the "Varietta".

But has there ever been an aftermarket convertible Skyline?

Surely it would be relatively easy given the fact they all have such small turrets.

T.

[SKY031]

I have some pics of a convertible R31, but I assume you want pics of a 32 or 33?

[fatz]

very nice

[Duncan]

/fatz takes angle grinder to his new r31 auto....

[GTS-4OrCeD]

Varietta is a convertable Silvia.

There is no convertable Skyline made by Nissan, haven't seen any aftermarket Convertables.

Greg.

[JH32]

Is it as easy as chopping the roof off to make a convertible

Obviously a bit of strenghtening as well, but is that all it is?

[DCD]

The only Skyline convertible I know of is the Michelotti designed Prince Skyline Sports Convertible. Came out in April 1962, was based on the ALSID-I platform and used a 1862cc GB4 engine.

Autech might have done something but I don't know of any.

Hope this helps.

[Cecam]

I have been looking at R32 wrecks lately, one of which had the roof cut off, I was opening/closing the doors and putting weight in the middle by the B pillar (four door) to see how much it sagged, and suprisingly it didn't seem to at all. It did twist pretty bad thou, but not enough to jamb the doors, so I think only minor strengthing would be involved.

I imagine a coupe would be stiffer than a four door, so would have even less flex....

[Doctor]

I think I may have seen a yellow 33 down at Cronulla today. Could not see it properly but it had a skyline wing and what I tought were the 4 hotplates.

[carlo]

we where talking about that yesterday, would be interesting to see a r33 one.