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Omega 4 door convertable
« on: 05 January 2011, 14:05:10 »
Has anybody successfully done this??

Was it a bit of a mistake??

Like the concept of it.................
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Re: Omega 4 door convertable
« Reply #1 on: 05 January 2011, 14:08:14 »
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Lincoln managed it in 1966  ::) ::)


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« Reply #2 on: 05 January 2011, 14:12:06 »
Seem to remember Kennedy had a few....................

Drew a pencil outline of a saloon chopped about, looked ok to me, the lines of it  looked "right".

A good project for the mechanically adept, don't you think?
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Re: Omega 4 door convertable
« Reply #3 on: 05 January 2011, 14:16:20 »
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Seem to remember Kennedy had a few....................

Drew a pencil outline of a saloon chopped about, looked ok to me, the lines of it  looked "right".

A good project for the mechanically adept, don't you think?

The B post seem to have a fair bit of flex in them as it is so I suspect you'd need B posts made from 6" box section to even have a chance of hinging a rear door from it. Which is probably the reason for the above Lincoln to have rear suicide doors. :y
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Re: Omega 4 door convertable
« Reply #4 on: 05 January 2011, 14:19:42 »
I always thought it was for the FBI to hide behind in case of attack......................gave protection with the front doors open from two sides!

Remember that being one of the criteria for the american govt buying them for Pres Kennedy according to their archives the doors were armoured with 25mm plate.
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Re: Omega 4 door convertable
« Reply #5 on: 05 January 2011, 14:31:08 »
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Remember that being one of the criteria for the american govt buying them for Pres Kennedy according to their archives the doors were armoured with 25mm plate.

Didn't do him a lot of good in the end!

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« Reply #6 on: 05 January 2011, 18:54:38 »
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Re: Omega 4 door convertable
« Reply #8 on: 05 January 2011, 21:11:00 »
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It's been done ;D
http://iphone.dailymotion.com/video/x9wye1_nuttaz-tv-convertible-omega_auto

Can't get the vid to play but I was going to suggest going to the local firestation  ;D
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« Reply #9 on: 05 January 2011, 21:27:48 »
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It's been done ;D
http://iphone.dailymotion.com/video/x9wye1_nuttaz-tv-convertible-omega_auto

Can't get the vid to play but I was going to suggest going to the local firestation  ;D

Try this: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9wye1_nuttaz-tv-convertible-omega_auto

If you can keep watching past the utterly idiotic opening (blokes trying to do Jackass, basically) sequence..
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Re: Omega 4 door convertable
« Reply #10 on: 05 January 2011, 21:33:46 »
Goes to daily motion page but no link..nothing??
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« Reply #11 on: 05 January 2011, 21:34:30 »
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How cool? 8-)
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Re: Omega 4 door convertable
« Reply #12 on: 05 January 2011, 21:41:15 »
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It's been done ;D
http://iphone.dailymotion.com/video/x9wye1_nuttaz-tv-convertible-omega_auto

Can't get the vid to play but I was going to suggest going to the local firestation  ;D

Try this: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9wye1_nuttaz-tv-convertible-omega_auto

If you can keep watching past the utterly idiotic opening (blokes trying to do Jackass, basically) sequence..


I think it suits the car, particularly the shot with the rear headrests still fitted, unless it was my imagination ::) ::)  not the best conversion but judging by the van in the background it was a scrapper anyway... :y
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« Reply #13 on: 05 January 2011, 21:41:20 »
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Goes to daily motion page but no link..nothing??

Strange.. it works for me! :)
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« Reply #14 on: 05 January 2011, 21:41:23 »
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It's been done ;D
http://iphone.dailymotion.com/video/x9wye1_nuttaz-tv-convertible-omega_auto

Can't get the vid to play but I was going to suggest going to the local firestation  ;D

Try this: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9wye1_nuttaz-tv-convertible-omega_auto

If you can keep watching past the utterly idiotic opening (blokes trying to do Jackass, basically) sequence..

The site is as a flaky as hell, keep trying and it will load.

My guess wasn't far off..... I was wondering what they were going to do with the seat belt mount.... ah  ;)

Drift..... a 2.5TD cannot (or the plank who was driving)
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