would be awesome for a project!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Scion...3047#mainImage

 

Very odd--cut off the top but didn't even lower the car or put on rims. I wonder if the top got beat to heck and they chopped it off....

 

i saw pics of that car before. he was cruisin around town and somebody stopped him to take pics. the sides were all haggard and jagged though. looks like he capped them off now though.

 

Great project...right up until the point that body folds in half right across the middle...

 

thats a hack job if i ever saw one...i mean dang...there was an xB on ebay about a year ago that was an actual convertible, top and everything...i wonder what ever happened to that box, it was cool

 

When looking at the pics that are given it has other issues. What's left of the hatch is bent and wiggly. The rear bumper is messed up. It looks like it's at a wrecking yard now plus they even say it's a "project vehicle". I'm thining it had the roof caved in so they cut it off, drove it for awhile and now trying to un load it on someone else. Looks like a giant POS to me.

 

Whats the deal with the red cargo strap?

 

^ its preventing it from falling apart. IT'S A JDM CARGO STRAP!

hahaha ;]

 

dang, the xb looks good as a convertible

 

Ahhh NO
It looks just like all the minitruck roadsters. Without the roof it's not a box.

 

so, I like it. Its my opinion and you don't have to be a jerk about it

 

YIKES... No frame braces = the reason the windshield is cracked and the remainder of the rear hatch's dent issues. Whoever does end up buying this is going to spend more money in reworking the poor inbred engineering than they actually purchase the car for.

 

Yup - that there's some good ol' redneck enjuneeerin' at its best!

 

So let's pretend for the sake of argument that they drop the doors and just make it a frame and sheetmetal all the way around (get in and out dukes of hazzard style), would that resolve the structural issues?

Looking at it, it's a pretty neat concept (I did see the xB convertible in the Scion mag a couple years ago). It reminds me of that modified xA done by 5-axis long ago.

 

You are entitled to your opinion. I didn't call you a name. I'm a jerk cause I don't agree with your opinion. What does that make you?

 

Doubtful.
A car that's made to be a convertible is different structurally than a hardtop. Bracing and supports along and across the chassis, in the engine compartment, etc. It would take a heckuva lot of work to make this thing drivable at anything more than a crawl, let alone acceptably structurally rigid by usual coach-building standards.

And I'm with some of you in that done right, this really COULD be something cool. Unfortunately, this one ain't...

 

Could you imagine trying to autocross this thing just to see how it would hold up?

 

No kidding!
The good thing would be that at the end of the day, you'd be able to fold it up and take it home in the back of an SUV!

 

I remeber this, dude lost his marriage over it I think

 

no, i just felt the way you said it was kind of jerky, thats all. "Ahhh NO " seemed like you were saying my opinion was wrong. Maybe not though, thats just how i saw it.