Snowbunny Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Now I may just about get shot for this but has anyone fitted an electric hood to a convertible Herald? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger.england Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Bang! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebird Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Count yourself lucky you have got an electric starter motor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.in_Lux Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I fail to see how you can electronically push back the three-quarter windows, pull out and fold the excess material...For that the Herald/Vitesse would need a better designed hood... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldmanblue Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 thats a mod i would like to see ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowbunny Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 G.in_Belgium wrote:I fail to see how you can electronically push back the three-quarter windows, pull out and fold the excess material...For that the Herald/Vitesse would need a better designed hood...the other half has a Saab 93 Covertible on the drive and she very rarely opens the hood so as she doesn't use it much do you think she'd miss it if I took it and bastardised it? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebird Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Snowbunny wrote:the other half has a Saab 93 Covertible on the drive and she very rarely opens the hood so as she doesn't use it much do you think she'd miss it if I took it and bastardised it? ;)I'm sure she will notice the lack of a roof the first time it rains! :K) :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goody Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 As most of you know most American cars have power "Top's". I own one. I can say with some confidance that to put one on a Herald would require a comlete re-design of the entire frame. Also if the electric/hydro motor should fail their is no way to raise or lower the top without un bolting boath hydro cylenders! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Not so much a 'hood' on a Herald/Vitesse, more a piece of plastic vaugely shaped so as to cover mostish of the hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teabelly Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 When you've worked out how to do it I'd like one for my vitesse please :)You would need to redo the frame and find a way of getting the excess material out of the way. With vinyl roofs it is probably slightly easier as there is a bit less bulk. Some sort of roller mechanism that the hood is pushed into and gets pulled by from behind the seats might just do it. Folding the hood down is a bit like trying to get a roller towel back up into the machine once you've pulled out too much.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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