Hard top Photoshop

BRYAN ROGERS · Post by **BRYAN ROGERS** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:33 pm

I stole a hardtop from a picture of a late 90's Mercedes SL and worked it onto a Photoshoped pic of my McLaren.

Just for fun.

75coug · Post by **75coug** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:47 am

I like it a lot. Now get to work engineering the real thing.

GQ 1949 · Post by **GQ 1949** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:55 am

Nice,, real nice

, I would love to have a hardtop for my Mclaren.
would a hardtop off 500SL really fit our cars

Hmm

BRYAN ROGERS · Post by **BRYAN ROGERS** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:13 am

I was thinking of what it would take to make something like that work.

You'd have to get or make a new tonneu cover to be the base for the hard top or put hooks or latches on the existing one to attach the hard top. Then you'd have to get new latches for the front to clamp it down to the winsdhield frame like the soft top.

I don't think an actual Mercedes piece would fit on there without major mods to the top.

I had to cut the windows out of the Mercedes pic by themselves and then paste them on the Mc pic then sorta "build" the rest of the top around it.

To make the real thing work and look right, you'd have to take the windows out of the top and then pretty much add and remove material where nessecary to make the top look like it's supposed to fit the car just like the Photoshop job.

Here's the original pic

BRYAN ROGERS · Post by **BRYAN ROGERS** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:32 am

If anyone wants to get creative, here is a link to e bay for MB hardtops.
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dl ... category0=

Looks like you could get a MB part for around $400+.

You'd probably put another $1,000 into fabrication and paint.

shelbyscarab · Post by **shelbyscarab** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:57 pm

This a great idea, I might be interested if one was ever created.

87ASC · Post by **87ASC** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:45 pm

We actually set the hardtop on the car and phtoshopped it. Its for our 2000 Mustang Mach1 Convertible, it fits 99-04 Mustang Convertible's with a 05-07 Mustang look. The window line actually lined up.
Here it is:

http://www.ascmclaren.org/phpBB/album_p ... ic_id=1014

shelbyscarab · Post by **shelbyscarab** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:58 pm

Thats cool.

I think the top is a little too rounded to mesh with the more boxy design of the '87-'90 style Fox mustang. Should be flatter on the top and sides.

BRYAN ROGERS · Post by **BRYAN ROGERS** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:24 pm

I too think it looks a little round for the application.

But at least you were thinking about it to the point where you tried it on the car and took pics.