Still no interest locally in a 122 chassis - especially now that I took the roof off.

It figures that the same day that I removed the last bolted on part (e-brake cable on a bent bracket) I decided to put the front bodywork back on, then the headlights and trunk lid.



Yeah, I know, huge project, Plus it will require some custom welding and reinforcement. But, considering that I have all the parts to put the car back together, I thought I'd look around and see what sort of "lid" I could come up with for minimal cost.

I began some half-hearted checks for a convertible frame and found quite a few affordable setups on eBay - though nobody posts dimensions making it difficult.

And speaking of that, this is why I'm posting now. I took some reference measurements of the 65 sans roof and wanted to share them in case anyone else gets the same sort of crazy notions that I am plagued by.

130 Measurements:
55" - B pillar to B pillar (across the cabin)
46" - Back edge of rear window to the line between B pillars
26" - Front of B pillar to start of C pillar (an extraneous measure, bu maybe useful)
72" - diagonal line from center of windshield frame (I cut a straight line from the back edge of each door's vent window across the roof) to lower edge of rear window frame.
17" - from top edge of the doors/walls to the approximate old roof height.

From what I gather, I'd need a frame approximately 55 inched wide, capable of expanding to 6 feet from the back bottom to the forward top edge, with a "rise" of approximately 17 inches.

Possible candidates that appeared in a quick search is a Sunbeam Tiger, Datsun Roadster, Corvair, Spitfire - among the usual VWs and Mustangs. I've put in questions and hopefully one of these might "measure up" to something close.

If anyone has ever done a side-by-side comparison I'd be interested to know how Amazon cabin size compares to other "popular" vintage cars.