Brit, I look forward seeing your chopped the top - few if any shops in the States would attempt that for liability reasons. Even with the roll cage, the rest of the vehicle will be severely weakened and will become loose and noisey in a relatively short time. Cars that come off the assembly line as convertibles are VASTLY different stucturally than their sedan counterparts. But I guess if you weld structural beams inside all the body panels and tied them in properly, it might be close to the original tightness.
The VX02 had the same lines as the current VX except for a more raked windscreen.
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