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I frequent another hotrod forum on the internet, where a guy was asking about cutting the top off a steel coupe which had a damaged top, to make a "coupster" from. He was immediately jumped on by one of the "traditional police" from southern California and told that if he wanted to be a real hotrodder, he had to either get an original steel roadster body, or a (Gasp) fiberglass one. Coupes with the top cut off were simply not acceptable!!! The following message is my response to that gentleman------For the guy in southern California who HATES coupsters---Okay, thats your right to hate them. Why don't we all get real roadsters, or fiberglass roadsters??? Well, the unfortunate reality is that the farther north you go from southern California, the fewer roadsters were sold. Us poor jerks that live where there is ice and snow a goodly portion of the year never bought that many roadsters in the twenties and thirties.---We bought steel topped cars with roll up windows and heaters. And now, for anybody wanting to build on a budget, thats what is most readily available and consequently least expensive. Yes, a person could buy a glass roadster body for $3000 to $7000, but hey---If ya can get a real steel coupe with a rotted top for free, or close to it, to build a "coupster" from then that $3000 to $7000 saved can damn near build a running car. (Or at least a good chunk of it). And you're right---its not going to fool anybody into thinking its a REAL roadster.--But---does anybody really care?? The hobby is about building unique, early style cars and enjoying them. "Traditional" has a lot of different faces.----Brian