Thread: can I do it? What should I build? Ideas wanted!

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I would cut the top off it, leaving the windshield in place, install 6 seats out of convertibles (seat and shoulder belt integral with the seat), paint it two-tone high school colors with the school mascot painted very large on both sides of the vehicle (whatever H.S. your son is likely to go to), find a way to govern the vehicle to 50 mph max, install step railings (ladder) at the back so that the two rear seats can be reached by climbing up from the back and give it to him. He'll be the most popular kid in school. See these images of the Fiat Jolly for inspiration......
https://www.google.com/search?q=Fiat...btAZTlyAHHrIA4
P.S. Tall, very skinny tires might help the image some.......
P.P.S. You might even want to remove all glass from the doors and cut them down like this, for easy side entrance & exit......
1957 Fiat Jolly | Main gallery | Photos | Motorsport.com
P.P.P.S. Maybe make a removeable cloth top for it, with a conduit frame, with or without fringe

I've been thinking about ways to limit the top speed of the vehicle that could not be easily defeated by a teenager and his friends and would welcome ideas from other forum members. My first inclination would be to drill a 3/8" hole in the floorboard right under the accelerator pedal, insert a piece of 3/8" Allthread with a nut on the driver's side and one on the underside, so you could adjust vehicle speed. Once the 50 mph top limit was found, I would weld the nuts to the allthread top and bottom to hopefully prevent tampering. I'm sure that there is also some way to do it electronically, but I don't know how.

More thoughts.. the tach, relay, and timer could all be mounted in a black box, spot weld the door shut. The warning light to the dash, and for a standard, you could install switches in the linkage so only top gears would be affected. Or is that effected, I can never keep those straight.

Originally Posted by techinspector1

I would cut the top off it, leaving the windshield in place, install 6 seats out of convertibles (seat and shoulder belt integral with the seat), paint it two-tone high school colors with the school mascot painted very large on both sides of the vehicle (whatever H.S. your son is likely to go to),

Hmmm. I remember the car the Monkees drove and it makes me think of that. I also recall seeing I think, late 70s Volare' or Aspen wagons converted - perhaps on Fantasy Island TV show.