56 Chevy Hardtop to Convertible

[hinton1937]

OK, from reading the posts, I know this is not a popular thing to do. But we had a customer who wanted us to build a 56 Convertible out of a hard top. He had a convertible frame and pieces of a leftover convertible project including the cowling and the bows. We had a donor 56 hardtop that we used the rear wheel tubs, inner trunk panels, B pillar posts, and deck lid. We bought all new floor and trunk pans, doors, inner quarter panels. outer quarter panels, deck filler panels, lower tail pan and taillight repair panels, rear seat braces and brackets, hydraulic pump cover and mounting plate, new toe boards and the A pillar post repair Panels.

My question is this, I know this has been done before, and I have been told there are some detailed pics, but I have searched and searched and cannot find he project. Does anybody know of anybody else who has done this? We are at a point where we might have some questions or want to compare notes. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Edited to add: I posted some pictures of some of the work we have done so far. But i posted them in the regular gallery instead of the "project" gallery. Maybe I will figure out how to get them over there, lol.

Thanks
Hinton's Rides & Rods
Batesville, MS