S-Class W126 Does w126 come in convertibles

[Monster]

I drove pass a prestige car dealership tonight and i was amazed to see a white w126 sitting in the showroom right next to a F430 and a Lotus Elise. Then i have a quick 2nd look, and much to my surprise it was a convertible version. 4 doors with a black roll-over protection bar connecting the 2 B pillars. I have never seen it before, not even on the net. too bad i don't have my camera with me. So all those merc experts out there, espically cawimmer, did Mercedes ever offered the car as special edition or was it a custome aftermarket job.

 

[MikeJ]

I'm almost certain it must have been an aftermarket job... I think there were quite a few companies chopping the roof off the coupe, but 4-door versions were much more exclusive. I've seen pictures of a couple, though.

 

[cawimmer430]

Officially, there were no C126 convertibles but it can be assumed that there were a few aftermarket conversions performed by some firms upon owner request.

Crayford in the UK for example converted a handful of C123 Coupés into Convertibles. Most of them were 280CE's.

 

[Merc1]

Yeah I found one in my area:



Not great, but not awful either I guess. The only thing really out of place on these types of conversions are their top stacks. It has this horrible unfinished look when the top is down.

M

 

[Monster]

Top up or top down, aftermarket versions don't look great at all, still it looks better then the Top Gear Renault Espace coversion.

Interesting to see this is a 2 door conversion, so the car was cut then welded back together, minus the roof, not an ideal situation. This car probably has the torsional ridgity of a sponge. Don't really understand why people want to do drive around in cars like this. True it looks unique, but there are the good type and the bad type of uniqueness.

 

[Merc1]

All very true. I wouldn't want to have an accident in such a car. It would likely fold right up!

M

 

[Monster]

i have seen photos of crashes involving such "lego" cars. Basically imagine you drop a lego car from 2m, and that is how these car look after a crash.