Ford can amortize the costs through volume sales...and it can be done during the car's build - greatly reducing the price. Being a relatively small operation, Saleen will always have to charge more for a custom retrofit.

 

I don't see how this is an issue. Those that want it will pay for it, and those who don't and can't afford it will get a base car. This will not hurt Ford's sales at all, I would think. If not, it would attract more buyers who want more.

Cheers

 

Thanks for the clarification.

 

I would love that option and maybe by then it will be an option on a BOSS can you say Grabber Blue for me please

 

Don't forget Ford tried to make the Mustang their "luxury" car in the early 70's.

For as much as that roof would weigh...no way (rhyme not intended)

 

Can you frikkin imagine how hot that car is going to be inside on a hot day.

 

ha! agreed

 

Id rather have a Targa or T-top. That technology that changes it from clear to opaque would be awesome.

 

Yeah, especially here in the Phoenix area unless ther would be a shade of some sort but I dunno. Brains a fryin!!

 

Sold though, didn't it?

 

I really like the look of the "Glassback", when it was a t SEMA in the CDC Booth it was very cool looking indeed, but I know how hot my 86GT with t-tops was, but I solved it with heavy limo tint

 

Yup, it it's time the Mustang and Pinto were great cars at the time, along with a lot of others like the Pacer that we all laugh at now. Really, not much of anything built from 72-88 is worth a ****.

 

Here's the glassback trim issues. I have sold 6 like this and have seen a dozen go through here. From the inside it's beautiful, and most people don't complain about the trim but they all end up like this.

Pics 1 and 2: Header trim is straight and does not compensate for the curvature of the window-trim always pulls from the corners. Pic 4: Outer edges that meet in the rain channel flatten slightly to correct for the added height, and looks awkward, and Pic 3 the rear trim is clumsy. This has the 2nd gen trim. Not to bash it much, but the devil is in the details.

Overall engineering is excellent and the interior trimwork is perfect. Some of it can't be avoided, but if they would just fix the front friggin trim piece, all would be good.

I've sold three 281E's with glass roofs and you can not tell its glass unless you look through it-its a dead even match for the roof skin. The reference to the Edge is that in scale use on production cars, it could be a $800 option from the factory, would probably hover around $1000 if they did it though, and make a killing even at 750. The TC comes with the sliding glass roof even on the $17k bottom-of-the-barrel version. 15' from where I sit:






Natural curve of roof-6' from my desk...

 

I would love a windshield that extended up across the roof. With no header across the top of the windshield. Of course then how do you do sunvisors?

 

i dont imagine i would want it in my car but as an option others will like it...the thing im thinking is what happenins when someone wants in and they break the roofs glass...that would cost a fortune and distroy your interior

 

Why, are the side windows bulletproof??? You don't see scion's and edges and C240 coupes with the roofs smashed in all the time...Its actually very hard to break the roof.

 

if someone wanted to be a real a** you'll see them broke

 

+1, Yeah or hail damage

 

bah, I'd still worry more about stone chips and door dings. If you have ever seen the saleen one, you cant even tell the roof is glass.

 

yep i would have checked 1 out!