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**spotted** sc300 convertible, yes convertible!!

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Old 02-03-08, 02:04 AM
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I have 5 people on the look out for it.... if they see it they are going to call me.

If nothing else I have a full week off in two weeks, I can steak out the town. haha

I called one of my buddies and I was told there are two of them in my home town!! I was like "how in the hell do I miss two convertible SC300s in a town with the population of 9k?" WTF?!?!?!

As soon as I track one down I will take lots and lots of pictures and also invite them on here.

I will keep you peeps updated!
Old 02-03-08, 02:18 AM
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so was a convertible an option on sc300 or sc400's? how many were made?
Old 02-03-08, 03:51 AM
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I think an SC with a convertible top would look alot better with a bodykit like the white and yellow one with the AC kits.
Old 02-03-08, 04:38 AM
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check out this link, has some pics of one, i think it "could" have been a nice looking car, still prefer the hardtop though

http://www.smiffies-soarer-sanctuary...onvertible.pdf
Old 02-03-08, 05:58 AM
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there is one converted here also, looks like crap with top up and down.Sc's have frame around door windows so when they cut this it looks like crap. plus the 1/4 windows dont roll down from factory so they also have to be rigged.There are companies that do these conversions right, but I have yet to see one on an sc.
the only way to make this car look right drop top is to make it roofless permanently this way you dont have to hack the back of the car to hide away the top. Another thing I noticed about the one here is how bad they narrowed the back seat so that the top frame fit. if I see it again Ill take pictures.
Old 02-03-08, 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by aka paco
check out this link, has some pics of one, i think it "could" have been a nice looking car, still prefer the hardtop though

http://www.smiffies-soarer-sanctuary...onvertible.pdf
everytime ive seen that car in the last 2 years its been with a new owner and for sale it seems like
Old 02-03-08, 07:19 AM
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there are a few rolling around. there is one in NC, Memphis and a couple from the Houston area... it was the baller thing to do in the early nineties.. that company that did it did Ice T's NSX.
Old 02-03-08, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by PERRYinLA
From Automobile magazine:

lol looks like a pork sword.
Old 02-03-08, 08:25 AM
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Eh, not a fan. Just another thing that can break. Sux2bu if you get stuck in the rain with a busted top.
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im sorry guys not my cup of tea either, but that white soarer looks pretty good. now in person may be differant story but in the pics very elagant imo
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Originally Posted by PERRYinLA
From Automobile magazine:
Great find!
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Originally Posted by aka paco
check out this link, has some pics of one, i think it "could" have been a nice looking car, still prefer the hardtop though
http://www.smiffies-soarer-sanctuary...onvertible.pdf
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=270529
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ew much....?
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Originally Posted by Luin
I have 5 people on the look out for it.... if they see it they are going to call me.

If nothing else I have a full week off in two weeks, I can steak out the town. haha

I called one of my buddies and I was told there are two of them in my home town!! I was like "how in the hell do I miss two convertible SC300s in a town with the population of 9k?" WTF?!?!?!

As soon as I track one down I will take lots and lots of pictures and also invite them on here.

I will keep you peeps updated!
That SC looks like it doesnt get out much...Its pretty dirty.
Just judging from the drop and some of the other mods, IE the conv. top and those chrome fenders. It was probably someones project that was either never totally finished, Or may have already been partially dismantled?
If i were to guess, I would say shes a neglected garage queen!
Old 02-06-08, 04:02 PM
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Lexus never made covt'ble SC300/400
They are all custom work.
I saw them 4 yrs ago.
There is only one I like, the white autoconture bodykitted one.


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