Edscha Cabrio-verdecksysteme Gmbh

Edscha Cabrio-verdecksysteme Gmbh & Co.

Helmut Huber

Karl Kressel

A collapsible hard top for convertible motor vehicle and including a rigid top panel displaceable between a closed position in which it overlaps an entire passenger compartment of the vehicle, and an open rearward position, and a rear window a position of which is independent of a position of the hard top and which pivots between an upright position, in which the rear window extends upward of motor vehicle body contour, and lowered position in which the rear window projects in to the passenger compartment, with a distance between a back side of rear posts of the top panel and a B-pillar of the vehicle body corresponding at least to a height of the hard top.

Collapsible hard top for a convertible motor vehicle

A collapsible hard top for a convertible including a top panel, two side longitudinal top carriers, two rear posts adjoining the two side top carriers from behind, respectively, a top element including a rear window of the convertible and displaceable relative to the top panel, and support and guide rails forming a displacement guide for displacing the top element, together with the rear top posts, with the support and guide rails being arranged in drop-down position relative to a rear panel of the convertible and within a trunk, and with the top panel being formed of at least two longitudinal sections at least one of which is supported for displacement in a longitudinal direction of the convertible on the two side carriers.

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Niederalteich, Germany

Helmut Huber