ShankJDM

I found these pics of Convertible Preludes. They were made by two companies supposedly: Tropic Design and Honda-Autohaus Manfred Ernst, which are both German companies. Although they were made in Germany, Almost all of them were exported to either the US or Japan.

I was wondering if anyone knew if the convertible top mechanisms that were used came off of some other car or if they were custom made for the preludes? Either way, they are pretty interesting...

1st Generation Convertible: 47 were made.


2nd Generation Convertible: 100 were made.


4th Generation Convertible: 15 were made.


Source: http://wikicars.org/en/Honda_Prelude


Modified by ShankJDM at 2:31 PM 5/26/2007


Modified by ShankJDM at 2:32 PM 5/26/2007

GraphiteMW

i saw a pic of one when i first got interested in ludes..

93sivtec

Wow very lebaron...haha the 4th gen is ugly as a convertable.

Apex1972

that 4th gen look like it should have 13 inch Dayton wire wheels and hydraulics!!!!!
15 4th gens wasted IMO.

96vtecI4

ugliest 4th gen i've ever seen.

saikou

Kind of neat... but hideous. Any pics with the top up?

DfwBB6

hahaha looks very akward

Maharajamd

Man, Im going to have to disagree with all of you. I think it compliments the body lines. I'd rock it.

bigirb2002

i would like to cut my ludes top and make the roof like the supra on fast an furious just hit a button and it comes off

mgags7

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Maharajamd &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Man, Im going to have to disagree with all of you. I think it compliments the body lines. I'd rock it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

How does that lump of top resting on the back "complement" the body lines? A convertible needs a longer trunk, if you took out the back seats and stowed the top back there it would work.

The convertible 350z looks weird for the same reason.

The fact that those wheels suck *** and that car isn't lowered isn't helping.....

street_ride14

Targa Top FTW.

mattsnooz

x2 del sols are pretty sick when done up too
tagra top would do wonders i think too

InvaderTrax

That 4th gen looks a lot like a Celica now

Sticky Tires

eww NO.

king_me

the 4th gen is a conversion using a Cabrio

bb_one

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by saikou &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Kind of neat... but hideous. Any pics with the top up?</TD></TR></TABLE>

+1, I'd imagine a targa top model would look better.

liger_lude

i've seen a pic of the 5th gen that was topless too but i forgot the the damn site. the 5th gen looks pretty good, nice and clean

cb7tougeracer

its no S2000 by no means lol fugly lol

vdubyaluv

pinoy_luder8

wow.. thats crazy.. lol

94GSRCivic

Ewwwww.

preludefien

lol ill ***** with em..

shrirag

1st gens don't look bad .. but i'm glad they didn't make too many of any of those

ShankJDM

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by saikou &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Kind of neat... but hideous. Any pics with the top up?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I havent come accross any pics with the top up yet. I have saved a pic on my other computer which is a yellow 5th gen prelude convertible side view and it looks pretty cool but i am unsure if it is a real car or just a photoshopped pic. Once i get back to my house (im in vegas right now) i will post this pic.

Im sure there are more pics of these convertibles around because they were mostly sold in the use so if anyone can find any more pics, please share em, thanks.

ProjectTib

id rock it, lol... too bad ive never ever seen one for sale