It's good to know that I may have not missed the bus after all. The car is nowhere near doing the top or carpet, I'm still working through the mechanical s but there is a club member who is interested in the back window frame if I don't use it and I don't want to hold up his project if I can help it. Russ, I'll be sending you a regular e-mail today. Terry

I sell the tops. Bob outsource them as do i

I seen a white-triangle from sept-oct 1978 that gave production numbers on conv & hardtops it said 1,600 and some thing for 51 all models and in the artical said 551 hornets made and 636 52s And 53 was blank it said there was like 10.000 convs made from 48-54,
it shows a 51 I beleve with opt plastic window and its smaller then the windows you see now, if some one has this white triange they could confirm this and maybe post it and picturs

I know the article. There were 10,138 step down convertibles made. I will try to work on posting the article this weekend. I remember it does show a picture of the hinged rear window. Article was composed by Jack Miller, I believe.