Stowable Hard Top

[scout&joe]

My partner Scout and I run a farm and also do a lot of catering gigs, which means an extra trip home to put on or remove our Tundra's camper top/tonneau cover if a load is too tall or needs protection from rain/wind. I also own a 1987 MR2 which has a clever and unobtrusive storage spot for the sunroof in the frunk. A foldable/stowable hard top would be a real selling point for us, but also for city folks who want the dual functionality of a pickup and enclosed bed.

Also, not sure if it's feasible, but I've seen a lot of powered hardtop convertibles lately - would a power folding hardtop that folds forward and against the front of or into the bottom of the bed work?

 

[sambown]

Regarding the SUV-
The small Fiat has a curtain top that slides along top like a roll top desk and stacks at bottom of rear hatch. I know Jeep has the roll open roof as well. What if Scout could make a glass/clear heavy duty roof panel system tha was like 6-8 accordion panels that click in/ pop out that could be unlatched an opened like a partial sunroof- maybe 3-4 panel fold back and a pin system locks them in place to serve as a sun roof. Or you accordion it all the way back, unpin it and set it into a secured spot it the frunk. Then as suggested earlier in another post the side windows all fully roll down and either hatch glass rolls down or pops out and also stores in the frunk. As said in another post, if we could get roof and hatch glass to fully open I don’t know that I’d need the roof to come off but I’d still have a VERY open feeling vehicle.
I think utilizing the frunk to store the panels is key so they aren’t sliding around in the rear and getting scratched up

The Hummer EV stores the panels in the frunk, and every review I have watched on that removal process gives it high marks. The unlatching of GM's system, and stacking capabilities in that frunk make the Hummer EV seem entirely topless in about 5 minutes.