As we discussed before, the outrigger supports are different between the Caribbean and the Clipper 4 door, because the convertibles have an extra box steel under the body, so I ground off the rivets and popped them off the Caribbean frame. There's also one additional one compared to the Clipper, so I get to drill a few holes.

Having both frames off and side-by-side, there is no extra bracing on the side rails, but if you look at the area where the X joins up to the side rails, right at the front fenders, I can see how it looks that way, but it's just the overlapping steel sections, not added plating from hardtop to convertible. The only additional metal is the top and bottom of the X brace, which has already been welded on and taken care of.