Patent ID: 8408623

Claim:
A vehicle body with a multiple elevation roof capable of driving with the roof present or removed, comprising: a vehicle body comprising a passenger compartment and two rear quarter panel sides partially enclosing a rear of the vehicle body in corresponding left and right positions; a pair of lift-off removable side sections, each of the lift-off removable side sections having bottom surfaces capable of setting on and connecting to respective top surfaces of respective ones of the two rear quarter panel sides and further enclosing the rear of the vehicle body in corresponding left and right positions; and a lift-off removable hard rooftop comprising at least first and second roof sections, wherein one or more of the roof sections are capable of setting upon and connecting to the top surfaces of said pair of lift off removable side sections and top surfaces of said two rear quarter panel sides; wherein when at least one of the roof sections sits upon the top surfaces of said pair of lift-off removable side sections, the pair of lift-off removable side sections connects to at least one of the roof sections at a first elevation above a level of the passenger compartment and at least one section of the first and second roof sections is over at least a portion of the passenger compartment; wherein when at least the first roof section sets upon the top surfaces of said two rear quarter panel sides, the rear quarter panel sides connect to said lift-off removable hard rooftop at a second elevation substantially beneath a level of the first elevation; and wherein a storage compartment is created between at least the first roof section and the pair of rear quarter panel sides, said storage compartment having dimensions capable of holding at least said pair of removable side sections when at least the first roof section sets upon the top surfaces of said two rear quarter panel sides.