T-top wonders
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T-top wonders
alright... i searched, but i was getting frusterated weeding through everything.
i want to turn my Camaro into a T-top. i had an idea of taking the body off of a t-top firebird that i may be buying, and dropping it on my frame.
would this be possible? well.. it is probly possible, but is this practical?
i want to turn my Camaro into a T-top. i had an idea of taking the body off of a t-top firebird that i may be buying, and dropping it on my frame.
would this be possible? well.. it is probly possible, but is this practical?
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Re: T-top wonders
not practical at all . if you really want "T"tops ( they are great ) you would be better off tradeing cars . sorry , just being real .
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Re: T-top wonders
well... t-top camaros arent that easy to find... especially in v6... and i love my v6 engine, its the only reason i can afford to drive my f-body.
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Funny you should say that. I just made a seven hour drive to iowa and back and I got 30 mpg. 450 miles and i only used 15 gallons... so why can you only afford to drive a v6?
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Re: T-top wonders
well, with gas being 142.9/L here, and me having bills to pay... a V8 isn't exactly the pay i want to spend that extra money i get. and most of my driving is town driving, which kills my milage, and the closest city with somehting to do in costs me about 1/4 of a tank there and back... but ithis isnt about my gas.... i belive the topic is about t-tops..
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Re: T-top wonders
alright... i searched, but i was getting frusterated weeding through everything.
i want to turn my Camaro into a T-top. i had an idea of taking the body off of a t-top firebird that i may be buying, and dropping it on my frame.
would this be possible? well.. it is probly possible, but is this practical?
i want to turn my Camaro into a T-top. i had an idea of taking the body off of a t-top firebird that i may be buying, and dropping it on my frame.
would this be possible? well.. it is probly possible, but is this practical?
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Re: T-top wonders
there was just a thread where a guy posted a ton of info on how to swap roofs, I wouldn't attempt this if you dont have much experience though. and FYRCHKN is right, these cars are uni body so they have no frame but to correct him the seam on the b pillar is where the quarter was brazed on, not welded
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Re: T-top wonders
check out my post on how to do it. it isnt really that hard, but it is fairly time consuming. if this wasn't my first sports car, and i didnt have alot of history with my car i would have found another, but since i love my car and have history with it i topped it.
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well, with gas being 142.9/L here, and me having bills to pay... a V8 isn't exactly the pay i want to spend that extra money i get. and most of my driving is town driving, which kills my milage, and the closest city with somehting to do in costs me about 1/4 of a tank there and back... but ithis isnt about my gas.... i belive the topic is about t-tops..
They are just pennies...and no matter what you will always pay a premium for gas
But there is a thread here explaining how to chop off your roof and put T-tops on.
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Re: T-top wonders
Uhhhhhh. Dose this seem "out there" to anyone else????
What was your average speed?!!?!?
I'm putting a 86 305 TPI in my camaro (5 spd) and I'm planning on driving about the same distance to NC Outer banks this summer. I've been a little leary of it due to the mpg that I thought it would be getting. I figured my honda would do better. If it gets that kind of MPG I'm definatly going to take it!!
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Re: T-top wonders
I just drove from Tampa Florida to New Hampshire, and i filled up about 4 times i want to say. It was some rediculous low number maybe 5 times though, ill pay attention in a month when i drive back down, but yea, crusing on the HWY these cars get pretty good mileage, i was suprised as hell and this was with a 350. Its stop and go that kills mileage with my car.
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