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i was thinking of trying to make a custom roof that would be once peice that would fit over the t bar and look like the one peice roofs that the corvettes have. I was think of using some used t tops and fiber glassing over them and trying to use the part of the t tops with the locks and handels with the fiber glass. This whole idea came from trying to find a used t top for the one I lost on the freeway and I found a company that sold a once peice roof for the old 70' s corvettes that have t tops. Any one have any ideas or feed back on the idea?
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i think it would be cool to make a one piece roof but only to get rid of the t-bar. if you made something like the newer corvettes have that you can take that whole piece out that would be tight. but structurally i think it would take alot of work.
Originally posted by maroon88iroc i think it would be cool to make a one piece roof but only to get rid of the t-bar. if you made something like the newer corvettes have that you can take that whole piece out that would be tight. but structurally i think it would take alot of work.
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Originally posted by 92Transam.what im looking to make is not a targa top but similar , I know what a targa top is.
This is exactly what I am doing, how strange this is coming across this post. I already cut the T-BAR off, and I just finished welding in steel lips (where the weather-stripping will run, front and back) that runs from one side to the other....
I haven't gotten into any fiberglass fabrication yet, but I did however cut it's shape out of some plywood that I painted black to match the body (temporarily), and simply taped the seems with some black electrical tape (relax, I do not drive her in the rain... and again, it's only temporary until the fabrication is finished.).
Originally posted by Street Lethal This is exactly what I am doing, how strange this is coming across this post. I already cut the T-BAR off, and I just finished welding in steel lips (where the weather-stripping will run, front and back) that runs from one side to the other....
I haven't gotten into any fiberglass fabrication yet, but I did however cut it's shape out of some plywood that I painted black to match the body (temporarily), and simply taped the seems with some black electrical tape (relax, I do not drive her in the rain... and again, it's only temporary until the fabrication is finished.).
92TransAm, lemme know how you're progressing....
yeah but I don't want to remove the t bar from the car because I plan on droping in a 350 with a supercharger later for about 500-600 hp. I replaced the t tops with a used set from a guy out here off a z28 70 bucks, just had to repaint the edges because they were red .
Originally posted by 92Transam yeah but I don't want to remove the t bar from the car because I plan on droping in a 350 with a supercharger later for about 500-600 hp. I replaced the t tops with a used set from a guy out here off a z28 70 bucks, just had to repaint the edges because they were red.[/i]
... have you decided yet what you will be using for the one piece? Fiberglass, steel? As for the T-Bar, I could understand why you would want to keep it in tact. But, judging by what I see many Corvette's running these days at the track (both convert, and targa top), it honestly prompted me to cut the freaking thing off, regardless. But again, I could understand why you would want it there though.
