Hardtop to T-top
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Car: 91 Z28
Engine: 383 stroker HSR
Transmission: 700r4
Axle/Gears: 3:73 posi
Hardtop to T-top
Full chop and swap. Anyone ever done it? I'm gonna do it. Crazy....maybe. Necessary......yes.
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Car: 1988 Trans-Am GTA
Engine: 5.7L TPI
Transmission: WC-T5
Axle/Gears: BW 3.27
a search would reveal that YES it has been done before, both poorly and well. it is somwhat popular with the Kitt replica crowd. in fact, one replica company "mark's custom Kitts" does many such "chop and swap"s. you can check out how they do it HERE: T-Top Conversions
good luck. if you screw it up your car is ruined.
EDIT* in fact a search is not even neccisary, it is only about 20 topics down ON THIS SAME PAGE
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/fabr...-retrofit.html
good luck. if you screw it up your car is ruined.
EDIT* in fact a search is not even neccisary, it is only about 20 topics down ON THIS SAME PAGE
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/fabr...-retrofit.html
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Car: GTA
Engine: 383 HSR
Transmission: TH-700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.42
It really shouldn't be all that difficult. Alot of measuring and prepping.
Tack welding support bars and other minor things shouldnt take you longer than a weekend to finish.. Wish you luck anyways.
Tack welding support bars and other minor things shouldnt take you longer than a weekend to finish.. Wish you luck anyways.
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Car: 91 Z28
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It should be an interesting job. I'll have to start a thread somewhere and show you guys my project car.
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Car: 1989 Iroc, 1987and 1989 formula 350
Engine: 305tpi,350tpi,ls1
Transmission: 700r4,t-56
Axle/Gears: 3:08,3:27,3:23
Originally Posted by ikillu
Full chop and swap. Anyone ever done it? I'm gonna do it. Crazy....maybe. Necessary......yes.
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Car: 91 Z28
Engine: 383 stroker HSR
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Originally Posted by tpi-hearse
done it...only do it at the factory weld spots aka...the whole roof no a piller slice(seen that done...wow what a hack)... good luck with it...I hated the car after ...but to each his own.
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There's a guy here at the shop that's been bugging me to let him do a T-top coversion on my '88 for the longest time. He's done it before many times with fantastic results (you would never know it had the top, chopped) but I happen to like having a HardTop at the moment.
He has an entire t-top assembly (including, mint tops) he took off an '87 and it's sitting there in the show room waiting for someone who wants to do a conversion.
Problem is, we're located in Toronto, so that may be a bit far for you. You'd be looking at about $1500 total to get the job done, including paint.
Check out Ragtops.ca if you want to contact them. Ask for Gus.
He has an entire t-top assembly (including, mint tops) he took off an '87 and it's sitting there in the show room waiting for someone who wants to do a conversion.
Problem is, we're located in Toronto, so that may be a bit far for you. You'd be looking at about $1500 total to get the job done, including paint.
Check out Ragtops.ca if you want to contact them. Ask for Gus.
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Car: 91 Z28
Engine: 383 stroker HSR
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Originally Posted by LT1FUN
There's a guy here at the shop that's been bugging me to let him do a T-top coversion on my '88 for the longest time. He's done it before many times with fantastic results (you would never know it had the top, chopped) but I happen to like having a HardTop at the moment.
He has an entire t-top assembly (including, mint tops) he took off an '87 and it's sitting there in the show room waiting for someone who wants to do a conversion.
Problem is, we're located in Toronto, so that may be a bit far for you. You'd be looking at about $1500 total to get the job done, including paint.
Check out Ragtops.ca if you want to contact them. Ask for Gus.
He has an entire t-top assembly (including, mint tops) he took off an '87 and it's sitting there in the show room waiting for someone who wants to do a conversion.
Problem is, we're located in Toronto, so that may be a bit far for you. You'd be looking at about $1500 total to get the job done, including paint.
Check out Ragtops.ca if you want to contact them. Ask for Gus.
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Car: 1989 Iroc, 1987and 1989 formula 350
Engine: 305tpi,350tpi,ls1
Transmission: 700r4,t-56
Axle/Gears: 3:08,3:27,3:23
Originally Posted by ikillu
Ya that's where it's getting done. I'm curious why you didn't like your car after though.
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Car: '82 formula clone, 95 saab 900se
Engine: 350 vortec'd tbi, 2.0L turbo
Transmission: 700r4, 5 spd
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt 2.77 open
no i haven't tried it but my friend and i did the conversion ourselves on his car with my original t-top car as a reference for measurements and everything... https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/fabr...onversion.html
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