corvette style top. read it!
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corvette style top. read it!
guys i KNOW people have done this and i KNOW this has been posted before, but i cant find s**t for it. i wanna take my ttops and turn them into one full piece that comes off the car. just like the corvette top. how exactly would you do it? if anybody has done it or has some pictures of this please post them up. if anybody knows of a thread with this in it please send a link. thanks guys!
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Re: corvette style top. read it!
Using the Search feature here on TGO works wonders....
TGO thread
Post #10 is by TPI383. He converted his T-top into a targa top then into a convertible. Then a "friend" helped him send it to the junk yard...
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Post #10 is by TPI383. He converted his T-top into a targa top then into a convertible. Then a "friend" helped him send it to the junk yard...
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Re: corvette style top. read it!
its called a targa top? i searched **** like corvette top and yeah i didnt get anything. thanks for the help stephen. you been helpin me a lot lately haha.
put it in a junk yard? he wreck it, or did it GET wrecked?
put it in a junk yard? he wreck it, or did it GET wrecked?
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Re: corvette style top. read it!
His buddy moved down the driveway it for him...Rolled back &....Well, you can see the results in the rear quarter panel pics. He has a post about it somewhere.
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Re: corvette style top. read it!
thats a bunch of s**t. id kick my "friends" a$$. i really wanna do this. i really need money.
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Re: corvette style top. read it!
Ya totalled it. If you watch this video This is where it happen.
Not in the video but where I use to roast off tires.
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car...ummerFunTA.wmv
The car was being pulled up this incline outa my shop to bring home and finish up the wiring harness. It was about 1/2 way up this drive when the tow strap came off. Well needless to say when I got back it was mangled. Oh well **** happens.
anyways....... back on topic. Deff. do a search for TARGA TOP you will find more info I posted before.
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/fabr...ight=top+targa
Not in the video but where I use to roast off tires.
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car...ummerFunTA.wmv
The car was being pulled up this incline outa my shop to bring home and finish up the wiring harness. It was about 1/2 way up this drive when the tow strap came off. Well needless to say when I got back it was mangled. Oh well **** happens.
anyways....... back on topic. Deff. do a search for TARGA TOP you will find more info I posted before.
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/fabr...ight=top+targa
do a search for targa top on this site. you will find where I did it and talked about it.
I'll put it here also so people who only find this post see it also.
Its an easy job to do if.
#1 You have some basic welding,cutting,measuring skills.
#2 You can do good figerglass or lexan work.
#1 thing to do is put in some weld in subframe connectors. IF you dont have em. Dont even think about cutting the T bar out yet. I had em in mine already and you could still feel a little give when the t bar was finally removed.
Id sugest a 6point roll cage to really stiffen it up. You can put a nice cage in and out of the way it wont bother you in a daily driver if your worried about that. Put the door bars low. and make the hoop cross bar removable if you have people who ride in the back.
When you take the headliner off you will see all the stop welds.
Some pic's here
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/CarStuff/92Z/Targatop/
Once you drill out the spot welds you will have ot make a few cuts. DO NOT cut the little metal in the front or back flush. You have to roll a l ittle lip over . You will see what Im talking about.
As for the top. Thats what takes a little work. Find a extra set of t tops. use the ends for your main section just like a stock set. If your good with composits or lexan you will know what to do. No need for me to goingto all that.
It can be done. Just take your time and do it. I would have liked to finised mine off but I picked up a totaled vert and took it a step further and went from
T-Tops ------> targa --------> vert.
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/CarStuff/92Z/92Z28.jpg
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car.../targatop5.jpg
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car...s/DSC02741.JPG
Then off to the scrap yard.
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/CarStuff/92Z/ouch2.jpg
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/CarStuff/92Z/ouch1.jpg
I'll put it here also so people who only find this post see it also.
Its an easy job to do if.
#1 You have some basic welding,cutting,measuring skills.
#2 You can do good figerglass or lexan work.
#1 thing to do is put in some weld in subframe connectors. IF you dont have em. Dont even think about cutting the T bar out yet. I had em in mine already and you could still feel a little give when the t bar was finally removed.
Id sugest a 6point roll cage to really stiffen it up. You can put a nice cage in and out of the way it wont bother you in a daily driver if your worried about that. Put the door bars low. and make the hoop cross bar removable if you have people who ride in the back.
When you take the headliner off you will see all the stop welds.
Some pic's here
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/CarStuff/92Z/Targatop/
Once you drill out the spot welds you will have ot make a few cuts. DO NOT cut the little metal in the front or back flush. You have to roll a l ittle lip over . You will see what Im talking about.
As for the top. Thats what takes a little work. Find a extra set of t tops. use the ends for your main section just like a stock set. If your good with composits or lexan you will know what to do. No need for me to goingto all that.
It can be done. Just take your time and do it. I would have liked to finised mine off but I picked up a totaled vert and took it a step further and went from
T-Tops ------> targa --------> vert.
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/CarStuff/92Z/92Z28.jpg
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car.../targatop5.jpg
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car...s/DSC02741.JPG
Then off to the scrap yard.
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/CarStuff/92Z/ouch2.jpg
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/CarStuff/92Z/ouch1.jpg
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