I have seen this on Camaros but not in Firebirds but its a cool idea Post your pics
Anyone would want his 91-92 to look like a 82-84 ? ive heard of this but never seen pics.thanks in a certain way people that converts Thirdgens into KITT they make they car from any year to 82-84 look
Here is a 82 lookin 85-90

I remember a 83 with 92 nose but i couldnt find it

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Is that a sunroof?? Details, please...

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I dont know if its a sunroof ..check this member rides its name is Firechicken ..the car is a 82 Trans am

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Thats a nice color scheme, and what kinda rims are those? I want those rims. And yes, some Camaros and Birds came with sun roofs.

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Here's an 83 I found in the reader's rides, it has a 91 formula nose on it.


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"I have the car, now I need a license!"
217 days 'till temps as of Nov. 7th! yeah, I'm only 14.
1982 Firebird S/E
sbc 307 with summit cam and lifters, Performer intake, 305 heads, quadrajet, all smog equipment removed, soon to be silver.

 

IT REALLY LOOKS SWEET ¡¡¡
i would like to see the car finished

 

I am currently going from a 1984 SC, to a 1987 Z28 conversion, but I don't have pics, ii'll post them when i am finished.

 

i helped the girl that owns that yellow T/A build her sound system, and i see her cruising all the time in my city. yes, it is a sunroof. nice car. 355 stroker, koni yellows all the way around, etc. 3 stage paintjob. and yes, i did say it was a girl that owns it

 

great googaly moogaly! a sun roof, why couldn't camaro's come with those also..


anyways the rims she has on her car look like chrome prime rims, I can get a set of 4 aluminum ones 16x8 for like $250 a set. if there not primes well they sure as hell look like them

i'm even thinking of going with those instead of IROC-Z rims for my conversion.

 

5l eater-well why don't you email me that girls phone #!!! lol.

 

I don't think any camaros or firebirds came with sunroofs, for the reason that they weaken the hell out of the frame, much more so than T-tops. These cars were MADE for T-tops, that bar in the middle on T-Top cars is still in the middle on non T-Top cars. If you cut that out by throwing in a sunroof it weakens the crap out of the car. This was brought up before in the Restoration/History board.

 

As far as I know, they didn't come with sunroofs. I did have one professionally installed on my 90 model though. I was worried about structural integrity also, but I didn't have any probs with mine. As a matter of fact, I couldn't tell any difference in the chassis at all. I loved that sunroof,..........it never leaked.

 

I was closely examining that yellow TA and I gotta ask, are those black PMD seats? I'm gonna get some grey one's from a junkyard for my T/A and am I correct to assume they were an 82 option only??
:hail: :lala:

 

CMON

 

My moms 84 had a sunroof installed at the Van Nuys dealer when we bought it and was ready 3 days later. Pretty sweet, but I barely remember how it latches and operated. It sure was neat though. Never been in a T-TOP camaro but I'm sure its a lot better.

 

Adding a Sunroof to an Fbody would be dangerous if your car were to roll over in an accident.

 

Rolling any car is dangerous...

Rob

 

lol..well I could imagine it's probably alot better than Convertables or T-Tops as far as rollover safety goes....but then again how often does anyone roll a thirdgen f-body?

 

Ok here is my 82 with a 91 custom formula nose.

 

this is my 86 camaro SC. it has the 82-84 z28 ground effects, and i thiknk the nose is an 82-84z also

<img src="ftp://nfimports:pics@142.163.97.139:9600/Picture%20244.jpg">

 

Here is my 86 Trans Am with 91-92 Camaro Rockers,

 

I read the post and was going to post a pic of my car- but 82 Firebird already did.

When that pic was taken the car still had the original 1983 bumper support and impact absorber (both with serious ghetto modifications). The bumper was unstable at speed and the original headlights rubbed the front edge. Since then, I have collected all the 91-92 parts to do the conversion right.

sammycalderon: Thanks for the kind words... I'd like to see the car finished too! I'm hoping to finish it over the winter, but I've been saying that since 1995.

Years owned: 7
Miles Driven with V6: 800
Miles Driven with 383: 1000
Miles Driven in company cars since 1995: 180,000

It seems my priorities are a bit screwed-up...

 

Its really an 82 ??
And that Nose ?? where that super idea come from
and hey Firebird 383 ...what go wrong with adding a 92 nose to your car ,,,i would love to do the same thing but i cant find that nose here in chile ¡¡¡

 

sammy: You can't just change the bumper cover, you have to change the impact bar and impact absorber (honeycomb) or it won't bolt up. The old headlights will hit the front edge of the newer bumper cover, so you gotta get 91-92 headlights. The turn signals are now lower in the new bumper, so plan on extending the wiring and buying the correct turn signals (unless the bumper you buy has them). Also you need the metal support that attaches the front edge of the bumper cover to the metal panel that has the hood latch through it.

Being as the parts are now 10-11 years old, it shouldn't be such a big deal. I bought my 91 nose in 1995 when the stuff was harder to find and more expensive. Of course in Chile I'm sure you'll have even a harder time than I did!

 

Yes it really is a 82! Well I bouht the car that way. I know that the bits that I circeled out on the pic where cut from the original nose and "welded" with the new nose.

 

check this formula turning into KITT or KARR ¡¡¡¡¡¡
http://members.tripod.com/Proformula/karr.html

and this other member posted this :
sheltonw3
right now I am converting my 91 ' to 82 stock ,I have aready added the 82 style fender flares and am now in the process to swap rear bumper and tail lights to older stock .¡¡¡¡¡


take a look on the pics of the link

 

Holy crap, someone's been using the search button. I responded to this thing in April.

 

Yeah, how bout it? I resized the pic of my car in the reader's rides section which 82 firebird linked it to and I screwed-up his link. Now the picture shows someone else's car (which doesn't have a 91-92 nose on it).

Here's the actual pic:

 

lets see some more !

 

Holy back-from-the-dead Batman!! hahah. I'm sure those cars posted 4 YEARS ago are lookin' a lot better now

 

At least one of them is.

 

^ Aw snap, I just now noticed that yall are from Naperville haha. I definetly need to check out your car this summer Are there any local Firebird, TGO, or even F-Body clubs?? Or do you just cruise around with non-F-body people?

 

I'll pm you so we don't hijack this fine 4-year old thread.

 

Here is a picture of my '84 T/A with a 89 Front end. I don't much like the 91-92 front though I love the Aero Wing on the back. The only problem I have had, has been getting the fog lights to match up right. For some reason, even though everything bolted up right, the fog lights sit 1 inch too low in the front. Sorry for the link, I couldn't get the picture to be any smaller than HUGE....

My 84 T/A
http://mosterholt.strike9.com/100_0301.JPG

 

firebird383 what color is your car? i love that color.l.. i dunno what it is about it it rocks... nice car

 

It's factory black with a white gelcoat hood and pink primer nose.... oh, did you mean after it was painted?

It's 1994 Corvette Admiral Blue- and thank you for the kind words.

 

np im gonna keep that color in mind if i get my car painted it looks so awesome.. i dunno i love that color for some reason.. its so sexy =D