A while back I was rearended in my 87 Formula... Car was CLEAN!!! inside and out, and im in Michigan so rust is pretty much a given on 3rd gens. (mine had none) so i traded electrical work for body/paint. heres pics of the wreck and the car now. heres 1 before and two of the smashed rear..

 

Here it is Now, its now exactly what I wanted but at least its on the road again (the place that did the work screwed me... long story)

 

is that the same car? cant even tell lol

 

yup same car. and far from being done.

 

What type of car hit you ? That was pushed in pretty good.

 

I've got time for a long story and would like to hear about the problem you had getting your car repaired.

 

From hard top to T-top?

 

yeah 1 piece,I would love to hear this story too!

Hopefully the OP will enlighten us with details of the place that ripped him/her off?

formula87,did the same shop do the t-top conversion?

 

yeah the place is called 313 motoring noyz n toyz. my father and I put in 2 light poles in their parking lot in exchange for the work to my car everything was going along very smooth until the end. they said they would tint my windows, didnt, they broke my wind shield and tried to make me pay for it.. (we went in and threw a fit and the owner covered the wind shield.) they are horrible. i was hit on the freeway on a rainy day. some *******s dog was on the road and the car in front of me stopped and so did i (DUH!) and the three cars behind me did. But, a F350 towing a big fifth wheel was goin at least 60mph on a slippery *** freeway.... the last car saw him and tried to move and he hit her, she spun out, (also she was with child) the blazer between me and him he destroyed. s10 blazer, and she hit me that hard... did a mention she had her foot on the brake and still hit me that hard? yeah the guy is lucky i didnt know what happened untill after the fact. my buddy in the back seat was in the hospital becuase of this, so was the 2 drivers in the other cars and i heard he had lost control and swurved into the car next to him before he destroyed the blazer AND my pride and joy. needless to say if i would haveknown he was the reason i would more than likely be in prison....

 

I hit a car one time so hard.......so hard the rod going into the master cyl broke in half! But that was on the race track, so......

 

...yeah.. what's up with that?

 

chain reaction accidents always suck because you cant just contact the person at faults insurance company you can only contact who ever it is that hit you and let them deal with who hit them. At least in New Hampshire thats how it works. glad to see that your car is back on the road!!

 

The reason for the hardtop to T-top conversion is when i was hit the roof buckled to the point where the hatch mounts couldn't be taken off without bending the roof.. since the top needed a decent amount off bump work I went to a local bone yard (parts Galore.. I love that place) and saw-zawed a top off and 85 t-top. the shop did a pretty good job with the conversion but that's about it. I pretty much had planned on converting it anyways, A friend of mine is an awesome body/paint guy and he said if i did all the grunt work he would cut off the hard top and weld on a t-top roof and prep it for paint for like $200 after i was hit it seemed like a No-Brainer.

 

love to see other third gen owners out there who refuse to let there cars die. my hat is off to you sir!

 

The day this car is off the road for good is the day I am buried In it!