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Old May 3, 2001 | 06:26 PM
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From: Wilmington NC
Car: C1500
Engine: 350
Transmission: 700r4
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T-Top to Hardtop conversion

Anybody ever heard of it? If I decide to keep and fix up my IROC I will probably get a parts car. I thinking about getting a hardtop and swapping roofs if I can get my brother to do weld it.

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1989 Pontiac Firebird Formula LO3 Auto
-180 degree stat
-Hooker Cat-Back
velcro t-top bag
*****Possible summer '01 mods*****
Dual Snorkle, Keyless Entry, Wonder Bar from my IROC, 4th gen seats, T/A tail lights

1985 IROC-Z, TPI Auto
-Accel Super Coil


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Old May 4, 2001 | 12:01 AM
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Car: 1989 Camaro RS
Engine: 355 mildly modified
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Yeah, infact I have. There is a guy here where I go to school in NC that does them all the time. He said that he does it for much less than what you can stop leaks in a T-Top for. Basically he told me that the windshield side of the roof unbolts from the body under the hood and then you have to cut the B pillars. The weld has to be pretty exact though and while you are doing it you would have to brace the car up through the doors. I was thinking that it may even be possible to simply cut and skin in the roof sheet metal that fits in the t-top spots, that way you could get the support of the t-top frame and the hardtop frame....

Mike
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Old May 4, 2001 | 12:32 AM
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F-bodys don't have B pillars. Only 4 door cars have B pillars. Fcars have A and C pillars.

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That'd be weird....hope your guy is an A+ welder!
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