Hi all, my T-Top bar is getting a little crusty so i'll either cut out the rot and weld it up or get a new one. I see the Stainless steel one has good reviews but it says its for 85-92 cars where as all the used oem ones on ebay say they are 82-92 cars.

Is there a difference between the earlier cars and the later ones? If so can it be easily modified to fit the earlier cars?

Thanks in advance.

Rob

 

There are Factory T-Tops and there were a third party that installed them for GM. Make sure you have the fisher/factory T-tops. I'm not 100% positive if the 82-84 were the same, I would check with the vendor as to why they don't list it for the older bodies, by guess is it will work but would probably require a few tweaks.

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/body...et-t-tops.html

ahh the early t tops have arms that swing for the latch and the later ones pins, so its likely the t-tops center bar is different.

 

Thanks guys. Ive contacted Hawks to see whats what. I'll post my findings here for future reference.

 

I'm assuming you're asking because you want to keep and use your original removable tops?

 

Yes, I do enjoy taking them out for the 3 days of summer we get in the U.K. Ive heard back from Hawks, apparently the difference is the earlier t'tops have a metal edging where as the later ones do not making the earlier ones a little thicker. They say I could probably make it fit but for the cost of it and then fettling compared to repairing mine or getting a good secondhand one i think i'll repair mine for now.

 

The 85-92 cars did not have the plastic trim around the t top edge, therefore the t top bar is a little thinner to compensate for the thinner t top. It will work though.