t-top conversion
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Car: '82 formula clone, 95 saab 900se
Engine: 350 vortec'd tbi, 2.0L turbo
Transmission: 700r4, 5 spd
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt 2.77 open
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it's been a while, i now own this car. it's going to be a clone of my former '89 formula, but now with a 350 vortec motor.
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Car: 1984 Trans Am
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very cool. It looks like your firebird is wearing eye liner. hehe. What part of WNY are you in?
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Car: '82 formula clone, 95 saab 900se
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i live in Elma, maybe 25-20 min. from the city(buffalo that is)
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cool, I'm in Cheektowaga. It looks like a great project you have there. it'd be a shame to take it apart again after all the paint and body work that went into it.
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Car: '82 formula clone, 95 saab 900se
Engine: 350 vortec'd tbi, 2.0L turbo
Transmission: 700r4, 5 spd
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt 2.77 open
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i'm not afraid of a little bit 'o work
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Car: 87 formula
Engine: 350tpi
Transmission: 700r4
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im converting to a ttop so i am now trying to get rid of my hard top. its in perfect shape.interested?
Man, and here I keep trying to find a nice hard top early 3rd gent a (without the full aero package, or for that matter, any hard top firebird that is straight and I could convert to one) and everything that I find is a t-top.
Any issues with the different contour at the front of the sail panels between the camaro and ‘bird (the bird has a sharp front edge, the camaro has a curved edge)?
Any issues with the different contour at the front of the sail panels between the camaro and ‘bird (the bird has a sharp front edge, the camaro has a curved edge)?
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you need to weld the bracing on the interior of the car as well, not the just skin on the outside. if you don't weld the bracing, like in the pictures on page one, the car will have a ton of flex and the paint will eventually crack among other bad things.
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Car: 91 Firebird, 87 E'LS' Camino
Engine: 5.7 TPI, 5.3
Transmission: 700R4,200R4
Axle/Gears: 4.10 Lock Right locker/2.43
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man I'd love to do this project I freaking love T-tops, plus with my 91 GFX and front bumper cover it'd look sick. How much did the project cost you (minus paint, and new roof)?
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Car: '82 formula clone, 95 saab 900se
Engine: 350 vortec'd tbi, 2.0L turbo
Transmission: 700r4, 5 spd
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt 2.77 open
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Minus the paint and new roof? Nothing but time.
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Car: 91 Firebird, 87 E'LS' Camino
Engine: 5.7 TPI, 5.3
Transmission: 700R4,200R4
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do you by any chance have more pics or info on how you welded the braces to hold the pillers in place while you deattached the roof? or a photo of the inner B-piller eather after removing the inner brace or a picture of how it looks now welded?
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Car: '82 formula clone, 95 saab 900se
Engine: 350 vortec'd tbi, 2.0L turbo
Transmission: 700r4, 5 spd
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt 2.77 open
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Sorry, I don't even own this car anymore. I sold it a few years ago.
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Car: 91 Firebird, 87 E'LS' Camino
Engine: 5.7 TPI, 5.3
Transmission: 700R4,200R4
Axle/Gears: 4.10 Lock Right locker/2.43
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ahh okay we have an 3rd gen for a demo car I just went and looked at it I think I see where I am ganna cut is (planning) when you measusre did the cars have the same roof height from the rocker to the roof? Another thing I can't see on our demo car is the A-piller is a certain reason why you cut it where you did?
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Car: '82 formula clone, 95 saab 900se
Engine: 350 vortec'd tbi, 2.0L turbo
Transmission: 700r4, 5 spd
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt 2.77 open
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We never measured from the rocker to the roof. I only remember measuring along the a-pillars and the sail panels. No specific reason why we cut where we did. I was only 18 or 19 when I did this...
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