Hows it going you guys? I recently bought a 86 GTA that just happend to have more rust then expected..... Im going to Cut the T tops off the car, and turn it into a "Targa" top. I love the car but it has way to much rust. I have a 79' 350 4 bolt main under the hood, with a 700 r4 tranny. I dont plan to make it into a big hot rod as i wanted to, but now im gonna do it fo-sho. Anyways i need help for reinforcing the body.. Im getting Sub Frame Conectors, but i dont know what kind to get. I really dont want to do the whole role cage in there.... i plan to add a loud sound system and a few screens to the car, and last but not least some Lambo Doors. Any advice would be welcomed, let me know what u all think. thanks

 

sounds like a cool idea deff post some pics when its done.....but they didnt make GTA's in 86 only 87-92

 

im not sure on what it really is..... the tittle says 86 trans am, but everything else on the car says GTA.... i think it was in an accident and they might have changed out the front clip... i plan to take alot of pics down the road though of the progress with the car.what ever she is shes my baby.

 

lol...do u have any pics now??

 

Those doors are pretty heavy, good luck with the lambo doors :P

 

how much rust does it actually have? targa on one of these cars is gonna be pretty difficult to do and have a good amount of structural rigidity, you're definitely gonna have to do the sfc's and if the floors are rusted you're going to have to replace the pans too, there was at least one guy on here who had started a targa project but then gave up and made the car into a vert. good luck with the whole project though sounds like it'd be pretty cool to see.

 

Your prob. thinking of Me.
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car...gatop/low1.jpg
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car...h/DSC00820.JPG
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car.../roofview2.jpg
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car.../roofview1.jpg
(you can see the rear of the vert in the other garage door)

Went from That Targa Conversion to a Vert.
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car...s/DSC02740.JPG
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car...20vert%20pics/

My Input..

#1 get some weld in SFC's 1st.
Prob. alstons which tie in the subframes AND some outer sfc's like hotchkis subframe connectors . and you should be good.

#2 if your floor is swiss cheese with rust. Don't even think about a targa Top. fix the rust 1st then work your way to other mods.

 

yup you're the guy, any pics of the car in its current state?
and i think the targa mod is pretty unique but i prefer the t-tops, a targa is very impractical unless when you take the top off you can fold it in half to store it in the back.

 

Current state no.. Its in the junk yard
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/CarStuff/92Z/ouch1.jpg
Replace the ouch1.jpg with 2,3,4,5
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/CarStuff/92Z/ouch6.JPG

Story behind the pic's is here...
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/conv...my-almost.html

I keep all the vert specific pieces for the New Project.
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car...r/DSC03644.JPG

and actually you CAN fit a solid targa top in the back of the car.
Or even In the back seats.

 

oh man that sucks, let's hope this guy's project doesn't turn out the same!

 

hey man sorry about the car, it was lookin good. my buddie was adding headers to a 72 mustang, when we rolled it off the ramp the car took off and plowed into a 2000 dodge! nothing happend to the truck but the pony got it from behind . hit just right that it poped off the gas tank, pushed in the trunk, and broke the tail lights! slow speeds...... bad thing about it, it was a customers car, that had been restored from the frame up! My Ta's Tbar is a lost case, took off everything and it has a hole big enough to hold my beer. the floor pans look good, nothing major. it does have a lil bit on where ur supose to jack it up, but besides that its alright. Im looking around for S.F.C but havent found any ones that i like. Im going to take some pics of it today, if the weather clears up. I took this one with my cell, its just a side shot

 

oh man get those wheels off that car. please?!!
lol other than that as far as i can tell the car looks pretty good.

 

lol i know man! i was like ewwww when i saw them on there. i havent seen any rims that go good on these cars, except stocks, and stock lookin rims. i want to get some Z06 rims 9 inch in the back, and 8 in the front.... or something along those lines.

 

yeah zo6's look pretty good so do zr1's personally i like my stock 16" rims.

 

i want to see if i can find some rims with a 3-4 inch lip on them, and get a 2 inch lip for the front..... if im gonna go "custom"

 

I wanta get rid of my SS rims for something like this also. anything with a Lip looks nice.

i wanta find some 17x11 CCW's for the rear and 17x9.5 for the front.

 

If u ever saw the 350Z from tokyo drift, the gray one with the "bad guys" something like those! but thats about a yr away from now first thing first. SFC, Rust, Doors, Paint, Rims

 

umm.

 

doing targa and scissor doors on a 3rd gen that puts down power definitely stresses even a well maintained rust-free example. Then you also plan to weigh it down with lots of stereo equipment too. Doing all this to a car with significant rust really begs the question "is it worth it?". That'll be alot of time and money to put into a rusty car.

 

Shes my baby.... if she breaks, then ill patch her up.... ifs she holds.... then its all i ever wanted.

 

Your car is a Trans Am because GTAs didn't get side vents only Trans Ams.

 

yea kinda figured, i ran the vin number and found out what it was. they just put decals and emblams on the car . oh well...

 

Nice wheels man. I was looking into a set of those for my IROC but I wasnt sure how they'd look. Thanks for the preview!