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History / OriginalityGot a question about 1982-1992 Camaro or Firebird history? Have a question about original parts, options, RPO codes, when something was available, or how to document your car? Those questions, answers, and much more!
Thank you. Would have been nice to see a factory car like this.
Not sure why my post has repeated a couple of times. I can't find a way of deleting the extra copies so would a kind moderator tidy it up please? Many thanks.
"I was watching a DVD from a Old TV show called Simon & Simon, which is from the early '80's, In the show the Private detectives drive a '82 Z28 that at first looks like a t-top car that the center bar was removed, when they have the top on it looks like a soft top, the car also has a band that runs behind the side window and over the roof, there is a logo on the band, but they don't get close enough that you can read it, does anyone know who did the conversion on these? the show takes place in San Diego, so maybe it was a southern California company?"
sil carioti
"Hi I built and sold these two cars for the Simon & Simon show I was the GM for a Chevrolet Dealer in Wayne NJ and was doing Monte CARLO convertibles at the time The cars came with a removable soft top pretty neat i did two cars one was a true Z28 the back up was a plain Camaro with bolt on Z28 parts"
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Silverio Carioti...
Silverio Anthony Carioti "Sil", 78, of Delray Beach and Boca Raton, FL, formerly of Ringwood, NJ passed away on December 9, 2016. Sil was born in West Paterson, NJ on June 19, 1938 to the late Anthony and Vittoria (Arena) Carioti.
Silverio was a graduate of the Passaic Valley High School Class of 1956. Later, he proudly served in the United State Navy Reserve Flight and Aviation Unit. Silverio had a love of cars and enjoyed a long career in the automobile industry. He owned a luxury automobile leasing business and retired as a manager for various automobile dealerships.
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West Wind/Magnum did several conversions in the 1980-1984 period. Riviera, Eldorado and Regal convertibles
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Hopes this answers some of your questions..
I love Google!
After I had my 82 Z made in Sept. 82, I received mailings for that Targa Top and other items. I have the ad, Ill look it up and post it. I also have the one from the company that made the pace car and Export headlight covers.
On a side note, between the Camaro, the '57 Chevy, and the Power Wagon, I was a fan of Simon and Simon. It's really no surprise that with all the automotive eye candy we had in the '80s that I'm such a car nut!
And a couple they forgot... The other night I was up late and while flipping channels came across Roadhouse. Don't know about you guys, but I always liked that Mercedes. 500 wasn't it? And every hot girl I went to school with would get, well, never mind, when one was around, lol! And how about the Fall Guy pickup? A couple weeks ago there was one of those square body 4 wheel drive short beds for sale in town, gone in less than a week! Surely there's more?
Smokey and the bandit 3... There's 2 hours of my life I can't get back, lol! Might take a little research, but I'm thinking Simon and Simon debuted a season before Knight Rider?
And a couple they forgot... The other night I was up late and while flipping channels came across Roadhouse. Don't know about you guys, but I always liked that Mercedes. 500 wasn't it? And every hot girl I went to school with would get, well, never mind, when one was around, lol! And how about the Fall Guy pickup? A couple weeks ago there was one of those square body 4 wheel drive short beds for sale in town, gone in less than a week! Surely there's more?
YES - those cars are hot already!
Who was that blonde on Fall Guy? She was blazing hot!
Neat to read the article and I hope it's correct. But I also liked the comment under the DeLorean "And in the era of 700 hp plus production cars, everything old is slow in comparison to what you can walk into a showroom and buy, so who really cares if the DeLorean won’t get out of its own way?"
That kinda sums up how I feel about my '83 LG4 powered TA. I've used this same logic to avoid spending a lot of money trying to turn it into something it's not, and doesn't really need to be. For me, the fact that it's a good looking neat old car is good enough...
Neat to read the article and I hope it's correct. But I also liked the comment under the DeLorean "And in the era of 700 hp plus production cars, everything old is slow in comparison to what you can walk into a showroom and buy, so who really cares if the DeLorean won’t get out of its own way?"
That kinda sums up how I feel about my '83 LG4 powered TA. I've used this same logic to avoid spending a lot of money trying to turn it into something it's not, and doesn't really need to be. For me, the fact that it's a good looking neat old car is good enough...
yeah.......I thought that as well, then I saw project turdgen and his turbod lq4 and the videos of that thing spankin anything in its path.....Now I'm torn, with a LS on the engine stand lol
