IEatRice4dinner

how rare are they? i havent seen any in my area...

who's got one...post some pics

CorVM

I've got one, and I just got my rims for it too!

Enjoy!

88Convertible

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Here is mine,

1988 Formula WS6
LB9 305 TPI , Auto

lonsal

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I've never seen any convertables. Now 1987-92 F-Body convertibles were produced in far fewer numbers than the coupes, but I have seen plenty and even own one.

OK, yes, I'm having a little fun with the mispelling of the word. It is just that I'm hyper-sensitive to it being spelled incorrectly.

I've seen a list of poduction numbers. I thought it was on this site. I'll have to try and locate it.

Lon

Ovrclck350

Me too.



BTW, i wasn't the one who misspelled it in the forum suggestion spot in the title.....I actually don't know who changed the title.

IrocConv87

There were 744 made in 1987, one of which I own. 20th Anniversary Edition. I have a LT1 sitting in the garage awaiting a transplant, hopefully this summer I'll be going around topless again!

FSTFBDY

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Yahhh, we got a board.

Mine is in limbo right now awating to be fixed so to say....

I bought a 91RS vert that was wrecked. Im suing the rear subframe etc to convert my 92Z.. pritty much like FATAL did with his hardtop/t-top/Then to vert.



now for the OUCH SHOT.....

This is befor.. SAVED IT OUT OF A SALVAGE YARD


Perfect Leather Int. No rips in top but needs a back window. Will post pic's AFTER when done...

IrocConv87

Wow, big project, good luck. It looks promising.

zedder 1 9 9 0

Love those firebird convertibles, they are quite uncommon.Here's my 1990 Iroc.

89 Drop Top

Here's my baby, hopefully she'll be getting a total restoration in the near future. I've owned her since new (I special ordered the car in late '88, it's an '89 RS.) If I ordered it with the Iroc package, my insurance would have gone through the roof, and would have been impossible for me, then 18, to even dream of affording!! Gotta love the NJ insurance rates!

92TRANSAMWS6

Really nice looking verts guys, I especially love the the 92 bird, I wanna TA vert soooo bad.

LBSZ28BLOWN

Here's Mine:
1992 25th anniversary Z28 (DEVASTATING DROPTOP)

gen3z

got our own section!!!!!!!!!!!!!:lala: ...i finally got a drop top after 12 years of wanting,money was not available then,well the engine is a disappointment 3.1/700(land speed record holder 0she is red with a black top,factory ground affects and fog lamps,it has had a few set ups for it but i have decided on an L-98/with plenty polished and chrome goodies,small cam, etc.i have a 700r4 w/2500 stall but i think that may change to a stick ,i have an '02 z28 rear end w/3.42s,next cosmetic purchase is that ram air hood ,since this is a car i have wanted for so long i sold my 5.7l s10 blazer to help put this car together by summer she will be ready.....

gen3z

hey guys,i like all the cars i have seen in this post,you all have done a great job preserving one of the sexiest f-bodies ever built,we want to see more!i will post pics when she looks better..

fredo92

You ask for more...you shall recieve....

Cargasm

I'm stoked about the new section, myself. All about the 'verts. Here's a quick pic of mine.... in my sig, my old Formy is in the background.

BTW, Fredo.... you've got the next car on my list! I've been dying to get a 'maro to match the T/A.... sweet 'vert!

FSTFBDY

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come on fred post the bad ones also. I did.

zedder 1 9 9 0

Here s another of mine

topless89rs

heres my vert. needs a bit of work but i still love it

Ovrclck350

Mine's in the process of restoration.

George Khawahie

Here's muh baby...

EDIT:

1988 Camaro IROC Convertible
Stock 305 TPI
Polished 16" IROC Wheels
Corvette Servo
TransGo Shift Kit
MacEwen White Face Gauges
Strut Tower Brace

I'm also runnin' the bad *** K&N'ssssssss!!!! :hail:

IROCZTWENTYGR8

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OK, I decided to make an exception and let this one post be a Convertable picture/information post, so it will stay at the top. Everything else on this board aside from this topic has to be Tech though, so if you want to post pictures or information about your car, do it here. Since it's all one post, try and keep it to a 2 picture maximum for each person from here on.

Willie

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Guys who've already posted above, please edit your posts with some details, especially year and model. Maybe engine/transmission info too. Thanks!

Ragtop89

My 1989 IROC convertible
Originally a 305
Now a 355
Cast crank
Melling Oil Pump
Summit Stage II rods
KB Hypereucraptic pop-up pistons
AFR 190 heads
Comp Cams XE282HR Cam
Comp Cams 1.5 Roller rockers
Crane Cams Pre-roller hydraulic roller lifters
Crane Cams Hardened Steel push rods
Port matched Edelbrock big mouth intake manifold
Port matched Accel SuperRam
BBK 52mm Throttle Body
goofy chrome HeartBeat valve covers

Stock T-5
Centerforce dual friction clutch
B&M Short throw shifter
Borg Warner 9 bolt w/3.45s and drums
Aluminum Driveshaft
Hedman headers and Y-pipe





I want to get sub-frame connectors.
The frame tweaks like a mug when I put my foot in her.

I put the 17s on in Mayor 2002.
I bought them in January but the car was getting some valvetrain work done so I held off while I was waiting for parts.
The tires are Kumho Ecstas - great tire! Cheap too!

Mind you, she's no beauty queen.
She's driven like she was made to be driven - hard and fast.
She has her share of nicks and scratches - NO DENTS!
Body panels are straight and clean.

1986sc

fredo92

Alright...here are a couple from when it got the front end ripped off of it by a lady running a redlight.

Ovrclck350

OUCH, Fredo, I can't remember when that happened. Tweak the frame at all?

Is it fixed alread? I thought this was somthing recent.


Here's my problem from when the previous owner (some people on here know him) let a guy drive it through a barb-wire fence at 120.

Ovrclck350

1 more.

My mods are in the signature. It should be undergoing the paint/body soon, I have all the parts except the tonneau cover ready.

fredo92

Yeah, that was about two years ago. It screwed it up pretty good. We had to replace the passenger side inner fender structure and the complete core support and we had to straighten the passenger front end of the frame horn. The insurance company tried to total it because it had $5800 worth of damage, but I showed them $12,000 in modification reciepts so they untotalled it. I told them it would be cheaper for them to let me fix it than to pay out on the reciepts.

Ovrclck350

Good job. My front K member (the one you gave me) sits in my frame a lil crooked, so I have to get the frame straightened just a tad. The frame shop said it shouldn't take maybe 1 or 2 hours, but 4 or 5 max.

Willie

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Guys,

Since this post is a sticky showing others are ragtops, I'm going to allow only pics and a short description of the car. I want this post to be as neat as possible, without any tangential conversation. I will be editing the above posts soon to "clean it up". Wanted to give a heads-up before I do so, so no one will wonder what happened to their post(s) / pic(s).

Willie

fredo92

Well, I assume you are reffering to me posting multiple times in the post about different things about my car that people asked for. If you're going to edit and remove stuff in posts just because you don't like the way it's formatted, then I will go back to posting on other message boards. I'm not too keen on the **** moderator style over here anyway. I guess the info I have on verts can be put to use elsewhere.

firebirdconv92

When I bought my bird, it was in about the same condition as TPl383's. It had been wrecked into a pole right in the middle and we had to replace the doghouse, fenders, hood, and facia. After being wrecked, it was driven some more then finally reposessed by a friend of the families. He called and sold it to me a day later for $500 at the tender age of 14.

Now, three years and about 1000 mowed lawns later, here she is.

Speedgraphic

Here is a pic of my toy. She has come a long way in the last 18 months. I bought her from a co-worker who wound up with it in a divorce and I've been working on it ever since. When I bought her she was pretty sad. Bad paint, Bad Top, Woreout interior, Cheap tires on the stock rims which were pretty beat up. The motor ran good but there were a host of little nagging problems to fix... I just did the exhaust work. Next will come a new intake and TBI probably next fall. I doubt I will do any other work to the LO3 except drive it. One day when the motor fails Iwill replace with a better performer.

I was very happy to see that I was not the only "deviant" who had replaced the standard black top with a buckskin colored one. I did that b/c I thought the buckskin color would reflect more heat in those South Georgia Summers than the ole black would... Of course when the top is down it doesn't matter!

MrDude_1

1991 vert...

currently, it has the stock L03, but i have a 400 SBC, dart iron eagle heads, aftermarket solid roller cam setup, 3.42 posi rear and a eaton supercharger all ready to go in there...
the only thing im waiting on is putting a T56 in there... because if i put that motor infront of the 700R4, id blow it up.







i know 3s the limit... so more pics here: http://josh.swoca.net/board/mrdude/Vertpics/Pics.htm

story on the car (as far as ive typed online)

the search:

i spent about two and a half months looking for a clean 91-92 Camaro convertible. After all that time, i find this nice black 91. everything i want, i test drove it, it was great. the dealer wanted too much. so i went home and thought about it. the next day i decide to get it. i call the dealer, only to find it sold right after i left yesterday! damn. so i goto the motorcycle shop i usually hang out at... a friend there reminded me the new autotrader comes out today.. so i go across the street and pop in the local 7-11.. i thumb thru it, and there she is.

the cars history:

the story of the car started back in 90. this older gentalman ordered the car from the dealership. he got pretty much every option you could want. he took excelent care of the car for a few years, then for reasons not told to me, he stopped driving it.. it remained parked in his garage for the next several years.

after that time, he took it to his local chevy dealership, and had it brought back from storage. everything on the car has always been GM or AC delco. he had everything done by the dealer. after getting the car back he drove it for only a short while before he realized that he just couldnt take the hassle of getting in and out of it. hes a older gentalman with either a artificial hip, or hip surgery (not sure) and he just couldnt get in and out of it.. so with a heavy heart he sells it to some guy..

this guy buys the car for his wife and two kids (kids roughly 6 and 8). he works at Firestone, so the car gets new Firestone firehawks (worse tires ever) and new brakes. he gives it to his wife, only to discover that the kids dont fit in the back.. there is no way this will work out for her as a daily driver with the kids.

he doesnt even have the title in his name yet, but he puts the car in auto trader. this is when i meet him. being leery of buying a car thats not in the guys name, i talk to the old man and orignal owner of the car. he not only tells me of the info, but tells me that in the spare tire well, he stuck the orignal papers for the car.. everything was there....except they had remained in the tire well, and the rain had gotten them soaking wet.. they were all stuck together. so i can read some of it, but most is unlegable.

1986sc

HMMM MR.DUDE, rain and top down .

MrDude_1

if you keep moving, you dont get wet.... no seriously....


it had stopped raining when i went and took thoes pics... i was already parked on the airfield, so i just dropped the top and snapped a few.. looks cold now, but they were taken in the middle of summer in texas.... so it felt GOOD out.

1986sc

yeah i remember getting caught in a rain shower with my top down and i didnt get wet nor did the interior. kinda weird but cool.

Conv90RS

Fantastic looking cars guys, when I get mine up to par, I'll post a pic w/ descritption.

I especially like your car George Khawahie, absolutely stunning. I hope to have mine somewhere up to the caliber of your ride.

Fredo>> Where are you off to? Is there another site that we can post freely?

Peace

Ausragtop

Down here in AUSTRALIA we love our 3rd gen verts too!...(Part of Sydney Harbour in the background)

Ausragtop

Down here in AUSTRALIA we love our 3rd gen verts too!...(Part of Sydney Harbour in the background)

MrDude_1

oooh post interior pics with the right hand drive!!

MrDude_1

what about George Khawahie's site.... www.3rdgen.org

Ovrclck350

I already pmed him and told him about GK's site.

And told him he could find you, me, fredo, and ragtop 89 on www.allmakescombined.com

Topless91RS

Heres my car... not a whole lot done to it yet...

1991 RS Vert
L03 A4
Z hood, Grille and fog lights
1999 Z28 3.23 rear (4 wheel disk brakes)
Z front springs and 2000 T/A rear springs
Completely rebuilt front and rear suspension
KYB GR2 Shocks and struts
Flowmaster 80 series
LT1 Cam waiting to go in and Dynomax shorty Headers waiting to go on!
Y2K C5 18 x 9.5" wheels with Kuhmo 712's 275 35 zr18

Speedgraphic

Chris,

That car is BEAUTIFUL! It's the same color as mine. Makes me want to go home and WAX!!!!

Thanks for sharing!

Speedy

George Khawahie

Thanks!

Yeah, if you want to chat about absoutley anything, feel free to register at www.3rdgen.org

91zconvt

Oh what the hell, here's mine:





It's currently off the road for the winter, and hopefully, if everything works out, before it goes back on in April/May it will be repainted GM Ultra Metallic blue with full tan interior, including 4th gen dash and door panels, and a tan top....Hopefully.

ChevyKen

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My 1986 IROC Choo Choo Customs Convertible

Stats:
305TPI
CompCam
Roller Rockers
WorldProducts 305 S/R Torquer Heads
SLP Runners
Ported Plenum
Crane AFPR
Edelbrock TES Headers (Jet Hot Coated)
Edelbrock Performer Cat-Back (+tips)
K&N's
Jamex 1.5" Lowering springs
KYBs
PST suspension stuff
BMR STB
Edelbrock Rear trailingarms
Lakewood APR
17"x9,5" Torque Trust II's w/GoodYear Eagle 275/40's all around
'97 TransAm Neutral leather interior +custom matched carpeting
Pewter interior accents
MacEwen whiteface gauges +shifter overlay
ASCD SS Hood
Rockford Fosgate 250aii amp
Pioneer 1.5DIN headunit
2x12" Lanzar 400W subs







Ken

Topless91RS

Thanks man, I appreciate it! I love this color... its the 3rd car that I have owned that has been this color or at least similar.