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Old May 3, 2006 | 09:36 PM
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I have heard of people cutting out the t tops from hard top cars. Has anyone converted a t top to a hard top? Theoreticly how difficult would it be? I cant imagine it to be a crazy fabrication job because the 4th gens were all build with t tops in mind from the factory... right? so reinstalling a hard top cant be all that difficult...Does anyone know a shop that can do this?
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Old May 3, 2006 | 09:53 PM
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damn it there was a thread about that a year ago and i cant find it now for the love of ls1!
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Old May 3, 2006 | 10:03 PM
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i don't think it'd be tough at all. i was going to do it with my ss but we bought a hardtop instead.
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Old May 4, 2006 | 09:28 PM
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A guy I know had one stripped and was using it as a race car. It looks like its only two stamped steel pieces at either end and a composite panel for the roof. Like I suspected they are all t top cars underneath! I think this can be accomplished with a donor car!
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The roof pannel is glued down and would be hard to get off in one piece. It would make the job harder to use a donor car. I did some checking before and there are a few places that sell the hard top roof pannel and end rails.
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