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Old 06-15-2008, 08:04 PM
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props on that work.
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wow thats awsome work man. dont know if i would be able to cut holes in my roof lol
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hey, im in Lima and im going to convert my car. would you mind if i came up and looked at yours and talked to you about it sometime?
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wow that takes some *****,awesome work.
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Originally Posted by bww3588
hey, im in Lima and im going to convert my car. would you mind if i came up and looked at yours and talked to you about it sometime?
Not at all. Shoot me a PM and we can figure out a time. I'm always up for helping another F-Bod owner out.
Old 06-22-2008, 08:47 AM
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Damn that took some *****! Great job, looks great!
Old 06-24-2008, 10:46 PM
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Gotta have the T-tops! Id have done the same thing with my V6 but decided to knuckle down and buy a TA. Good job!
Old 06-25-2008, 01:43 AM
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**** man thats some nice work!
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Old thread, but nice job. I really enjoy my T-tops. But I would like to have a hardtop SS some day.
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Great job man!
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so essentially all fbodies start out as "t-top" frames. just the hardtops have extra body material.

just curious as to how you mounted the locks. i assume you acquired all the t-top hardware to make it work.

awesome work though!
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Originally Posted by DevilDougWS6
so essentially all fbodies start out as "t-top" frames. just the hardtops have extra body material.

just curious as to how you mounted the locks. i assume you acquired all the t-top hardware to make it work.

awesome work though!
Correct, they all start life as a T-Top. The hard tops get some steel over the doors and the full roof skin.

The locks were mounted in the stock location. The stop where the pin guides go are already there in every F-body. I just gutted a junkyard camaro for almost all the parts I needed for the conversion.
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Looks good man. I've been debating converting mine since cutting the roof is easier than swapping over my suspension, trans and rear end into another car.

Waiting for the writeup for sure.
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Man that's awesome! Congrats on the conversion, you definately have more ***** than me to hack on a car like that. Yeah man I love my T-tops too, use them every summer.
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Mad..mad skills

Well done
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Originally Posted by Brickyard
Looks good man. I've been debating converting mine since cutting the roof is easier than swapping over my suspension, trans and rear end into another car.

Waiting for the writeup for sure.
Yeah my friend and I kinda put the write up on the back burner. Since this was bumped from the dead (not that I'm complaining) maybe I'll get to work on it again. There's not much left to do so I'll shoot for this weekend. Then we just gotta find a host for it.
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Damn, thats alot of work. Not my cup of tea, but it definetly looks better.

Out of curiosity, what ls1 cars come with ttops?
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any and all f-bodies come with t-tops. mine has them as a ws6, but you can also get v6s with t-tops.
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Props on the work. Glad mine came with them for there is no way I could do that to my car, hahahaha!!!
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looks great man, ive seen this done many times but your the first one that has really taken the time to do it right.


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