If you want to know why you won't be able to get T-tops...
01-09-2006, 02:43 PM
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Re: If you want to know why you won't be able to get T-tops...
Actually I meant literally put me in it. Like I could drive it. But thanks. Good work. Hopefully someone at GM will consider the drop top.
01-09-2006, 02:43 PM
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Re: If you want to know why you won't be able to get T-tops...
Originally Posted by jawzforlife
I do have the say, when I saw the chop of the 'vert.......My mouth fell open, and the 1st words out of it were "H-O-L-Y S-HEEEEEE-T!!!" 
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01-09-2006, 02:47 PM
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Re: If you want to know why you won't be able to get T-tops...
Originally Posted by DvBoard
:hmm: i see a hatch possibility if the rear window was combined with the rear side windows.
01-09-2006, 02:48 PM
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Re: If you want to know why you won't be able to get T-tops...
If this thing makes it to production, and it stays true to the 1st gen roots, I think the ragtop option is definitely the way to go. That will be the flag ship Camaro; an SS ragtop with all the options and the most powerful engine offered! Personally I dont like ragtops, and I'm not a big fan of t-tops either, and had I bought my 4th gen new, I would not have them. (Course that was compromise to my wife, who had them on the 95, so I got them). But history has shown us that the most desirous cars are usually the ragtops!
01-09-2006, 02:50 PM
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Re: If you want to know why you won't be able to get T-tops...
Originally Posted by Dan Baldwin
Screw T-tops. Gimme greater structural rigidity,lighter weight, and reduced cost any day.
I still think you might be able to put some T-Tops in there even with the pillarless side glass design. Just have the T-Top panel end just ahead of the rear 3/4 glass. It would seem you could get all the stiffness you needed from the t-bar. After all, they do freestanding 3/4 glass like that on convertibles all the time - from the Lebaron to the current Stang to the Mercedes CLK.
That said, much as I love me some T-Tops, I kinda doubt that we will see them on the Gen 5. Thing probably will have to have side curtain airbags in the roof. Of course, if the side curtain airbags fire up from the top of the door panels......
01-09-2006, 02:52 PM
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Re: If you want to know why you won't be able to get T-tops...
You know if the 5th Gen doesn't have Ttops, then TTopJohn might be a little aggrevated.God it's gunna not be nearly as fun without a glass roof though
I'm gunna have to keep a 4th gen around just for that.
01-09-2006, 02:53 PM
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Re: If you want to know why you won't be able to get T-tops...
Originally Posted by jawzforlife
here is a hatch for your done like the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gen.
01-09-2006, 02:53 PM
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I think a hardtop convertible would be amazing! I mean, if they can do it with the G6, why not with the F5? Heck, even the hatchback doesnt look to bad, though I dont know if it fits the rest of the car.
01-09-2006, 02:53 PM
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Re: If you want to know why you won't be able to get T-tops...
Originally Posted by jawzforlife
here is a hatch for your done like the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gen.
01-09-2006, 03:07 PM
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Re: If you want to know why you won't be able to get T-tops...
With all the Chops in this thread, I gotta say I like them all. I think this is a testament to the designers of the concept that there could be a multitude of body styles they can end up using for the production model.
01-09-2006, 03:08 PM
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Re: If you want to know why you won't be able to get T-tops...
Wow, if I was in here earlier I would have requested the hatch. Glad to see that I wasn't the only one that was thinking that.
I think the hatch looks quite interesting. It makes it more modern in my opinion and stand out even more from the Mustang and the Challenger. I would only suggest making the glass have a sharper look by straightening the profile. I think it would be more in line with the rest of the car.
I think the hatch looks quite interesting. It makes it more modern in my opinion and stand out even more from the Mustang and the Challenger. I would only suggest making the glass have a sharper look by straightening the profile. I think it would be more in line with the rest of the car.