t-tops anyone or maybe customized
04-11-2007, 02:24 PM
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I think what GM should be looking at is the old "Hurst" ttops on the 76-78 TA's. I think they would fit this roof much better than the 3rd/4th gen style. The early TA ttops left plenty of metal between the tops and I think that might be the ticket on the 5th gen (if ttops are going to be a viable option)
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04-13-2007, 11:05 PM
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I think what GM should be looking at is the old "Hurst" ttops on the 76-78 TA's. I think they would fit this roof much better than the 3rd/4th gen style. The early TA ttops left plenty of metal between the tops and I think that might be the ticket on the 5th gen (if ttops are going to be a viable option)
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04-14-2007, 11:19 PM
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I think what GM should be looking at is the old "Hurst" ttops on the 76-78 TA's. I think they would fit this roof much better than the 3rd/4th gen style. The early TA ttops left plenty of metal between the tops and I think that might be the ticket on the 5th gen (if ttops are going to be a viable option)
04-19-2007, 06:31 PM
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In a word....... YES!
I had Hurst and Fischer. That's last century tech. 4th gen fbody tops were superior and if we ever get anything, it will be a repeat of that design. At this point Camaro will come in two flavors:
HARD TOP or
'VERT
Maybe we can get the aftermarket interested in doing something?
I had Hurst and Fischer. That's last century tech. 4th gen fbody tops were superior and if we ever get anything, it will be a repeat of that design. At this point Camaro will come in two flavors:
HARD TOP or
'VERT
Maybe we can get the aftermarket interested in doing something?
04-20-2007, 10:02 PM
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Isn't that a bit shallow? You would refuse to buy a great car simply because it lacks t-tops? So I guess you will never buy a Camaro ever. Sorry to break it to ya, but the Camaro will never have t-tops again. It's moonroof or no roof will be your only options. T-tops jeopardize the structural integrity too much, and attempting to put them in yourself is asking for trouble with the curtain air bags and how they design body structures today. Since the last 4th gen rolled off the assembly line 5 years ago, car design has advanced so much that the entire unit body is desgined down to the last millimeter on computer, and all the forces, torsions, supports, and crash zones are analyzed near microscopically. This promises to be the most solid, tight, rattle free, well balanced Camaro ever built. That's due in no small part to the fact there won't be two big chuncks of the roof missing.
When the 4th gen was designed, the body was pretty much stamp some steel and weld it together. And I'll bet the body structure was so weak in comparison to the 5th gen that whether you had t-tops or not it was still loose and flimsy.
04-21-2007, 01:46 PM
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Hi Gm
I dont want T-tops again, ever.
Two reasons- they are to hick and they leak. To many seals.
Give us a targa top or nothing please.
For those who cant stand the weight, they dont have to purchase the option. Problem solved.
Can't go after the competition these days half-assed ready and offer a removable top a few model years down the line.
GM has done to much of that kind of "baiting" and unless Ford and GM want to go under its time to give us what we want. This is 2007, not 1969 when they had the market to themselves.
Two reasons- they are to hick and they leak. To many seals.
Give us a targa top or nothing please.
For those who cant stand the weight, they dont have to purchase the option. Problem solved.
Can't go after the competition these days half-assed ready and offer a removable top a few model years down the line.
GM has done to much of that kind of "baiting" and unless Ford and GM want to go under its time to give us what we want. This is 2007, not 1969 when they had the market to themselves.
04-21-2007, 01:52 PM
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Isn't that a bit shallow? You would refuse to buy a great car simply because it lacks t-tops? So I guess you will never buy a Camaro ever. Sorry to break it to ya, but the Camaro will never have t-tops again. It's moonroof or no roof will be your only options. T-tops jeopardize the structural integrity too much, and attempting to put them in yourself is asking for trouble with the curtain air bags and how they design body structures today. Since the last 4th gen rolled off the assembly line 5 years ago, car design has advanced so much that the entire unit body is desgined down to the last millimeter on computer, and all the forces, torsions, supports, and crash zones are analyzed near microscopically. This promises to be the most solid, tight, rattle free, well balanced Camaro ever built. That's due in no small part to the fact there won't be two big chuncks of the roof missing.
When the 4th gen was designed, the body was pretty much stamp some steel and weld it together. And I'll bet the body structure was so weak in comparison to the 5th gen that whether you had t-tops or not it was still loose and flimsy.
When the 4th gen was designed, the body was pretty much stamp some steel and weld it together. And I'll bet the body structure was so weak in comparison to the 5th gen that whether you had t-tops or not it was still loose and flimsy.
