Hmmm... 95 GT T-top???

[89 ST4NG]

I was bored so I decided to look at some vortech superchargers and I happened to run acroos this 95 GT.

Is it just me or did this guy make his own T-top? Or is it a one piece like on a honda del-sol or something.

Either way it is very unique!

Mike Clifford's 1995 Mutang GT | Vortech Superchargers

 

[revhead347]

There are kits out there to do it either way.

Kurt

 

[94gtfreak]

It's a targa setup like the Supra and Del-Slow. I would love to find one of these kits! IMO it's a very sexy look but last I heard the company that made em went under so who knows?

 

[revhead347]

It looks nice, but it's expensive, and they usually leak because they aren't terribly good quality.

Kurt

 

[Black Stampede]

He seems to be next to a couple of stangnet members in those pics.

 

[89 ST4NG]

I just thought it was very different. Thought it was worth everyone looking at.

 

[MotiV8ed_95GT]

Saw that car @ Carlisle and Maple Grove a few times. The targa looked OK in person but I am sure it made the car flexy. Pretty sure the guy that built the car sold it. Last I saw/heard of it was a used car dealer ad.

Ross

 

[nmcgrawj]

Saw that car @ Carlisle and Maple Grove a few times. The targa looked OK in person but I am sure it made the car flexy. Pretty sure the guy that built the car sold it. Last I saw/heard of it was a used car dealer ad.

Ross

cant be much worse than a vert....obviously you'll have to add bracing since you cut the roof.

 

[ProKiller]

He seems to be next to a couple of stangnet members in those pics.

haha yeah that's Charlie's 95 next to it. i can't tell if that's troys next inline or not.

and yes that guy did sell it maybe a year ago. he wanted like $40k for it if i remember correctly.

and yes the only company that i know of that made those went out of business. Can't think of the name now off the top of my head but i know we've discussed this before.

 

[revhead347]

cant be much worse than a vert....obviously you'll have to add bracing since you cut the roof.

Very true.

Kurt

 

[xr8d302]

It was a company called JMS, they made lots of concept ideas for our year mustangs, neat looking remote turbo set ups and whatnot.

It's not that they were super expensive, it was the amount of work required to use the kit. If you didn't have a professional do it, alot of the results were but ugly

The roofline holds a massive amount of structural integrity for these cars, so you can imagine what cutting 100% of it out would do for our car's ability to launch without serious twist. That said, lots of unibody cars have had T-tops, Targa's, and convertible models. The secret is reinforced A-pillars (for rollover protection), and subframe connectors. Verts have these stronger A-pillars from the factory.

Personally, I would never do it to our cars. There is so much to lose in terms of rigidity, that I couldn't justify overlooking it for show purposes. Especially with the costs involved for the labour to do it correctly.

 

[YEAHLOH95]

that one pic is from maple grove

 

[BlownFiveLiter]

I'm pretty sure that car's been posted on here before. Wasn't the original owner a member, at one time? I kinda dig the targa look on our cars.

 

[xr8d302]

Dunno if he was a member on here, but do know he was in at least one magazine for that car. I think it was Modified Mustangs, but could be wrong

 

[302GTS]

I love t-tops! I personally wouldn't do it to my car, however. I don't have any suspension brace parts like subframes, so I'd be all sorts of flexy!

 

[xr8d302]

You'd be all sorts of caved in, actually.

To think, your front subframe only connects to your rear subframe through the roofline. In theory (do not try this) cutting that much of your roof out would be catastrophic once you opened the doors.

Great idea, but definitely lacks sense. Remember all those 80's Camaro's and Foxes that had leaky T-tops. That was a result of not enough bracing. That does make me wonder why they didn't cave in though. Hrmmm

Maybe I'm wrong....does anything else connect front to rear subframes?

 

[revhead347]

Convertible Mustangs don't cave in.

Kurt

 

[nmcgrawj]

We don't have beetles Aaron.....the roof is not the primary support structure of the unibody.

 

[xr8d302]

LOL damn you both. I'll stand corrected, even though I'm really not sure what else holds us together.

I'm still laughing at your responses though, both of'em....

Cheers,

 

[nmcgrawj]

LOL damn you both. I'll stand corrected, even though I'm really not sure what else holds us together.

I'm still laughing at your responses though, both of'em....

Cheers,

LOL


Well what is so different about verts that make them strong enough not to cave in? It was my understanding that they only had an X brace or something under the unibody that the coupe didnt have....not sure if this is true or not. Vert owners will have to chime in.

Regardless, there's nothing major that adds a ton of strength to them. Especially on fox mustangs. Not like there is a full frame or factory sub frames that tie together the front and rear frame rails. Even custom shops cut the roof off of jags, chargers, etc to make them convertibles....and none of those have a full frame. So that just leaves u with more flex....but nothing that will cause failure.

The unibody will flex, but it wont cave in. Im notsure on the late model bugs....but the old ones were the only car i know of that the roof was the primary support structure. So dont fear cutting your roof off! lol


As a matter of fact, i dont see a targa top even weakening the roll over safety measures by much. You still have the B pillar by the 1/4 window to support the roof.