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PepsiFreak107

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ok how much would it cost to buy T-tops and make my ghia a t-top? just curious...

ALSO! how much will it cost me to "REPLACE" my rusted factory dual exaust? thanks for the help!

-James

 

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You'd have to buy the entire top of a T-top car and then weld it in. If you know how to weld then it wouldn't be too hard to do... but finding a good donor would be difficult. To be honest, I've wanted to do this for years. However if you don't plan on doing it yourself it could cost you a couple grand to get somebody to find the parts and do it for you.

As for dual exhaust... go to any muffler shop and they can give you quotes.

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Welding on a roof is easier than it looks/seems. Very minimal body work required afterward, too. (Just have to make damn sure your measurements are exact BEFORE you start zapping stuff together. ha)
As was mentioned already, finding a decent T-roof, (or ANY MII parts anymore) is the tough part.

Muffler shops can bend you up some nice replacement pipes, but I wouldnt rely on their generic mufflers. Ugh. ExcessiveBackPressureVille. Go Flowmasters!

 

Wart

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PepsiFreak107 said:

ALSO! how much will it cost me to "REPLACE" my rusted factory dual exaust? thanks for the help!

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If you could get them out of the car intact I bet a shop could make duplicates without costing too much.

 

98CobraClone

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You "MIGHT" be able to sweet talk Stang2Man into selling his T-top car. It would get it out of my way since he shipped off to Tennessee

 

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My Ex's parents have a donor they'd give ya if you come to Idaho and haul it off. No glass panels, but the roof is all there.

Actually, I was gonna try that on my 74 coupe, but if you wanna do it and let us know how it went. . . . . . . .

 

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two shops around here gave me what I thought sounded kind of a high quote, until I priced some of the stuff out. Roughly 200 in cats, another 100 - 200 in mufflers (depending on dynomax/borla/Mac- everyone runs flows- so time to find a new sound) plus the cost of pipe, and labor. I still think they were smoking something though- between 800 and 1100 was the quote from both shops. I ordered a set of side pipes- easier, plus I like the look . Now I just need to get a pair of Cats and have a pipe bent out to the sides.

 

PepsiFreak107

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wow...i really don't have that much cash thoguh, thanks for all the offers, very kind of you. but it seems like it'd be easier just to take the whole roof off and make it into a convertible...lol now that..would be nice..

 

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Another thing to consider is the roofline is not the same between coupes and hatchback IIs. If you check the doorglass between them you'll see the coupes have a squarer opening while the hatchback cars have a gentle curve. The T-top panels are curved the same way so putting them on a coupe would be pretty major surgery. (been looking into this myself )

 

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Why not do something like the mid 80's Corvette and have the roof cut to make a Targa top? I think that would look cool on a coupe

 

Blue Thunder

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Turbo II said:

Another thing to consider is the roofline is not the same between coupes and hatchback IIs. If you check the doorglass between them you'll see the coupes have a squarer opening while the hatchback cars have a gentle curve. The T-top panels are curved the same way so putting them on a coupe would be pretty major surgery. (been looking into this myself )

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I didnt even think about that. T-roof only available on hatchbacks?

 

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fraid' so! god, sometimes ford makes me so angery...

 

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PepsiFreak107 said:

wow...i really don't have that much cash thoguh, thanks for all the offers, very kind of you. but it seems like it'd be easier just to take the whole roof off and make it into a convertible...lol now that..would be nice..[/QUOTE

Been there, done that. Wouldn't try it again...

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78CobraII

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Project 77 said:

Why not do something like the mid 80's Corvette and have the roof cut to make a Targa top? I think that would look cool on a coupe

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This is the Sportiva concept car...dating to 1974 or 1975. Looks to be a Targa top on a coupe body.

 

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joeythesaint

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And here I'm wondering how much would it cost to replace my T-tops with a solid roof. . . #$%*ing Seattle rain. . . .

 

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If you replace the 20+ year old seals with new ones they dont tend to leak as much. Although they do cost a bit ~300 I know I just replaced mine

 

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Why can't you just get some body work pro's to cut holes in the MII roof and put glass panals in there. Why do you need a donor car?