T-top 86 SVO?

aete2 · May 20, 2006

I was reading a Mustang mag the other day there was a little snipit of a 86 SVO that said it had t-tops? Is that true? I have never seen or heard of any SVO that came with t-tops. Any body know!

thx guys

RMODEL65 · May 21, 2006

no some of them came with sunroofs but no ttops cause it compromised the integrity of the car and deminished handling

aete2 · May 21, 2006

Thats what i think too, but there it is in the May 2006 Mustang monthly, its got a typo saying 96 buts its a 86 with a pic of the car, unless its a fake and there info is wrong. Like i said i've never heard of that before and i've driven many SVO's

jzleach1 · May 21, 2006

There were/are some SVOs that have T-Tops. There are very few, but the ones that exist were most likely done by Cars & Concepts near Dearborn. Rumor has it that the ones done were for Ford Execs. This was not an option available to the general public. It is possible though that a dealer may have sent out one or two to have done in order to make the car more appealing to potential buyers as some of the SVOs sat on the dealer's lot for quite some time. Check out SVOCA.com as this topic has been discussed and there are a couple of T-Top SVO owners.

rd · May 21, 2006

It is also possible that the aftermarket t-top kit was installed in these cars.

My 79 Capri has the C&C t-top kit that was installed in 1981, by a shop in New Orleans. That kit could be installed into any Mustang or Capri.

aete2 · May 21, 2006

rd said:
It is also possible that the aftermarket t-top kit was installed in these cars.

My 79 Capri has the C&C t-top kit that was installed in 1981, by a shop in New Orleans. That kit could be installed into any Mustang or Capri.

No Mustang Monthy said factory install on this car, thats why im asking, this must be a super rare thing, wow !

thanks for the info guys.

aete2 · May 21, 2006

Here look what i found

jzleach1 · May 21, 2006

Not factory installed....they did not roll down the Ford Assembly Line that way.....All T-Tops and Verts (at that time) were farmed outside of Ford's plant.....factory installed is a little misleading.

aete2 · May 21, 2006

jzleach1 said:
Not factory installed....they did not roll down the Ford Assembly Line that way.....All T-Tops and Verts (at that time) were farmed outside of Ford's plant.....factory installed is a little misleading.

No i understand that... but if you really get down to it they are factory installed thats just how Ford did it at the time. Just not in house.

ZeroCulture · May 22, 2006

Here's another one ... this one is in Canada ... I tried to buy it at one point but could not come up with enough cash at the time ... These pics are a couple years old, and I have no idea what happened to the car.

rd · May 22, 2006

I think the factory install and the orginal aftermarket kit used exactly the same parts, by Cars and Concepts. Just the location of the install varied.

Its kind of extensive, you take a complete section out of the roof to install the top framing. The doors get the window frames cut off, and larger glass installed. The weatherstrip for the doors above the window is different, and the rearview mirror trim gets changed.

You could pull all of it from a junk and put it on another car.

I think this is where the doors were developed that ended up on convertibles also.

Mr. Rustypwnz · May 22, 2006

From what I believe was that the cars were fitted with t-tops not from the factory, but it was a dealer installed option.

Josh

Shawneebear93 · May 23, 2006

If I feel like it later I'll dig out my Fox Body Recognition Guide and see if I can find anything.

aete2 · May 23, 2006

tealtiger93 said:
If I feel like it later I'll dig out my Fox Body Recognition Guide and see if I can find anything.

That would be great!

Shawneebear93 · May 23, 2006

aete2 said:
That would be great!

It would be great if I could find it!

aete2 · May 23, 2006

lol i hate when that happens!

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