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#1
04-06-2006, 09:08 PM
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Can i convert my 82 to a vert if i have the parts?
I was wondering, i have a 82 camero and would like to put the covertible top on it ,I have all the parts. would this be a hard job? and can it be done?..do they selll after market conversion kits?
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04-06-2006, 09:25 PM
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Re: Can i convert my 82 to a vert if i have the parts?
it is a CAMARO!!!!! not camero. er, that bugs me when people do that.
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04-06-2006, 09:57 PM
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Re: Can i convert my 82 to a vert if i have the parts?
no you can't convert a hardtop to a convertible top. the convertible camaros are actually slightly longer than the hardtops. they also have a completely different rear/trunk section... it's a real trunk instead of a hatchback. this is not something that you can do without creating a frankenstein car.
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04-06-2006, 10:18 PM
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Re: Can i convert my 82 to a vert if i have the parts?
Just buy a convertible.. and sell the parts that you already have.
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04-06-2006, 11:23 PM
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Re: Can i convert my 82 to a vert if i have the parts?
phwew.... I was wondering what in the hell a "vert" was. Camero's with vert's... what's the world coming to????
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04-07-2006, 09:06 AM
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Re: Can i convert my 82 to a vert if i have the parts?
How do Camero parts fit a Camaro?
 Just curious.As instantkevin eluded to, the rear end of the car is entirely different, a big portion of that obviously is for the top storage, but also sturctural support. You can take a 12 pack and a sawzall out there and have at it if you want, but first bump you hit things ain't gonna be too pretty.
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04-07-2006, 01:17 PM
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Re: Can i convert my 82 to a vert if i have the parts?
yah it could be done, but that body it going to move as soon as you cut the topp off, your car will probaly buckel, just buy a conv, the money you out into the swap can get you a convertable
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04-08-2006, 12:07 AM
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Re: Can i convert my 82 to a vert if i have the parts?
id like to see someone do it, you would have to almost cut of half a conv. and some how attach it to a hard top. panels are completly different. but ya it could be done ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, if you can weld two cars together
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04-08-2006, 12:12 AM
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Re: Can i convert my 82 to a vert if i have the parts?
your gonna cut the top off then the doors wont open
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04-08-2006, 09:24 AM
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Re: Can i convert my 82 to a vert if i have the parts?
yeah
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04-08-2006, 11:26 AM
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Re: Can i convert my 82 to a vert if i have the parts?
Look the thing we can all agree on is that it would be more of a hassle and cost more money that buying a new vert because of the obvious serious modification you're going to have to do.
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