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Old 02-12-2001, 12:46 PM
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what year did the t-tops stop?

can anyone tell me what year t-top production stopped on the third gen camaros?
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They never did. Available in every year

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Actually if I am correct the only year that the F-body did not come w/ t-tops (recently) was 1993, the year of the 4th gen. I think that they did not have T-tops or a convertible option at all for that year. Can anyone second that one for me or am I wrong? I know that I am right about the convertible.

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Hey, you're right! Convertables don't have a t-top option!

j/k I know what you mean.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Mike Harvey:
Actually if I am correct the only year that the F-body did not come w/ t-tops (recently) was 1993, the year of the 4th gen. I think that they did not have T-tops or a convertible option at all for that year. Can anyone second that one for me or am I wrong? I know that I am right about the convertible.</font>
Yes, you are right about no convertable in '93, but you are wrong about no T-tops. My friend had a '93 w/ T-tops.
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Mike, 93 almost went by being T-top less, but at the very end of the build year they did start making them. Out of some 40,000 camaros, they squeezed out like 3340 of them with T-tops.

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Yep, the earliest I know them to have t-tops would be 1980. Every thirdgen and fourthgen year Camaro has had them available
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Are you saying that the T-top came available at the very end of 93 production? If that's the case, then where did the '93 Pace Car get 'em? Ttops were available throughout 93.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by scottmoyer:
Ttops were available throughout 93.</font>
No they weren't. I bought my IROC-Z from my best friend in June of 1992. He was wanted to be one of the first people to own a 93, and he was in my city. He wanted t-tops, and they didnt offer them at that time. It wasnt till the end of the year that they did offer them. 15 months later, he sold the car to get a 95 Z28 with T-tops, since he couldnt get them in beginning of 93. Look at the facts:

1993 - 3340 of 39103 had t-tops.
1994 - 42,622 of 112,539

You do the numbers. If they were available throughout, that percentage should be at least 40-50%, not 8%.

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I think they discontinued t-tops in the 1991-1992 z28 5.7 TPI. You could get them added (a dealer option), my friend has a 1992 Z28 350TPI and The original owner told him that a customizing place called Roman Chariot did the t-tops as a dealer installed option for the 350TPI. My 1984 has Roman Chariots T-tops that I paid $1900.00 to have installed and they are the same as his.

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T-tops were avalible from 1977 to present
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I read '79, but I'm probably wrong.
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As everyone said, t-tops were availible in every year. INLCUDING 91-92

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