***Unicorn Alert*** 1983 GLX 5.0 coupe...with T Tops

[83GTJIM]

My first thought on looking at the pics, before any of the above comments was: does the trunk gap on the passenger side look strange or is it the camera angle?

Mike

Surely not. "Quality is Job One" Remember that?

[84GT350_Annv]

Hey Steve............ GOT SOMETHING for you

Might have to consider resigning from FEP to limit the temptation. Gheese this place I tell ya.

Im in the planning stages of a 40x60 in the back. If the bldg were already done then I think I would have pounced on that one.

Steve

[conmech]

Lol.... had to raz ya.....

[STANGMAN116]

I know some one who would love to have that...

Whooo mmmeeee???.... drooooolllll
excpet im trying to gut the 5k price tag!!

[75coug]

Now this is a fun thread to monitor . . . .

[84StangSVT]

except im trying to gut the 5k price tag!!

NO YOUR NOT!

You sir, are trying to figure out how to get it home without your wife killing you!

She made it very clear that you will not buy another to fill the empty parking spot that the 8Q GT made when we loaded it on my trailer......REMEMBER? LOL!

Nice car though......you SHOULD buy it!

[Travis T]

Surely not. "Quality is Job One" Remember that?

It's all due to "employe involvement" Lol.

[PaceFever79]

Stuff like that ^^ makes one question everything

[dtmilsap]

Got pics will post later today

[4-barrel Mike]

Surely not. "Quality is Job One" Remember that?

I was thinking more in conjunction with the pushed in look of the lower left edge of the trunk lid.

Mike

[dtmilsap]

Went out and looked at car today took some pics and talked to the guy selling it. Had brain fart and forgot to take close pics of t tops. The guy said was single exhaust changed to dual, has t top bags, has sub frame connectors, cruise plus all info from clock work, ac was working this past summer, smog pump removed, trunk was hit while back. Looks like may have been re painted at one time.

[dtmilsap]

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[dtmilsap]

More pics Hope this info helps someone.

[dtmilsap]

Ps rear fender does have scrape on wheel well

[dtmilsap]

Almost forgot

[FoxChassis]

T-roof was installed aftermarket.

[83GTJIM]

T-roof was installed aftermarket.

Nov 82 date and a DSO for Kansas City, there must be an interesting story to the t top installation. Who would have done it & where?

[dtmilsap]

When I did look at the roof yesterday imho the installation looks "factory ".

[FoxChassis]

Cars & Concepts had T-roof installation 'kits' and a network of 'authorized' dealers/installers (sunroof, T-roof, and convertible roof installation and repair shops) all over North America that could do installations using the same parts that C&C used to do T-roof conversions in their Michigan facility for Ford. HERE is in ad for C&C Corvette "hatchback" glass and partial list of authorized dealers/installers, and in the library HERE is a C&C brochure that mentions a factory-trained network of dealers/installers in NA for their 'Skylite T-roof'.

Sometimes the installers put a decal somewhere in or on the car that showed whom did the installation. The T-roof glass panels themselves had a C&C sticker. And most importantly, the Ford door tag, buck tag, build sheet, owner card, etc. did not have the Ford T-roof codes on them. This car does not have a T-roof code on the door tag. The buck tag is obscured where the code would be but since the door tag does not have a T-roof code the buck tag would not have one either.

[vascj]

no longer a unicorn....just a regular horse....change the title

that would be a deal breaker for me personally....

T-roof was installed aftermarket.

[FoxChassis]

http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthread.php?115692

[FoxChassis]

Also, it seems the rear glass has been replaced. Hard to see the HVAC control but it does not look like it has rear defrost, and there is no rear defrost code on the buck tag.

[4-barrel Mike]

http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthread.php?115692

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Mike