My grandparents have a Gran Torino (year unknown...maybe a '74). It has a vinyl top, and I was thinking about converting it to a convertible. Where can I find information on how to do that?
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Torino conversion to a convertible
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19 years ago
Sell it and buy a convertible.
Convertibles are constructed completely differently than a car with a hard top. You cannot convert a unibody car to a convertible without a huge amount of expense and trouble, and it will never be quite as good as a car that started out as a convertible.
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Unsafe to try a conversion like this. The frame is a heavier unit the a hardtop.
Brian
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It can't be done, even if you could afford the cost. That body could not even take a sunroof hole without losing rigidity.
mike hunt
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Except that year Torino is a body on full frame. It can be done, but why, unless there is some exraordinary attachment to the car...
Rob
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AND... there is no "convertible frame" for this year Torino.
Rob
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OK, my mistake, I assumed it was a unibody. I still say it is an incredibly bad idea, full frame or not.
It might work for a Red Green episode, though.
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Well the '70-'71 is a unibody, so without actually crawling under a '72 and up, or looking at someone's pictures, I would be inclined to believe the '72 and ups are also unibody...
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And you would be completely wrong. The platform, 1972 through the 1979 Cougar/LTD II/Thunderbird/Montego/Ranchero were all body on frame.
Rob