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Old 10-13-2021, 04:01 PM
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Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

First time I've seen this. It's on a Firebird.



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Re: Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

What year was that on? Where's the rest of it?
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What year was that on? Where's the rest of it?
It's an 1987 Firebird, converted by ASC in Sept. '87. Apparently there is a motor that those gears go into.
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Re: Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

My buddy had an 88 formula convertible that had that motorized gear pull down for the top.
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My buddy had an 88 formula convertible that had that motorized gear pull down for the top.
My understanding is that it was an early ASC/Firebird thing.
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Pretty interesting. I'd be interested to see one complete.
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Re: Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

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My understanding is that it was an early ASC/Firebird thing.
Years ago I remember reading a thread on here about a guy with an 1987 ASC Camaro convertible looking for parts to fix his motorized top pull down.I tried searching it up but can’t seem to find it now.
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Photo links broken.
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Here you go.







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Re: Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

This is the complete unit:


From thread:
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/conv...7-asc-gta.html

Apparently early ASC.
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Re: Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

Was it on this car?

https://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/c...390213148.html
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Re: Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

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No, a different one.
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