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The 82-85 Toro convertibles were built by what was then American Sunroof Corp of Lansing, MI. ASC since has changed their name to American Specialty Cars, to better reflect their ability to fabricate complete custom cars. Note that there is a company called West Coast American Sunroof Corp, which is apparently a spinoff but only does sunroof installations and repairs to convertible tops, not the custom fabrication that ASC is known for.
ASC built virtually all of the convertibles sold in the 1980s, including the original Fox-body Mustang convertibles (before Ford brought them back in-house) the Eldo and Riviera convertibles, the ASC McLaren Mustang, the third-gen Camaro/Firebird convertibles, Celica and Saab convertibles, and many others. All of these cars started as hardtops from the factory. ASC took delivery of the cars, engineered and installed structural reinforcements, removed the metal roof, and engineered and installed the folding top. More recently, ASC has done things like the folding hardtop for the Chevy SSR.
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Joe Padavano
64 Jetstar 88 Conv
66 442 L-69 Conv
68 W-30
69 H/O
69 442
70 W-30
72 442
84 Custom Cruiser
86 Caprice wagon (w/307 Olds)
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