The company "Transformation
Gilbert David" converted between 1985 and 1991 about 250 3-door Corsas.
The conversion consisted of
cutting the roof at the B-pillars, welding in a reinforcement at the
B-pillars and the roof and installing a rollover bar in the back tail
(from the B- to the C-pillars). Over these a plastic cover was
fastened, at which the side parts could be rolled up. The cover could
also be diminished completely, so that the Corsa resembled a Pickup.
The Tropica could be ordered either as a 5-seater (with rear seat) or
Van (without rear seat).
The tail gate was cut off
underneath the window and fastened with hinges to the right side, so
that it could be opened laterally. Furthermore the spare wheel was
fastened outside on the tail gate. All changes were equipped also with
a tinted tiltable sun roof.
2 equipments were available:
JUNIOR and FULL
The difference consisted of the
fact that with the FULL equipment all body parts were painted in car
colour and the interior equipment were covered with Skaie. With the
Junior this was available as an option.
All standard Corsa equipments
and engines were available.
Base price JUNIOR
: 14.730 francs
Base price FULL
:
16.716 francs
Produced quantities:
400 cars ??
