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what i found...

Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 4:47 pm
by tj19985
I am in the process of stripping my interior as some of it has seen better days so I am removing it all. well I decided to deal with my head liner yesterday and found that I have a whole in my roof :'(. the whole is where the sunroof latches are. on one side the whole is pretty big but on the other it is still a pin whole. Now my question is have one of these cars ever been converted into a targa top?

Re: what i found...

Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 5:42 pm
by codge
In UK?

None that I've ever seen. Seen one bloody awful 'vert attempt but I can't recall a targa

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Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:17 pm
by tj19985
no im in the us. I am currently trying to find a solid top donor car.

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Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:33 pm
by chc
If my aged memory serves me right ....... wasn't there a red rex converted in Calafornia but the roof was totally removed and it did look a beauty

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Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:13 pm
by Chud
Didn't Avatar try it?

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Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:09 pm
by Lucky
Yeah, Al Dooley's Pacific Avatar was a full convertible IIRC, not strictly a targa. Not sure that it was exactly hideous, but it wasn't exactly elegant either :?

EDIT: Found it here http://www.carpictures.com/vehicle/09LP ... 6PfKg.dpbs

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errrr, tiny pic is tiny :shock: Side windows look dangerous :o

Re: what i found...

Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 10:35 am
by mpk490p
mine had corrosion there to its where 3 panels meet and the moister gets in i had all the old cut out and a new plate put back in but i believe it is a common problem

Re: what i found...

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 3:49 am
by Spannerhead
tj19985 wrote:Now my question is have one of these cars ever been converted into a targa top?
To answer this question belatedly, at least one has been done recently, and with some degree of success:

http://www.nellump.net/peri/jurgens-hom ... targa.html

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Re: what i found...

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 11:05 am
by Lucky
that actually doesn't look too bad. I like the idea of a targa roof, about the only thing I liked about MR2 ownership was that the roof panels lifted out.

of course, I didn't like them so much in the rain, where you got an impromptu shower on every corner :evil:

Re: what i found...

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 11:54 am
by codge
Just a little bit of work that's all. A non tech bystander might think it's just a superficial mod......but look at that lower body strengthening work!

Just your kind of project Nik......and pics required along the way........... :lol: