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  June 12, 2010 12:15 p.m. Woody SuperDork

  

  http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/547647-targa-coupe-conv...

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  June 12, 2010 12:26 p.m. DILYSI Dave SuperDork

  Hardcore.

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  June 12, 2010 3:17 p.m. Nitroracer Dork

  My welding skills would have told me to sell the targa and buy the coupe I really wanted.

  Impressive.

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  June 12, 2010 4:00 p.m. Josh Dork

  Is it wrong that I liked it better before? I want one in poop brown with that stainless steel targa hoop.

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  June 12, 2010 4:12 p.m. Kia_racer HalfDork

  snif, snif one less targa on the road. I am so very sad

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  June 12, 2010 4:36 p.m. SillyImportRacer Reader

  Why not just buy a hard top. I don't get all the extra effort.

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  June 12, 2010 4:46 p.m. JoeyM HalfDork

  I want the 914 from the 4th picture

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  June 12, 2010 4:58 p.m. mtn SuperDork

  I don't get it. It was cooler before, and like people above me have already said, would have been easier to buy a hardtop if that is what he wanted.
  

  Though I gotta hand it to him, its damn impressive.

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  June 12, 2010 5:40 p.m. pres589 Reader

  The factory actually did this with some of the racing cars, since the Targa had strengthened sills and such, and adding a full top made the cars stiffer yet.
  

  Around here the Targa's are the cheapest 911's to get so to build a race car, this might have made the most sense financially.

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  June 12, 2010 7:05 p.m. Stealthtercel Reader

  I presume that's Freiburger's kid sister or cousin or something at the junkyard in her flipflops....

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  June 12, 2010 7:19 p.m. M030 HalfDork

  That conversion is about the coolest thing I've seen in a very long time...I've gotta get me a cheap, ratty Targa to coupe-ify now!

  - Brian

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  June 12, 2010 8:24 p.m. VanillaSky Reader

  I want a 911 so bad... I just keep telling myself that I can't handle one.

  The work looks awesome. While I'm with you guys, I appreciate the kind of work that goes into something like that build.

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  June 12, 2010 8:37 p.m. Woody SuperDork

  SillyImportRacer wrote: Why not just buy a hard top. I don't get all the extra effort.

  Targas are plentiful, relatively speaking, compared to coupes. They're also cheaper. Club racers tend to snap up all the coupes.

  And, of course, Targas are for Bob Costas.

  This is the sort of thing that people who like this sort of thing will really like.

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  June 12, 2010 10:28 p.m. neon4891 SuperDork

  I already want a classic 911, now I want a narrow body Targa...

  Is there something wrong with me?

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  June 13, 2010 4:55 a.m. Per Schroeder Technical Editor/Advertising Director

  I did nearly that very thing with my last second-gen MR-2. Found a beautiful yellow T-top, purchased a roof clip...and voila...yellow hardtop. All-told, it was less than $1400. I sold that car in 2002 and its one of the few that I still miss.

  Per

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  June 13, 2010 7:56 a.m. mistanfo SuperDork

  Now, if only I could get my hands on a Miata coupe's roof from a local wrecking yard.

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  June 13, 2010 8:14 a.m. Knurled Reader

  Stealthtercel wrote: I presume that's Freiburger's kid sister or cousin or something at the junkyard in her flipflops....

  snerk snerk snerk

  I kinda miss the "Safety last!" days of 4WOR.

  The pic below that one is freaky - looks like a poorly done Photoshop by the angle.

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  June 13, 2010 10:04 a.m. DILYSI Dave SuperDork

  Per Schroeder wrote: I did nearly that very thing with my last second-gen MR-2. Found a beautiful yellow T-top, purchased a roof clip...and voila...yellow hardtop. All-told, it was less than $1400. I sold that car in 2002 and its one of the few that I still miss. Per

  Hardcore.

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  June 13, 2010 10:50 a.m. DWNSHFT Reader

  I'll second that regarding the 914 with the chin spoiler. Notice it already has a five-lug conversion and Fuchs. Yum!

  David

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  June 13, 2010 1:41 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork

  the 914 did not have a chin spoiler.. that was a replica of the 916 front bumper

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  June 13, 2010 2:05 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork

  you like the 916 front bumper on that 914? Looks kinda gaudy in my opinion...especially with the oil cooler scoop still filled in.

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  June 13, 2010 2:43 p.m. duetto_67 New Reader

  must go practice welding

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  June 13, 2010 8:55 p.m. pedretti New Reader

  duetto_67 wrote: must go practice welding

  +1

  i'm impressed in her welding skills, the last panel replacement i did didn't look nearly that good

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  June 14, 2010 10:19 a.m. 81gtv6 HalfDork

  racinginc215 wrote: when it was sitting there sans roof and just the A pillars I wanted to build a speedster out of it.

  I was thinking the same thing.

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  June 14, 2010 10:23 a.m. Per Schroeder Technical Editor/Advertising Director

  Not really...that was before I knew how to weld and had a good shop do it. Still cheap.
  

  DILYSI Dave wrote:

  Per Schroeder wrote: I did nearly that very thing with my last second-gen MR-2. Found a beautiful yellow T-top, purchased a roof clip...and voila...yellow hardtop. All-told, it was less than $1400. I sold that car in 2002 and its one of the few that I still miss. Per

  Hardcore.

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