How interchangeable are the targa tops year to year?, A Garvey Challenge Topic |
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914/4: 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 914/6: 70 71 72
How interchangeable are the targa tops year to year?, A Garvey Challenge Topic |
ScooterD |
Oct 3 2007, 10:58 PM
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ScooterD Group: Members Posts: 80 Joined: 6-August 06 From: Los Altos, CA. Member No.: 6,589 Region Association: None |
I own a '73 and a '74, both with the original tops, but they are in no way interchangeable with one another. I thought this was kind of unusual only being 15 months apart in production dates. The '73 was made in 9/72 and the '74 was made in 12/73. Being very curious, I have two friends who have 914's, one a '73 and the other a '74. The one with the '73 is less than 100 serial numbers away from my car (probably made on the same day), his top will fit on my '73 but not on my '74. The friend with the '74, his top will fit on my '74 but not the '73. When the later top is fitted to the earlier car, there is a large (~6-8mm) gap on the drivers side directly above the sail panel. It appears that either the fiberglass top was adjusted the fit the sheetmetal for that particular production year car or visa versa.
One of Murphy's laws is: Interchangeable parts aren't! Does anybody else have any experience with top interchangeability or lack of? |
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