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Fixed hardtop options |
mepstein |
Jan 5 2016, 08:00 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,325 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I'd like to do a steel/fixed hardtop on one of my cars. Probably the Subaru conversion. It's been done before so I know time and money will get me one. I'm wondering if I can go a slightly different angle on the mod.
Weld in steel stiffeners front to back. Lay a slightly modified oem targa top over the stiffeners. Leave enough room at the front to bond the lip of the targa top into the window frame channel and bolt and bond the top and the steel stiffeners together. Thoughts? (I just gave Pat Garvey a migraine) |
914forme |
Jan 5 2016, 12:36 PM
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Times a wastin', get wrenchin'! Group: Members Posts: 3,896 Joined: 24-July 04 From: Dayton, Ohio Member No.: 2,388 Region Association: None |
Racer Chris / Tangerine
Patrick Auto-Atlanta Root Werks Or my feeble attempt yet to be proven except that a 944 top A-Pillar and a 914 A-pilar are both made from 18a sheet metal. And the curve for the front of the 944 top fits the 914 windshield very nicely. I will be using 16a sheet metal to make the internal ribbing, as it is what I have on hand. And I might be re-enforcing the windshield pillars with 16 ga. also. But after seeing the 944 a-pilars I am thinking that is overkill! Now if I can see the inside of a 914 A-pilar I could verify that it is strong enough to do the job requested. Anybody want to donate a windshield frame to the cause? I have tried to pay a guy for the frame, and never heard back. Just need one side from the top to the cowl, so I can put it through a bandsaw and see what the sections look like. BTW, I tried a bolt down top, and never got past the mockup, figuring if I was going to all that work to bond the thing around a steel frame, I might as well add a steel skin and weld the entire thing together. |
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