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> 914 Convertable, A possibility
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post Feb 2 2005, 01:30 PM
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I stumbled across this from a user's link in the signature....can this sorta thing be done?


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post Feb 2 2005, 01:34 PM
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It has been done. Personally I dont' see the point, the 914 gives you all the benefits of a convertible, but you get a hard top for use when the weather is bad.

Having lived with convertibles the targa top is much better.

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post Feb 2 2005, 01:39 PM
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you make a good point....i had a Jeep. The Mother F*(&(^*%*%&%*^)9 leaked water all over the place. I had to stick a T-shirt behind the visors to catch the water when it rained so it wouldnt drip all over me....that and it was freaky to see those soft doors flex outward and catch the wind going 75...NEVRMIND! I'm happy with my targa. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
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post Feb 2 2005, 01:49 PM
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this one ('75 2.0) is for sale here in Austria (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)




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post Feb 2 2005, 01:59 PM
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Once in college I removed the rear glass in my 914. It was loud as h*ll! Engine noise was really reduced by the rear glass. I thought it would help out air flow in the cockpit. It sucked on both counts. Put the glass back in . Never looked back.
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post Feb 2 2005, 02:01 PM
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On top of everything else that was mentioned, you would need to install a roll bar if you wanted to race the car on a track.
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post Feb 2 2005, 02:03 PM
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With the back window being fixed, Those of us in Texas can put a gunrack in the back window.. like the pick-em-up drivers. Makes it more better when we have to shoot Yankees and California weenies like Zois........... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ar15.gif)
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post Feb 2 2005, 02:05 PM
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Better hope you are a really good shot, He shoots back!!!
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post Feb 2 2005, 02:07 PM
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QUOTE (Gustl B @ Feb 2 2005, 11:49 AM)
this one ('75 2.0) is for sale here in Austria (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

Wouldn't it be nice if that guy had an extra one of those ATS 5-lug wheels lying around he would part with.

I've been lookin&lookin&lookin for one to make up for the 3 I have left after some A-hole stole one off my '6r way back in 1997.
They are nice wheel.

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post Feb 2 2005, 02:20 PM
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Also, with the convertible conversion, it looks like the top covers the engine lid. You'd think that would have to affect cooling, as well as making it a b!tch to work on.

Never made sense to me. It's nice to have a hard top.

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post Feb 2 2005, 02:22 PM
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QUOTE (RON S. @ Feb 2 2005, 09:07 PM)
Wouldn't it be nice if that guy had an extra one of those ATS 5-lug wheels lying around he would part with.

it looks more like a 4-lug wheel to me (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif)


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post Feb 2 2005, 02:38 PM
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QUOTE (mike_the_man @ Feb 2 2005, 12:20 PM)
Also, with the convertible conversion, it looks like the top covers the engine lid. You'd think that would have to affect cooling, as well as making it a b!tch to work on.

Never made sense to me. It's nice to have a hard top.


In the case of the 1st pictured car they addressed the cooling by creating scoops extending from the door handles that fed air to the now covered eng bay, not sure how they exited the hot air but I like the design of those scoops for potential cold air intake.
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QUOTE (ClayPerrine @ Feb 2 2005, 01:03 PM)
With the back window being fixed, Those of us in Texas can put a gunrack in the back window.. like the pick-em-up drivers. Makes it more better when we have to shoot Yankees and California weenies like Zois........... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ar15.gif)

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post Feb 2 2005, 02:56 PM
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**Hijack**
Ron,
I'll keep my eye out for you for the five lug, I was lucky to find a set of 4 for the track...

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post Feb 2 2005, 03:17 PM
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Did someone call me a Kali weenie AND bring guns into the equation?

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post Feb 2 2005, 03:20 PM
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OH NO YOU DONT....not another hi-jack is taking place here. You hi-jack, i'll shoot (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ar15.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ar15.gif)
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those converts are fugly. reddawg racing does some (never used anything from them tho). i can't imagine they are any better than targas, is a psychological think, they are probably louder and definately heaver and obscure the engine venting

atleast those cars aren't sixes, bug waste of a teener to sut the targa off and make it a ragtop. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/barf.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/barf.gif)
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post Feb 2 2005, 03:24 PM
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QUOTE (Twystd1 @ Feb 2 2005, 03:17 PM)
Did someone call me a Kali weenie AND bring guns into the equation?

Why I outa..............................................

Them thar is fighting words.............................

Bet ya a sixer I can whup ya on the 1000 meter range with a BB gun...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Want to try me?

I shot expert with every personal firearm that the US Army issued for every year I was in.

If I can see it, I can kill it. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ar15.gif)

Plus, I didn't think the liberals in the PRC allowed anyone to own firearms, much less actually fire them........
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post Feb 2 2005, 03:26 PM
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yeah i agree....didn't think of the engine sound. Sounds loud enough in my car with all of the windows shut, let alone have it a ragtop. nobody liked the jeep story....all true. ruined so many T-shirts too
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QUOTE (bd1308 @ Feb 2 2005, 01:26 PM)
yeah i agree....didn't think of the engine sound. Sounds loud enough in my car with all of the windows shut, let alone have it a ragtop. nobody liked the jeep story....all true. ruined so many T-shirts too

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