 How interchangeable are the targa tops year to year?, A Garvey Challenge Topic |
|
|
|
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.
This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way. Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
|
|
Model Specific Information
914/4: 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 914/6: 70 71 72
| ScooterD |
 Oct 3 2007, 10:58 PM
Post
#1
|
|
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? |
   |
 
|
Posts in this topic
ScooterD How interchangeable are the targa tops year to year? Oct 3 2007, 10:58 PM
orange914 i always thought they were all interchangable... w... Jan 4 2008, 08:19 PM jd74914 I was pretty sure that they weren't the same, ... Jan 4 2008, 11:09 PM pin31 According to Dr. B. Johnson's book:
"A m... Jan 5 2008, 05:31 PM
kenschipper Someone (don't remember who but McMark may) to... Jan 14 2008, 11:51 PM McMark It was Paul Sayegh (PRS914-6).
There are signific... Jan 15 2008, 01:21 AM SirAndy i have a late top on my early ('70) car and i ... Jan 16 2008, 01:16 PM  |
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 27th May 2024 - 06:37 PM |
Invision Power Board
v9.1.4 © 2024 IPS, Inc.