...Is there a Steel Top available for the 914?...help, appreciated.

A few years back George H (AA) put some pictures of the steel roof they put on a 914 GT clone. I saved them to a disc. Let me see if I can find them.

Dan Roots, a member on this site is the only person I have seen convert a 914 to a steel roof. Copy and paste this into your browser:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=76305

Eric Shea might have some pics of GT's with steel reinforcements for the roof. I think they even bolt on and off. Looks like a alternative to complex roof fabrication.

Chris at Tangerine Racing had mentioned something as well.

We've done two 916 replica roofs so far.

Short answer, no. Long answer, there are guys on the site that not only have built and installed them but could be hired to custom build one for you. But there is no "kit."

Leave it outside, someone will steal it

I could make a kit but it would "cost more than you paid for your 914." doh!

They don't call it body "work" for nuttin!

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http://www.aandmdeluxecustoms.com/gallery/...m=58&pos=10

I'm not Eric, but this is the real deal:

WOW! The metal work on that car is amazing.

There was a complete step by step metal roof job done by AA with lots of pictures that was amazing quality. I spent an hour looking but could'nt find the damn thread (search function sucks balls).

The AA job makes this one look like a hack job. Anybody got the link to the AA metal roof thread?

................I agree...not complaining too much as the site is a volunteer situation, but I have never been able to use the search function ...and find anything. ever. maybe I do not speak the proper "computer language"....

This is the thread, but at least on my computer, George's images are not showing up.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...c=66687&hl=

That's because he linked to images on his server, which are no longer there ...


That's why i always tell people to NOT link to offsite pictures.
Andy

We could do that too, and already have done the steel roof and headlight delete before.
All it takes is $$.


The pics George posted were of a car done in Europe, not an AA project.

Hey T.C. that brace you showed looks like something someone could easily make and it wouldn't be expensive. Am I wrong?

here we are

next.... Yes George I stole these. Sure you wont mind

next!

next

Coming from a fabricator. This was the way I would have done it.

You know.... I never really liked the composite roof. Maybe... I will do one in aluminum.

Everyone has had somekind of issue with the search function from time to time...Hey life is tough...This site is run by a volunteer army and has brought so much to my screen that I can't put a value on it...I'm truly gratelful. That said....I don't remember where I found this link...It's super helpful when you need to find something.
All you do is type in what you're looking for on the 914world site and you got it. Copy and paste it into your browser and bookmark it.

http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=00240834...2%3Aajvfxschcgc

I'm going to do it for my car.

The x-brace in the pictures next to the white car & on the ground came out of smg914's M-471 GT. It was not on the car when Steve got the GT and I have been searching for it for a couple of years

T.C.