Full Version: Rebuiding Inside-out
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And then--slowly--seated the inner lip. Did I say these are thick?
Right side done.
And then the left. I trimmed off the excess (first rough cut) after this photo.
Test fit of the roof. The right side looks pretty good.
The left side not so good. Ugh. 
I figured the roof needs hardware to fit correctly, starting with the front latches.
And new rubber latch blocks for the rear.
Roof with hardware.
It latches on pretty easily, snug in front but with a bit of vertical freeplay in the rear. Of course, I have not yet mounted the rear weather-strip.
Rear alignment needs work. The right side edge sits just inboard of the targa hoop corner.
While the left side edge sits outboard.
Just to get depressed, I rolled up the left window to see how bad things look. Ugh again. Did I mention that I don't like weatherstrips and seals?
A little diversion: checking the fit of the targa top in the trunk.
And then checking the clearance of my new EFI stuff under the forward edge of the top. Looks OK (and room for a cover over the EFI).
Back to working on rubber piece alignment. I pulled off the front seals and worked on fitting the A-pillar trim.
And I got the rubber seal remounted a bit higher.
Then I remembered something (duh). When I mounted the side seal trim strips, I forgot to put butyl tape between the trim and the top. So I got out my roll of 1/2 x 1/8 butyl tape.
Trim mounted with butyl. And then I went through the fun of installing the side seals (again).
Yay! Left side alignment now looks good.
And the right side is good, too.
Left window also looks good.
But the right window needs some work, since it closes a bit uneven along the top.
To me, getting the windows and the targa top seals to fit was the biggest PITA job on the entire car.
Took many, many hours.
Took many, many hours.
Looks great Bob. That job has to suck....
QUOTE(raynekat @ Apr 28 2022, 08:41 PM) 
To me, getting the windows and the targa top seals to fit was the biggest PITA job on the entire car.
Took many, many hours.
Maybe I should never take it outside where it might get wet, or dirty and need washing. Then I will not need seals, right?
QUOTE(Puebloswatcop @ Apr 28 2022, 09:27 PM)
Looks great Bob. That job has to suck....
Yeah. See the thread I started about least favorite 914 jobs.
I needed a break from playing window adjuster, so I tackled the targa top rear seal. Here is the replacement I got from 914 Rubber. I know it can be installed as-is, but I want to duplicate the original.
First, I test fitted the metal strips, including the side pieces that were molded into the original rubber seal.
Starting to modify the rubber. I removed the flat flaps from the side sections, and trimmed about 3 mm from the flap along the transverse section.
The side sections are a bit too long, so I trimmed them to fit.
That's better.
I used 3M weatherstrip adhesive to first glue the entire rubber piece to the top, and then some glue on the side metal sections.
The side metal sections went into slits made in the rubber "cylinder", and then I screwed everything down with new SS hardware.
Then to mimic the original molded-on rubber, I glued the slit rubber to the top (bottom) of the side metal pieces.
Some ever popular blue tape to hold things in place.
Tomorrow, I will find out if this worked.
Next step: replacing the original headliner, which the PO painted, what for it, black.
The small tag on the glue side makes me think this was a factory piece, and probably original to the top.
I traced the original onto replacement bulk perlon, dark charcoal.
Time once again for Weldwood adhesive spray. I spent almost an hour masking off the top, and then sprayed both the top (light coat) and perlon (heavy coat).
New perlon headliner in place.
Last piece: the front pad strip.
First, a good cleaning.
First, a good cleaning.
Then, a treatment with Car Guys Plastic Restorer, and sitting for 20 minutes.
Finally, a treatment with Nextzett Cockpit Cleaner to take off the shine.
Pad strip installed with original screws.
Completed top on the car, and checking the fit of the rear weatherstripping. Looks good.
A few more items checked off the list!
Very Nice.....
Beautiful work.
Like the fit of the roof and windows.
Need to work on mine.
Like the fit of the roof and windows.
Need to work on mine.
Thanks, guys. I am still messing with the right window. I got it a little better, but still not 100%.
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