I've searched for some time now, and have found nothing. Where can I find a top like this, without the vinyl?

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Thats just a smoothed roof (using bondo or something). In that track car its probably just a skin tho thats smooth.

916 had steel tops that were welded on, making them true GT style cars

i have a smooth roof. have your body guy sand it down... (no bondo james)

and yes... 916's had steel welded in tops.....

pics of my roof in my blog...

Sanded down the stock top. It took a bit of filler to get nice and straight. It amazing how far off they can be when covered with black textured crap and you never see it. As soon as you block sand it you can see how far out it is right from the factory.

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Can you do that for the roll bar and get the clean look there too? Oh, and thanks for the lightning fast answers. Oh, and I know all about 916s, no worries there.

the vinyl just comes off the roll bar..... it is a piece of vinyl cloth glued on....

just sand it and paint it....

Yes! Good, my first car is going to be so fun. Thanks again.

hahahahaha....famous last words

would you mind telling me?
unfortunately I just know a little bit about 'em

Gustl

what a tease....that's just a boring smooth 914 roof

I'd like to find a real weldable steel roof, as would a few other people I know...hmmm, wonder if it's listed in the PET??

I looked and couldn't find it....

I thought about making one once, but why make a 914 coupe?? A big portion of the appeal of a 914 to me is the removable top.

the factory doesn't have any more 916 roofs left ...

once I heared a rumor that the roof of an old Audi 100 (I think in the States it has a different name, like 4000 or so?) would fit quite good - only little adaption necessary

another guy modified a rear trunk lid to make a 916 roof of it and that worked fine for him - unfortunately I don't know this guy and don't have any further infos ...

Gustl

I'd love to see the 916 parts manual.

me too


but seriously - there was always a rumour that Porsche made some factory photos and prepared some sales brochures - especially for th US market - just before they quit the project
I'd really love to see this stuff - if it exists ...

Gustl

You'll be making an ultra rare 916, well sorta anyway.

driving with the top off is a rarity for me, but yea, you'd have to be pretty well committed to the idea as soon as you start welding, not too easy to go back

think of the rigidity you gain..... without a cage...

bet it would look super trick!

The 4000 didn't arrive on the market until several years AFTER the 916s were produced. Had to be the 100LS or the FOX. The Cap'n

Me too... I miss Babydoll since she went home. Now I have to drive around in a long hood 911 no-sunroof coupe with 190 horsepower at the wheels. (Poor, poor pitiful me.)

But it is awful hot in that car, really.

quoted from this old thread ...........

"QUOTE(Mueller @ Sep 27 2004, 01:19 PM)
Anyone know if the steel roof panel could have been purchased at one time or another to "convert" a targa topped car to a solid roof ??

no. but i do know that the company that used to make the stamps for the porsche prototypes still has all the old stamps on a shelf.

soooo, with enough $$$ you could make yourself a *real* 916 steel roof ...
Andy"


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