Lightweight, soft, folding Targa Top
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Lightweight, soft, folding Targa Top
New member as of April 22 , 2017 The Designer
This forum never ceases to amaze me with the information and knowledge " Not Google Junk that you have to sift through "
I love Corvettes . Through the years I have had 1975 Coupe "T-Top" . Tops were pretty easy to install.
1985 Coupe "20 years ago top was heavy, but I could put it on alone.
Now Retired "Aerospace engineer/designer " and much older, I needed a project to keep me busy and out of my wife's hair.
Recently purchased again a 1985 coupe "Barn Find" without a Targa top. Found a top on craigslist and realized I can't put it on alone.
I looked for soft tops on the Internet but couldn't find anything that would serve my purpose.
So I decided to design my own " In the new member section I quoted, as a joke, " how hard could it be ??!! "
This is why I found your discussion on the C4 targa tops very informative. Never understood these 8 mm bolts?
Where are the latches ?
I just ASSumed the C4 Coupe would be on a convertible chassis.
Knowing the problem of Vibration Existed , and still manufactured them??
Back to my original post in the new member section, I am designing and manufacturing a personal " light weight , folding convertible top " Will now be a lot stronger.
Many Thanks to the CF members.
The Designer
This forum never ceases to amaze me with the information and knowledge " Not Google Junk that you have to sift through "
I love Corvettes . Through the years I have had 1975 Coupe "T-Top" . Tops were pretty easy to install.
1985 Coupe "20 years ago top was heavy, but I could put it on alone.
Now Retired "Aerospace engineer/designer " and much older, I needed a project to keep me busy and out of my wife's hair.
Recently purchased again a 1985 coupe "Barn Find" without a Targa top. Found a top on craigslist and realized I can't put it on alone.
I looked for soft tops on the Internet but couldn't find anything that would serve my purpose.
So I decided to design my own " In the new member section I quoted, as a joke, " how hard could it be ??!! "
This is why I found your discussion on the C4 targa tops very informative. Never understood these 8 mm bolts?
Where are the latches ?
I just ASSumed the C4 Coupe would be on a convertible chassis.
Knowing the problem of Vibration Existed , and still manufactured them??
Back to my original post in the new member section, I am designing and manufacturing a personal " light weight , folding convertible top " Will now be a lot stronger.
Many Thanks to the CF members.
The Designer
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