What is Targa?
05-21-2003, 12:10 AM
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Re: What is Targa? (DelcoVette)
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all C4 coupes are targa, you got a choice of 3 tops in my year: blue tint clear, bronze tint clear, body color hardtop
all C4 coupes are targa, you got a choice of 3 tops in my year: blue tint clear, bronze tint clear, body color hardtop
05-21-2003, 02:51 AM
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Re: What is Targa? (vader86)
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all C4 coupes are targa, you got a choice of 3 tops in my year: blue tint clear, bronze tint clear, body color hardtop
all C4 coupes are targa, you got a choice of 3 tops in my year: blue tint clear, bronze tint clear, body color hardtop
05-21-2003, 10:26 PM
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Re: What is Targa? (MasterChief)
These guys are right on.
I do remember hearing somewhere that "T-Top" actually stands for Targa-Top as well. Infact I think the c3's which all have "T-Tops" were originally designed for the targa type we have, but they couldn't resolve the body flex and thus the t-member was born. Just an interesting tidbit I picked up a while back.
I do remember hearing somewhere that "T-Top" actually stands for Targa-Top as well. Infact I think the c3's which all have "T-Tops" were originally designed for the targa type we have, but they couldn't resolve the body flex and thus the t-member was born. Just an interesting tidbit I picked up a while back.
05-22-2003, 10:18 AM
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Re: What is Targa? (65Z01)
Not sure I follow you. The term is Italian in origin.
Originally, it simply referred in general to an open-topped design used on a number of sports racing prototypes, notably Ferraris, in the early '60s. The modification resulted from the heat on Sicily, where the cars competed in the Targa Florio.
For that matter, as early as 1963, some TR4's also had fixed from and rear glass with removable center sections called surrey tops.
Porsche may have copyrighted the term, but I'm not sure they invented either it or the design. Rather, they may well have just adopted, copyrighted, and popularized it for their street cars.
It appears Porsche's first use of the design for street cars was in 1967, well after either Ferrari or Triumph, and probably others.
Originally, it simply referred in general to an open-topped design used on a number of sports racing prototypes, notably Ferraris, in the early '60s. The modification resulted from the heat on Sicily, where the cars competed in the Targa Florio.
For that matter, as early as 1963, some TR4's also had fixed from and rear glass with removable center sections called surrey tops.
Porsche may have copyrighted the term, but I'm not sure they invented either it or the design. Rather, they may well have just adopted, copyrighted, and popularized it for their street cars.
It appears Porsche's first use of the design for street cars was in 1967, well after either Ferrari or Triumph, and probably others.
