The Designer
04-23-2017, 08:13 PM
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The Designer
Hi everyone
New member now but a follower for several years. Great information and advice.
Recently retired engineer/designer.
Former New Yorker now living in Plano Texas. Love the weather and love Corvettes
Through the years I have owned a 1975 C3 coupe bright blue, 1985 C4 coupe silver and recently purchased another C4 coupe bright red "barn find" without a Targa top.
I found a targa top on craigslist, not realizing I am much older now, it was impossible to install this top alone .
I searched online for a lightweight soft top but couldn't find anything .
So, being an engineer, I decided to make my own top " How hard could it be ??!! "
In the process now of developing a lightweight folding .convertible top .
Almost there
Talk with everybody soon
The Designer
New member now but a follower for several years. Great information and advice.
Recently retired engineer/designer.
Former New Yorker now living in Plano Texas. Love the weather and love Corvettes
Through the years I have owned a 1975 C3 coupe bright blue, 1985 C4 coupe silver and recently purchased another C4 coupe bright red "barn find" without a Targa top.
I found a targa top on craigslist, not realizing I am much older now, it was impossible to install this top alone .
I searched online for a lightweight soft top but couldn't find anything .
So, being an engineer, I decided to make my own top " How hard could it be ??!! "
In the process now of developing a lightweight folding .convertible top .
Almost there
Talk with everybody soon
The Designer
04-23-2017, 08:41 PM
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04-23-2017, 11:02 PM
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04-24-2017, 12:06 AM
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04-25-2017, 09:30 AM
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