Targa rear seat delete

[milspam]

Would appreciate any information on fabrication or purchasing a rear seat delete / luggage dump for a mid-year targa. Pelican has them only available for 911 coupe models and I have always wanted one, as the rear seats to me are not very useful.
Thanks milspam

[Jack Stands]

I think several folks fabricated their own. Plans with dimensions are posted somewhere, I’ll try to locate them.

[86 911 Targa]

pm sent.

Gerry

[Jack Stands]

[Charles Freeborn]

Good timing! I've got this on my list too. Although my plan is to also have access hatches through the top sized to accept a standard grocery bag..held snug as a bug.
"going to get some milk ... back in an ... hour...??"

[Jack Stands]

I think it would be appropriate to initially make cardboard templates to check for fit and make any minor corrections before cutting any wood for the ‘deposit’.

[Charles Freeborn]

Originally Posted by Jack Stands

I think it would be appropriate to initially make cardboard templates to check for fit and make any minor corrections before cutting any wood for the ‘deposit’.

Yeah, I do it for a living.

charlesfreeborn.com

[HarryD]

Originally Posted by Charles Freeborn

Yeah, I do it for a living.

charlesfreeborn.com

And most certainly with a wood finish to rival the finest British cars.

[fanaudical]

A couple important things I learned on mine (sharing for others - I know Charles has already thought about this stuff):

- The front face needs to slope back to accommodate those with longer legs. If that front face is vertical, it restricts how far you can slide/recline the seats. The example above shows some slope, but I think you want that slope further if you're tall. (The front face on my seat delete runs vertical. I'm not that tall - 5'11"- and prefer an upright seating position so I don't notice. It limits comfort for my 6'4" friend in the passenger seat.)

- You might also have to limit height of that front retainer rail that keeps things from sliding forward on a sudden stop. Try to keep a ~1.5" lip on that rail, though.

- I used thinner material when I made mine and even with reinforcing ribs it became a "drum". I pulled it and carpeted the rear seat area and underside where it contacted the body so it had some attenuation. This eliminated the "booming" from rear suspension noise.

- I made the "portholes" to access storage in the seat buckets smaller than the seat buckets. I left the doors off. This allows me to just stuff things in those holes. Seats obscure view of the contents when the car is parked. I can reach stuff in those holes while driving (don't have to fold the seats down to open the doors).

[7783911]

charles, keep us informed of progress..perhaps you can consider making a few once you have the templates worked out?

bob

[Chuck.H]

I know this post is 3 weeks old, but this is a good quarantine project!

I did this to mine years ago, and it's super handy. I used 1/4" plywood, covered it with matching RS carpeting, and put a lip on the front edge using some home depot quarter round I covered with matte finish black vinyl.

Rather than build those door pocket things on the front, I got some 6x9 wedge speaker boxes and screwed those where the old seat-etts were. Then I rested the shelf on top of those, bolting it to the back edge - looks really good and gave me a place to put real speakers!

hope this helps,
Chuck.H
'89 M491 TurboLookTarga, 453k miles

[7783911]

Chuck

can you post some pics? really curious to see

[Chuck.H]

A picture? I have bolted in Sparco seats so it's hard to get back there, but let's try:



Chuck.H
'89 M491 TurboLookTarga, 453k miles

[7783911]

thanks for trying, that had to hurt!