Ultimate Targa Thread!

[Mike Thomas]

Lots of great cars in this thread!

Here's my 1982 SC after a detailing. Since it's pretty nice cosmetically, I'm concentrating on mechanicals for now (all elective surgery :-)).

However, in the future, I think I might like to go with body-color wheels, and a front air dam and duck tail combo. Thoughts?

[carrera turbo]

we love our targa

[joetiii]

Originally Posted by Mike Thomas

Lots of great cars in this thread!


However, in the future, I think I might like to go with body-color wheels, and a front air dam and duck tail combo. Thoughts?

IMHO a duck looks best on a narrow body. sharkfins and ducks don't coexist. The IROC spoiler works well for your consideration.

[Mike Thomas]

Originally Posted by joetiii

IMHO a duck looks best on a narrow body. sharkfins and ducks don't coexist. The IROC spoiler works well for your consideration.

I was wondering about that (but doesn't the pre-SC Carrera with the duck tail have the wider body that continued into the SC and Carrera 3.2?). I also should have said "lip spoiler", not air dam.

Anyway I like the sound of your coexistence advice, but what's a sharkfin?

I don't really care for full-on whale tails (on my car), so perhaps I'll do nothing and like it :-).

Thanks...

[joetiii]

Originally Posted by Mike Thomas

but what's a sharkfin?



Thanks...

sharkfin is the black protective just in front of the rear wheel opening. looks like a sharkfin

[exc911ence]

Just to keep the thread alive, here's a sweetheart of a 72 911T that I drove last week:



Edit: It was so sweet I decided to buy it!

[911 tweaks]

mike thomas... beautiful car man !!!!!!!!!! ALL i would do to your car, besides driving the snot out of it is to change out the USA rear black bumpers and put on the euro narrow ones and you will save 10-15# in the rear also.

Sweet lookin' car man... dont tail or front spoiler it... MAYBE, just MAYBE, I might put a "S" front spoiler on it but that reqiures paint and you will have to change out the existing fogs you have now or figure if they will still fit...

Great Lookin' car AS IS !!
Bob

[efhughes3]

Originally Posted by Mike Thomas

I was wondering about that (but doesn't the pre-SC Carrera with the duck tail have the wider body that continued into the SC and Carrera 3.2?). I also should have said "lip spoiler", not air dam.

Anyway I like the sound of your coexistence advice, but what's a sharkfin?

I don't really care for full-on whale tails (on my car), so perhaps I'll do nothing and like it :-).

Thanks...

Your car would look just fine with a ducktail.

[MOMO3.2]

Mike Thomas:

Your 911 looks AMAZING! In fact, the next two posted after you are wonderful too. Targas rock!

Targas+Ducktails look super in my book. Here is my 87 Targa with a duckie.



Mike

[Daviboy]

[BARON5011]

Hi Davey,

Isaw the mountain and I realise we are from the same country,
I just up north.

My 87 3.2 Carrera Targa -Prussian blue --


All I changed was this


And this


cheers from sunny SA
Baron

[BARON5011]

Guys,
Please, please don’t kill me for stealing someone elses car picture. The picture was sitting in the wrong place on my computer and the cars look so similar
Here is mine---





cheers
Baron

[911 tweaks]

that girls expresion is priceless... "oh boy... here we go again... you stop laughing brother ! "
great picture
so.... where is "SA" ? My guess is South Africa ??
Good luck!
Bob

[Mike Thomas]

Originally Posted by MOMO3.2

Mike Thomas:

Your 911 looks AMAZING! In fact, the next two posted after you are wonderful too. Targas rock!

Targas+Ducktails look super in my book. Here is my 87 Targa with a duckie.



Mike

Thanks for the example photo. Pretty car! I'll have to consider on the conversion. I've spent enough money for a while ;-)

[Mike Thomas]

Originally Posted by BARON5011

Hi Davey,

Isaw the mountain and I realise we are from the same country,
I just up north.

My 87 3.2 Carrera Targa -Prussian blue --


... clip ...

Baron

GOTTA LOVE that prussian blue. That's just gorgeous!

[BARON5011]

Hi 911 tweaks,

Yes Im from South Africa ,a town called Bethal in the Mpumalanga region,
Work at the worlds biggest petrol from coal reffinary --Sasol--
The mountain is in the well known "Table mountain" in Cape Town
----and the two car thieves are my grand children who you can imagine can do noting wrong in my eyes.
cheers
Baron

[bassjack]

Keeping the thread alive! I'm three weeks into my relationship with my 85 and it keeps getting better each time I get behind the wheel!

[jeff1hughes]

Bassjack, I like the color!

[Lunde4]

87 here

[ikarcuaso]