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That's why the sunroof was invented...
However, I hear there is a knowledgeable guy back East who stuck a 3.8RS motor in his targa and races it...
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what was the first real porsche? cab or coupe????????????????? i really dont know! as long as its a porsche type 911, it runs, its fast, its in cherry shape and the passenger seat has a good looking woman w/big hooters.......................I"LL TAKE IT!
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Targas were the inferior replacement for Convertibles when they were banned in the US.....then people got attached to the fugly things.....just like Cabbage Patch dolls....
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My first was a targa and I'll never own another. They aren't as pretty, suffer from leaks, expensive seals, numerous adjustments, and aren't that good looking either.
I won't own another one. But I did love my old car. 
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I bought my Targa about a year and a half ago. I took the top off the second week and have not put it on since. I agree with rcooled, in CA we enjoy a long top off driving season and that is what I bought the car for.
Thanks for this thread, I am getting a lot of good examples of how my Targa should evolve with front valance and rear spoiler treatments. Beautiful cars. On the Targa note, I have never seen any comments on the Targa body brace sold by our host. Does it help stiffen the chassis? http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/shopcart/911M/POR_911M_SUSprf_pg22.htm#item21
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The only targa I would consider is the 993 targa with the glass roof. Kept the line of the car but had a more open top.
Best of both worlds.  
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Targa Joke/clown car
They look like a chick-designed Toyota of some sort from a very bad Tequila influenced dream. 930 coupe is the only Porsche worth having. EPS
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Did somebody say Targa?
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Here's my first Porsche and the last targa I'll ever own...
 I still think about that car every time my physician burns a pre-cancerous lesion off my forehead with liquid nitrogen... 
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How can you not like the a$$ end on the Targa?
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Okay here it is.................
First 911 coupe was introduced in 1965. First 911 Targa was introduced in 1967. I guess Porsche had a few years to think about the targa before production. It was the rear soft window at first that came out. But like all vinyl windows, they eventually failed. Bob |
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What, no 964 Targas? Talk about a bastard car - 1990 c2 Targa
 My take is that all sports cars whould be ragtops. wind in your face, bugs in your teeth. You prissy boys in your coupes are missing 1/2 the experience riding in a porsche. If you can talk to your passenger over the wind and engine noise you are not going fast enough.
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Targs...
Yup, just as I expected. There is a chick (hen) behind the wheel! EPS
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I bought my Targa because it had a 3.6 in it and was meticulously maintained. I had looked at two 930's prior to it and another 80SC Coupe with a stock motor.
I had drven my cousins 73 Targa when I was a teen and loved it. I didn't have a preferance between the Targa or the coupe. I just wanted a Porsche. After shopping and researching I decided it was either going to be a 930 or a 3.6 swap. After owning my Targa for over 6 months now I can agree, there are problems specific to a Targa but the open air feeling while blasting down mountain roads is second to none. I have no intention of tracking my Porsche, maybe a couple of times just for fun. My serious track car is in the background of this pic. So the rigidity of the frame was a non-issue for me. I guess it boils down to what you like. I wouldn't have minded a coupe either. But this car, with this engine is perfect for me. The Targa top is just a bonus to me. You cannot shoot video like this in a coupe: http://videos.streetfire.net/video/21926FC5-0E31-4F89-9726-BB004FC84CE1.htm Yup, ugly, leaks water, lots of wind noise, only its owner could love it.... 
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You mean the top comes off. Nobody tells me anything.
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