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Difference between the Targa and Coupe wooden floorboards?
I have a Targa. Needed a new set of wooden floorboards and bought some for a coupe out of the "parts for sale" section.
The do not fit... are close but are different. Anyone know the difference? Am guessing that the wheel wells are just a bit different in the Targa and I am going to have to "massage" the boards to fit.
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Because the Targa does not have a complete roof, it needs to have some additional stiffness in the lower unibody (all open cars require this which is why you do not cut a coupe to make a convertible or Targa).
In a Targa, the footwells have some addtitional metal along the outer edge than makes the footwells narrower. If you jump from a Targa to a Cupe and Back again, you can see/feel the difference.
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Anyone have a picture of a targa floor board compared to the coupe version? Wondering how much I have to cut off to make it fit.
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02-12-2011, 07:32 AM
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Make a pattern out of cardboard from your floor board and then cut it to fit.
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02-12-2011, 09:25 AM
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Here you go. Had exactly the same problem.
Don't understand why the floorboards are different though. Must be that the Targa body is superior in design versus the coupe  Ed [mg]http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads18/Floorboard+Targa1297584321.jpg[/mg]
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02-12-2011, 11:05 PM
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 Read the previous message, stiffness of the body seems to be the logical reason why.
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Eddy,
Thanks VERY much! Just what I needed to get started cutting. Hey, do you live in Praha? May be going to the Czech Republic later on this summer... Love it over there. Joe A
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02-13-2011, 06:07 AM
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No worries, we Targa guys have to help each other!
Give me a PM when you go to Prague, I know some nice restaurants, hotels and places to visit. It's a beautiful and historical city. Cheers, Ed Picture with Prague Castle (and my 72). 
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