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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 04:17 PM
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Who makes this targa top???

Never seen one of these before, considering my t-top center is in pretty rough shape this is a idea

I would think it would really weaken the car to cut it out though

I saw it at this site:
http://firebirdspoiler.com/
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 04:22 PM
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Re: Who makes this targa top???

Hmm wow. Ive never seen this pic before. Im guessing its a ASC targa prototype car. ASC did the convertible conversion for GM back in the 80s. Very interesting.
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 04:24 PM
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Re: Who makes this targa top???

Yeah, im just sitting here thinking about it, it would be fairly easy to recreate.
find some busted ttops and weld em up then wrap it with lexan
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 04:27 PM
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Re: Who makes this targa top???

its been covered a lot of times. you hae to make your own they dont make one for it.
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 04:28 PM
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Re: Who makes this targa top???

Looks as though this has been discussed before
there is a NICE one on this thread!
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/fabr...onversion.html
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 04:43 PM
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Re: Who makes this targa top???

That is the '87 ASC SunTour Trans Am. It was a styling and design test mule that never made it to production. The front windshield actually curved onto the top of the roof. There is no exposed metal piece between the windshield and targa top. There was an article on it in High Performance Pontiac magazine about 7 or 8 years ago.

A company in California called Targa Top Inc did conversions on 3rd-gens. I don't think they are in business anymore.
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