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Old Mar 4, 2025 | 01:29 PM
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Anyone know a way to find out how many targa conversions were done in 1983

We have a 1983 z28 305 4 barrel with a 5 speed thing is it has a targa top and we’re just starting to get it back in order she’s been neglected for a long while but I’m genuinely curious if there’s any way to find out how many targa tops were made with that combination etc.

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Old Mar 6, 2025 | 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Tryntonmiller
We have a 1983 z28 305 4 barrel with a 5 speed thing is it has a targa top and we’re just starting to get it back in order she’s been neglected for a long while but I’m genuinely curious if there’s any way to find out how many targa tops were made with that combination etc.

I have a 1984 Targa top
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Old Mar 6, 2025 | 09:03 PM
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I have a 1984 Z28 Targa Top that I have had since 1990 very unique car
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Old Mar 6, 2025 | 09:15 PM
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I never knew they made a targa top f-bod. That thing must be one flexy flyer!
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Old Mar 7, 2025 | 07:06 AM
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The frame has been enforced rides great
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Old Mar 7, 2025 | 11:17 AM
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Made famous in the TV show Simon & Simon.
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Old Mar 7, 2025 | 11:38 AM
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Re: Anyone know a way to find out how many targa conversions were done in 1983

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The frame has been enforced rides great
Huh. That's good. They should have "enforced" ALL F-Bod's w/the same enforcement.
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Old Mar 7, 2025 | 08:38 PM
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Re: Anyone know a way to find out how many targa conversions were done in 1983

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Made famous in the TV show Simon & Simon.
The Targa I have is just like Simon and Simon
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Originally Posted by BennieHarris
The frame has been enforced rides great
Seeing the posts about Simon and Simon, I wanted to see more/better pics of a Targa example, so, I Googled S&S images and found this pic:




Looking at the door to fender panel gap, I'd say that the targa versions, while reinforced, was probably still a flexy flyer and certainly could have used a lot more strength in "bending" if not torsion and other modes. Yikes.
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Re: Anyone know a way to find out how many targa conversions were done in 1983

Put the tops on! It's about to rain on this parade, because to the original inquiry,

Originally Posted by Tryntonmiller
We have a 1983 z28 305 4 barrel with a 5 speed thing is it has a targa top and I’m genuinely curious if there’s any way to find out how many targa tops were made with that combination etc.
the answer is ZERO.

Targa tops didn't come from the factory. Such conversions would've been done by various chop shops around the country, either for dealerships, directly for car owners, or for/by a Universally renown movie studio.

That means the odds of any of them being the same combinations of options are a 2.36 million to 1. It's even unlikely that the few chopped by the studio were exact copies of each other; all that would've mattered was the color.

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