Friday was a good day to get several small projects done on the teener. 1.) New attachment points were grafted on to the rear bumper skirt. It is finally back in place after sitting on a shelf for the past 2 months. 2.) The old dash pad was removed and a replacement was crafted. It's not perfect, but the best I could do short of pulling the entire dash. 3.) Plan A for the door handles worked twice and broke on the third try. On to plan B (what ever that will be). 4.) Old roll bar padding was removed. New will be in place before the track day next weekend. 5.) Last but not least - Elvira went topless for the 1st time in years. With the roll bar padding removed I was able to take off the targa top for the 1st time. It took a bit of coaxing. The rubber seals wanted to come off with the top. I reattached the rubber and went for a drive.

EDIT for update: I thought the targa top was a b*tch to get off. I was wrong. That was a piece of cake compared with putting it back on. On my previous race car with a similar cage the hard part was hooking the rear latches. On Elvira the front hoop of the cage is higher and further forward. It was a real exercise in patience and preseverence to figure out how to thread the front latches in and get the lip in place. Also, there is no way that I am going to be able to stow the top in the trunk. The wall was modified to make room for the FI components of the 3.0. I guess I will have to figure out some way to craft a targa top that can be folded or ????

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