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> How to make a 914 better than a 916, How to put a steel fixed top on your 914
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post Sep 23 2007, 08:54 PM
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Sunroof open.


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post Sep 23 2007, 08:58 PM
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Too much sunshine! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Last one.


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post Sep 23 2007, 09:39 PM
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Looks great (I Dont Need No Stinking Targa Seal) Dan !!
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post Sep 23 2007, 09:59 PM
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post Sep 23 2007, 10:14 PM
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nice job Dan....looks totally factory original...I like the all steel sunroof approach (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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post Sep 23 2007, 10:46 PM
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and you worked in a picture of the new crib! Nice job Dan!
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post Sep 24 2007, 01:07 AM
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Wow Dan

That looks really amazing. The next time I see you drive by and you see a crazy guy driving a '98 BMW 528 and honking it is just me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Sep 24 2007, 12:45 PM
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That's definately going on my all-out-crazy-I-have-money-now 914 I'm going to build one day.
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post Sep 24 2007, 08:00 PM
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Ok, so there i am on the freeway when I see Dan Root headed home. I get an up close and personal look at his work on this top. The photo's don't do it justice. Great work Dan! very sweet!
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post Sep 24 2007, 08:18 PM
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QUOTE(effutuo101 @ Sep 24 2007, 07:00 PM) *

Ok, so there i am on the freeway when I see Dan Root headed home. I get an up close and personal look at his work on this top. The photo's don't do it justice. Great work Dan! very sweet!


Ha! That was you! I almost thought Rich, but I remembered his bike being red and not a BMW. Thanks for the compliments. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) Looks like I gotta run a little black over that front spoiler. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Sep 24 2007, 11:30 PM
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Yep, nice day for a ride. I didn't see the front, just the back, sides and top. I think we wer going to have to raid your casa for a picnic and check out Dan's car BBQ. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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post Sep 25 2007, 12:47 AM
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Nice work Dan.
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post Sep 25 2007, 11:20 PM
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Dan that looks really great. Job well done. I see a new Rootworks future feature.
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post Sep 26 2007, 02:20 AM
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Awesome stuff.

How did you finish it on the inside?
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post Sep 26 2007, 08:07 AM
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Wow, it came out real nice.
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post Sep 28 2007, 08:58 PM
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Very nice Dan...........let me know if I can help with the seal for the top of the window to the roof.
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post Sep 28 2007, 10:17 PM
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QUOTE(GWN7 @ Sep 28 2007, 07:58 PM) *

Very nice Dan...........let me know if I can help with the seal for the top of the window to the roof.


Already done, lots of companies carry an almost exact match to the factory seal, but even better, it's made from soft foam material. Not that hard rubber crap that doesn't seal. The window squishes into the seal just a tiny bit creating a nice water tight fit. I think it was around $2 a foot? Cheap.

The headliner is almost done, I have one side all together. Turned out really nice. I'll try to post some pics of that this weekend. After that, it's a done project.
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post Sep 28 2007, 10:25 PM
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I found one more picture from last weekend. Decent shot of the windshield to roof transition.


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post Sep 28 2007, 10:54 PM
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Dan,
Fantastic! You did a beautiful job. Anything less would have been a major disappointment given the car you did the surgery on. That is one great looking teener, and you have done it justice.

I wish that I had the cajones to try it on mine. I am tired of hearing the top squeak, and I think that I could live with a really large sunroof instead, especially given the structural stiffness added.

Hats off to great work,
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post Sep 29 2007, 12:30 PM
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