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> 914 Convertable, A possibility
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post Feb 2 2005, 01:30 PM
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I stumbled across this from a user's link in the signature....can this sorta thing be done?


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QUOTE (mike_the_man @ Feb 2 2005, 12:20 PM)
Also, with the convertible conversion, it looks like the top covers the engine lid. You'd think that would have to affect cooling, as well as making it a b!tch to work on.

Never made sense to me. It's nice to have a hard top.


In the case of the 1st pictured car they addressed the cooling by creating scoops extending from the door handles that fed air to the now covered eng bay, not sure how they exited the hot air but I like the design of those scoops for potential cold air intake.
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bd1308   914 Convertable   Feb 2 2005, 01:30 PM
ClayPerrine   It has been done. Personally I dont' see the p...   Feb 2 2005, 01:34 PM
Gatornapper   Totally agree Clay. 914 top is best of both world...   Jan 5 2022, 09:26 AM
bd1308   you make a good point....i had a Jeep. The Mother ...   Feb 2 2005, 01:39 PM
Gustl   this one ('75 2.0) is for sale here in Austria...   Feb 2 2005, 01:49 PM
Bobdelac   this one ('75 2.0) is for sale here in Austri...   Jan 10 2024, 04:01 AM
buck toenges   Once in college I removed the rear glass in my 914...   Feb 2 2005, 01:59 PM
skline   On top of everything else that was mentioned, you ...   Feb 2 2005, 02:01 PM
ClayPerrine   With the back window being fixed, Those of us in T...   Feb 2 2005, 02:03 PM
Jeff_72   With the back window being fixed, Those of us in ...   Jan 10 2024, 11:21 AM
skline   Better hope you are a really good shot, He shoots ...   Feb 2 2005, 02:05 PM
RON S.     Feb 2 2005, 02:07 PM
mike_the_man   Also, with the convertible conversion, it looks li...   Feb 2 2005, 02:20 PM
Gustl     Feb 2 2005, 02:22 PM
rdauenhauer     Feb 2 2005, 03:24 PM
bd1308   yeah i agree....didn't think of the engine sou...   Feb 2 2005, 03:26 PM
wrpspddrvr     Feb 2 2005, 04:44 PM
Rider914   I think you are talking about a "soft" top car, bu...   Feb 4 2005, 09:26 PM
Rider914   and the engine cover (fiberglass) only weighs arou...   Feb 4 2005, 09:29 PM
Gustl   does anybody here knows the so called "Menschik Sp...   Feb 5 2005, 02:24 AM
jim_hoyland   Shot of scoop on Steve's convertible...   Feb 5 2005, 07:38 AM
jd74914   if you are going for the totally open feel, the re...   Feb 5 2005, 09:15 AM
vw-porsche   hi, the thread is already many years old. is there...   Jan 5 2022, 04:39 AM
AZBanks   hi, the thread is already many years old. is ther...   Jan 5 2022, 08:38 AM
Gatornapper   What an ancient post. I have read a number of pla...   Jan 5 2022, 09:31 AM
76-914   hi, the thread is already many years old. is ther...   Jan 5 2022, 09:47 AM
vw-porsche   the Menschik speedster actually emerged in 1985 fr...   Jan 12 2022, 05:33 AM
vw-porsche   pic   Jan 12 2022, 05:34 AM
rick 918-S   Wow! Great addition to this old thread! :w...   Jan 12 2022, 06:46 AM
dr914@autoatlanta.com   forget it!!!! Weakens and ruins ...   Jan 10 2024, 09:08 AM
flipb   forget it!!!! Weakens and ruins...   Jan 10 2024, 09:11 AM
Root_Werks   Only seen a few convertible conversions in person....   Jan 10 2024, 10:22 AM
friethmiller   Only seen a few convertible conversions in person...   Jan 10 2024, 10:30 AM
burton73   Bob Farnham @BobFarnhamVenice Back in the 80s you...   Jan 10 2024, 12:39 PM
930cabman   I kinda like the look, but the targa top is awfull...   Jan 10 2024, 01:59 PM
technicalninja   I'd worry about structural integrity. I think...   Jan 10 2024, 02:18 PM
AZBanks   I owned this just long enough to discover the fibe...   Jan 11 2024, 12:01 PM
racerbvd   Bob Farnham @BobFarnhamVenice Back in the 80s yo...   Jan 11 2024, 11:17 PM

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