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Popular convertible style with removable panels is available from VeloTech Automotive.
It's been more than four decades since Porsche created the Targa roof for its 911 sports car. The Targa top provided an open-air driving experience but with the protection of a built-in rollover bar and a huge, wrap-around rear window. Instead of the top folding down, the solid roof panel over the car's seats could be removed and stored in the trunk.
The Targa was a creative response to early 1960s governmental safety regulations that many thought would make it impossible for automakers to continue to build traditional cloth-roof convertibles. Detroit's so-called "T tops" roof was another response and featured two, smaller removable panels, one over the driver's seat and another over the passenger's seat.
Though convertible sales declined drastically for several years, automakers eventually found ways to provide fold-away tops that meet the more stringent, modern safety regulations. But many Porsche owners liked the Targa roof style, and Porsche brought it back for the 2007 model year, albeit in a very different form -- two large sunroofs instead of the removable roof panel.
A German auto enthusiast thought owners of newer 911s might like to have a true Targa-style roof, so he developed the "classic hardtop" roof that fits atop a Porsche 911 convertible. The new GTN Automotive classic hardtop made its American debut last fall on the VeloTech Automotive stand at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show of automotive aftermarket equipment. VeloTech is a Paso Robles, Calif.-based turbocharger distribution company founded by partners Rory Murphy and Lee Wilson. Both have extensive experience in the turbocharging industry. VeloTech imports European turbochargers designed to upgrade the performance of Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche and Mini automobiles.
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Because of such things as the use of carbon fiber, the proposed cost for the new Targa-style roof would be in the $10,000 range. Feedback at the SEMA Show indicated that the market would expand if the price could be lowered to around $6,000, said Murphy, a Detroit native. .
Popular convertible style with removable panels is available from VeloTech Automotive.
It's been more than four decades since Porsche created the Targa roof for its 911 sports car. The Targa top provided an open-air driving experience but with the protection of a built-in rollover bar and a huge, wrap-around rear window. Instead of the top folding down, the solid roof panel over the car's seats could be removed and stored in the trunk.
The Targa was a creative response to early 1960s governmental safety regulations that many thought would make it impossible for automakers to continue to build traditional cloth-roof convertibles. Detroit's so-called "T tops" roof was another response and featured two, smaller removable panels, one over the driver's seat and another over the passenger's seat.
Though convertible sales declined drastically for several years, automakers eventually found ways to provide fold-away tops that meet the more stringent, modern safety regulations. But many Porsche owners liked the Targa roof style, and Porsche brought it back for the 2007 model year, albeit in a very different form -- two large sunroofs instead of the removable roof panel.
A German auto enthusiast thought owners of newer 911s might like to have a true Targa-style roof, so he developed the "classic hardtop" roof that fits atop a Porsche 911 convertible. The new GTN Automotive classic hardtop made its American debut last fall on the VeloTech Automotive stand at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show of automotive aftermarket equipment. VeloTech is a Paso Robles, Calif.-based turbocharger distribution company founded by partners Rory Murphy and Lee Wilson. Both have extensive experience in the turbocharging industry. VeloTech imports European turbochargers designed to upgrade the performance of Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche and Mini automobiles.
Because of such things as the use of carbon fiber, the proposed cost for the new Targa-style roof would be in the $10,000 range. Feedback at the SEMA Show indicated that the market would expand if the price could be lowered to around $6,000, said Murphy, a Detroit native. .
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