Looking for Speedster tonneau cover
03-12-2009, 05:05 PM
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Looking for Speedster tonneau cover
Does anyone know where you can find a after market fiberglass tonneau cover that will fit the 964. Want to modify the cab and do away with the fix cab roof - Any leads greatly appreciated -
03-12-2009, 05:13 PM
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YES - that was easy, thanks - I have been looking at all the glass part manufacturers - should have as the question here first and saved an hour of surfing
03-12-2009, 05:46 PM
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Are you also planning on changing the windshield? Was it you that want it to take the speedster look route with your car??
And I am with John... create a thread for this project with lots of photos please.
And I am with John... create a thread for this project with lots of photos please.
03-12-2009, 06:12 PM
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I have inquired on this toneau, you def have to completely do away with the top for it, which scares me because I need a top, considering it rains here at 2pm everyday most of the year lol, I wonder how much it would cost to completely change everything though?
03-12-2009, 06:22 PM
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John -and Jaime - I like or love the look also - so figured I would go after the look - Do not plan on changing the windshield as it is just too much trouble. I want to keep my roof as well, but am going to modify it either be removable (store in the boot) or to fold into the rear seat area. I will loose a lot of the rigid roof structure as it will have to be remove - to get the roof to collapse to the point where it will fit where I want it to. But I think I can use some clip in tubing or similar fabricated parts -
The project will not begin until later (first of summer) as I have a lot of other projects ahead of this one, mainly installing the varioram and a a suspension rebuild.
But once I start I will do the pic and write-up -
Thanks for your interest and help
The project will not begin until later (first of summer) as I have a lot of other projects ahead of this one, mainly installing the varioram and a a suspension rebuild.
But once I start I will do the pic and write-up -
Thanks for your interest and help
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03-13-2009, 10:03 AM
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Look at the link of the speedster for sale thread... it shows the setup Porsche did to get both to work. Might provide some help on the project.
03-13-2009, 10:30 AM
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Jaime - That is the first thing I saw this morning in my Renn email - have enlarged and printed the pictures to get the details -
Thanks for the alert and notice - Greatly Appreciate your assistance -
These pics are worth a lot as I have never sen the inside set up or how the top on a Speedster folded into the rear area. Looks like a challenge to change the current framework - but believe it can be done -
Can you figure out how the rear of the top is attached to the car - looks like it slides under the tonneau and clips on the back side - as in has to go over the back side of the tonneau and fasten on to the tonneau or body in some manner - You can see the clips on each side, but the rear must fit under -
Thanks
Thanks for the alert and notice - Greatly Appreciate your assistance -
These pics are worth a lot as I have never sen the inside set up or how the top on a Speedster folded into the rear area. Looks like a challenge to change the current framework - but believe it can be done -
Can you figure out how the rear of the top is attached to the car - looks like it slides under the tonneau and clips on the back side - as in has to go over the back side of the tonneau and fasten on to the tonneau or body in some manner - You can see the clips on each side, but the rear must fit under -
Thanks
03-13-2009, 10:40 AM
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Would be great if someone here with access to a Speedster could take photos of the top in action... and close-ups of the mechanism...
03-13-2009, 11:46 AM
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Yes- that would be fantastic - because in looking at the renn tonneau it appears to not come with any mounting hardware and I will have to fabricate most of that - does not look like I will have to make a watch - but getting the measurement sure would be great - and a detail of the roof operation would sure help -
