Macca

All you need is this. Stiffens up the chassis, gives you a rear heated screen. Then add three way front strut brace from Rennline and you have a Cab thats stiffer with a permanent roof with a headline and a look that is unique and has a nice "hot rod" feel to it and aesthetic profile...

Sorry most of my achieve file is 993 as you can imagine. However an official Porsche hardtop option was available for G series cars and a french company was still making these a few years back. I dont think the look is too bad and as the Storeck example shows with some clever enhancements could look quite bespoke.

So lets say 33.5K (negotiated) for the 110k km dark grey 964 C4 with MT and cup replica wheels plus 7K for the top and 1K for the brace and you have everything you need down to the last few 10th on the track....

40K C4 coupe/cabriolet?

pcarplayer

At last...the one i've been waiting for

"All three hypercars at the wonderful Portimao circuit. Each of them from the respective factories. Lap times, sliding around, smiling and then a track-battle with the legends Tiff Needell and Marino Franchitti. The very best of days."

Macca

Yes great minds and all of that. I did some work on this a few years back and even located the roof and manufacturer in Paris. You could add a Heigo bolt in half cage for even more rigidity but Im not sure it will be necessary with the front brace (which is lighter) and the rood which reduces structural flex from all four corners.

Look at the picture of the dark coloured 964 with three piece speedline copies above. Looks pretty good to me?

If your budget is limited you just have to be creative. This is far cheaper than taking a 35-40K tipo and spending 25-30K on a manual conversion (not to mention headache and heartache). Plus you still have a cabriolet for summer and a car thats original and increasing in value (at least in other markets)...

Macca

One of the best videos CH has made yet. the last 10 minutes with them all chasing each other around the rack sideways is just brilliant!! Love it.

John McM

More MW details http://www.stanceworks.com/2015/11/m...r-porsche-964/

Kiwi Carguy

Its this aye mate... I know you want to

pcarplayer

They all were genuinely excited (how could you not), even old Tiff. Great vid

Macca

Two cars for the price of one? Would reduce my storage and annual insurance/maintenance costs....

Macca

Thanks John. This is a really weird thing in my eyes. By "double bubbling" the roof shell they seem to have made the roof profile higher above the door and with no gutter rail it looks a little odd from this angle. I await final conviction upon seeing a side profile shot...

P.S. Im surprised he had installed a steering wheel with his own signature. Naf?

Chris_chch

That removable hard top is a pricey sucker! I was thinking more along the lines of a more permanent solution.. Cage in, then "glue" this on

http://www.gt-racing.com/911-complet...sion-part-22a/

Dust 00

Yes, in carbon-fibre. Can't be that simple?!

John McM

Agree, it's rather clumsy from that angle. I read that it's 1,075kg dry!

pcarplayer

Where would he have lost that much weight? I haven't seen much of the interior but from memory its at least caged. Seams wouldn't weigh that much would they? I don't think there's that much carbon in the body. As an ex track car it must have been completely gutted

John McM

I'm surprised about that as well. Misinformation?

Macca

The article states it is approx 1175kg and was in its former life a race/track car so one assumes the interior is space and some of the panels are plastic? Still seems very light given what we know of Seans car and Steves plastic race car which comes in around 1150.