RE: Open Season: More T (top), Vicar?

[Twincam16]

Fetchez la vache said:

derin100 said:

How about some weird ones? I give you Baur E36 Saloon!

Is that a true Targa though, or a car that's had a set-to with an angle grinder?

IIRC the coachbuilding term is 'Laudalet'.

I am tempted by another MR2, this time a Mk2 that won't rust as much as my old one (if at all), but I'm in two minds about the targa-top. I've owned a couple of targa-roof cars now and the faff of having to pull to the side of the road, get out, open the boot and refit the roof panel (which can be a job for two people) is a right pain in the arse if it starts to rain compared with just reaching back and pulling a hood up. I'd buy one, but I think 99% of the time the panels would stay on.

[Snoggledog]

tsk tsk PH. This site started out as a site for TVR owners. How could you possibly forget the Tuscan or T350?

Shame on you!

[bernies]

How about the Bristol 412 S1 Targa..

[jamespink]

I imported a LHD 911 Targa. Once I figured out the targa panel colapses and fitted in the boot it was a really practical open sports car. Around Munich the police had a few white ones with orange helmeted autobahn police using flourecent sticks clearing the outside lane, what a brilliant job and what a great idea for the UK! I am so sick of "speed monitors" in the outside lane at 55 to 60...

[Jonara]

I bought what looked like a lovely 1972 911T Targa back in 2003. It had been through a complete restoration, and came with all the pictures. Standard apart from some bigger carbs and a new airbox. I naively used it as my every day driver for about 18 months and it was great apart from one instance of complete meltdown outside Labour HQ on Milbank on the day of state opening of Parliament, stuck in the piddling rain with lights, heater, wipers all merrily draining the battery...

The shocker came when I took it for an MOT and was shown a hole in the floor about the diameter of a football.

These early 911s are wonderful. Light, revvy, and not as nasty on the limit as everyone claims, although they do put smoothness of input at a premium. Just don't drive it through a horrid winter or get one of the slightly later galvanised one.

I have from time to time thought about one of those Paul Stephenson cars that are modern made to look old - but somehow it seems to be cheating.

[berkorich]

No mention so far of my teenage kicks - Fiat X1/9.

[alpha channel]

As far as budget T top motoring goes I've got a fondness for the ol' Rover 200 Coupe, I'd like the 2ltr Turbo but I'm happy settling for the 1.8VVC (my car by the way, in the best colour the car came in, just after a wash, a tad over saturated).

[Sneaky Schnell]

Twincam16 said:

IIRC the coachbuilding term is 'Laudalet'.

I believe you are close....Landaulet.


http://www.maybachusa.com/landaulet/maybach-landau...

Edited by Sneaky Schnell on Saturday 11th December 10:26

[Twincam16]

Sneaky Schnell said:

Twincam16 said:

IIRC the coachbuilding term is 'Laudalet'.

I believe you are close....Landaulet.


http://www.maybachusa.com/landaulet/maybach-landau...

Edited by Sneaky Schnell on Saturday 11th December 10:26

[Strider]

Pr1964 said:

hornetrider said:

993 Targas are simply fabulous imo, I will own one some day.

Totally Agree.

Probably the best looking 993 of all.
Motoring sculpture a real design Classic.

Anyone know if the 993 Porsche was the first ever glass top sliding targa?

Completely agree about the looks. Totally gorgeous. I had one in Iris – the perfect colour. Not so nice to drive though. Four years old, purchased from an Official Porsche Centre, could never make it handle as a 993 should. Despite paying a vast premium for an ‘official’ car, the OPC wouldn’t even test drive it because “you may have noticed we are in the middle of a City, Sir.” So I sold it and would never buy another car from a franchised Porsche dealer. My pick would be a 3.2 Carerra Coupe with a sunroof, sports seats and an engine carefully tweaked by a top independent specialist. Heaven.

Edited by Strider on Saturday 11th December 21:48

[spyder dryver]

TRIUMPH TR4. Surrey top. The removable part was either a softop type square or an aluminium panel.

[Benjman]

Konrod said:

SteveO... said:

What about TVR? The Tuscan is the obvious one.

Wot he said...........

I'm sure he has the Mk1 in mind. This will fit the bill...

[Domingo Bash III]

PPffttt... You lot are sooo mainstream.

Give me the Qvale Biguà/ Mangusta anyday!

Edited by Domingo Bash III on Wednesday 15th December 06:58