Targa panel tangs (again)

[oldgeebee]

Hi guys,
I'm about to replace the tangs on the roof panels and have read a number of threads on how to do this as well as checked the posting at gbsportscar.com which have got me 90% of the way. A couple of mine have rusted far enough to create a bulge on the top surface which I assume will need flattening out. However, all 4 tangs at the rear have bulges on the under surface but it's not obvious that this has been caused by rust.

So my question is - are they all like that or should I flatten them out?

[oldgeebee]

I plan on getting the panels re-covered by our local trimmer. I also need the back hood re-doing so the panels will need to match that and our trimmer prefers mohair for hoods so I guess the panels will be the same. Again, I'll leave the choice of vinyl to the trimmer.

[oldgeebee]

Hi, just caught up with this post again. . .
I ended up using stainless bar 40mm wide and 6mm thick cut into 55mm lengths with all sharp corners taken off on a bench grinder.
The answer to the question I originally posted was obvious once I had peeled the covers back.



The ones at the rear of the roof panels had all split the fibreglass on the lower side and once the old tang was removed there wasn't much fibreglass left. Grinding away the fibreglass remnants to get the lower edge flat left even less!



I used P40 to fill the voids and fix the new tang in place having drilled a hole in the tang to improve the grip. Here's what it looked like when smoothed down ready to put the trim back in place.



I had to adjust one of the tangs with an angle grinder to get it to seat correctly in its slot and once the car had shaken things in I can see that a couple of others will need a tweak for a better fit. Fabricating new tangs out of your material of choice is not a difficult task, the trickiest bit was getting the alignment right before the P40 went off!

GB