The Bob Joyce thread!: Restoration of a 1968 911 L Targa

[bob joyce]

Preparing rollbar for final fitting of metal cover cover.

[bob joyce]

Before refinishing the Targa bar cover
I wanted to check its fit with all of the adjacent trim work
Thankfully, every thin has fallen into place.

[Simonjjb]

Preparing rollbar for final fitting of metal cover cover.

Bob - I thought the bottom side of each bar is hand painted black?

[bob joyce]

the inside is black
my rollbar was painted white on outside
were do you believe it should be black on outside?
be nice to know before i close it up.

[bob joyce]

I believe the paint on the outside would be on 1969 and later Targa because of the vent on the cover, that is painted black in those areas
I can't find a picture of mine when disassembled, but I saved pictures of cars that appeared to be original paint that were disassembled and outside of the rollbar was painted body color.

[72targa]

I truly love this thread…

[Simonjjb]

That makes sense Bob. I can see there are no vents on yours.

[bob joyce]

thanks for your expression of concern.
i only have 2 eyes and these days one of them i might as well pull out and use for playing marbels.............

[71gold]

Bob
Just fantastic work…question re targa cover
I thought I read that the rear glass must be installed before the cover trim
Please advise of install sequence
Thanks
Frank

[bob joyce]

Yes Frank.... You have it right...
what I am doing now is glorified inventory.
I wanted to get all of the parts and proper seals lined up.
Now that I have confirmed all lines up well, I will drill/clean screw hoes etc.
The cover is coming off for refinishing.
I am not sure if the sanding of 320 with a special wipe down of clear on the top is correct. It looks very good, but I would love to see what the original finish looked like
I know I could easily replicate..............