[/quote]"Hard top" is a misnomer. FG or thin AL is not so hard when the rest of the car is above it or a GT3 is trying mount it for a quicky.[quote]
And I can attest to that. The rear fender fiberglass on the 914 shredded so fast when it was hit that a rather large chunk came flying in the passenger window (glad there was no one sitting there!). The only reason that the roof didn't shatter was because it became disconnected from the hinge in the rear and moved out of the way. Which brings up the other item about removable roofs. They are usually attached at only a few points and I don't see them staying in place in the event of a rollover or as Kurt describes "a quicky".
The only reason I have a roof on the 914 is to put something between me and flying debris, rain etc. There is a full roll cage and lots of head clearance with a racing seat on the floor.
Patrick will be reappearing at the August DE. He's not recuperating as quickly as I would have liked but he's in line behind Gary's yellow monster so what can I say?
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1971 914/6 well...some of it's still a 914
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