300zx targa project

[hinterland]

anyone interested stay tuned over the next week i will be putting targa roofs of 300zx into my vt

[hakhawk]

sounds interesting, will be watching with a keen eye.

[hinterland]

thanks to one of jc's clever lads he has give me sneek preview of the mission

[VT-565]

hinterland, sounds like a very ambitious project. have you spoken to an engineer about this? just wouldnt want to see a fellow JC member carve his ride up for nothing. i hope it happens for you!

[hinterland]

ecotec maniac i am a engineer ive been panelbeater over 35 years and coach and body builder so i can do this project without a problem at all.but i will say this now DONT ANY OF YOU TRY THIS AT HOME WITHOUT ADULT SUPPERVISION thanks for bringing that up but i really couldnt see anyone attacking ther lovely ride with angle grinder as i do.

[vinnywelsh]

lol, gets mental image of hinterland holding an angle grinder leting loose with evil laughter

Good luck with the project man, from what i have seen you modify you wont need it.

But definitely post up the targa top install, would be very interesting to see how you went about it.

[Trevor 062]

ecotec maniac i am a engineer ive been panelbeater over 35 years and coach and body builder so i can do this project without a problem at all.but i will say this now DONT ANY OF YOU TRY THIS AT HOME WITHOUT ADULT SUPPERVISION thanks for bringing that up but i really couldnt see anyone attacking ther lovely ride with angle grinder as i do.

Just curious mate being a vehicle body builder myself..Who did you build coaches for..cheers Trevor.. PS..not a bad mod either your planing..Good Luck

[hinterland]

Just curious mate being a vehicle body builder myself..Who did you build coaches for..cheers Trevor.. PS..not a bad mod either your planing..Good Luck

hi
noosa coach and body and warrior coaches at yandina qld made mostly 4wd 20 seaters using mitsubishi canta truck chasis

[hinterland]

well through spanner in works the 300zx targas are to big for the commodore as the 280z i also measured up so looks like ill make the whole thing myself.ordered a sheet of lexon (like perspex but stronger and flexable for glass) one tube of polyuethene (windscreen grade) 6 metre length of 25x25x25 bye 3mm thick alloy and 2x trusty 1mm cutting disks for a 4inch grinder so when it comes which will be wednesday ill intoit.
the plan is to draw a nise size outline of the targa section allowing enough room for the header panel (which is the hidden panel that runs along screen to give strengh )which will be about 125 mm back from the screen.the end of the targa will finish level at where the back of the door glass is' as the top of the door frame will be eventualy cut of and the glass will seat into the targa at the top.(we hope)
when marked out i will cut the whole section out even the the section that the door closes into as this bit will be used as part of the targer and beafed up to handle 2x locks to lock into position.the lexon will start from the bit the black mould runs into on the vt roof.
ill leave it at that so i dont confuse anyone to much until i got pics to tell the story.

[Trevor 062]

Cheers..yeap pic's worth a thousand words..

[VT-565]

ecotec maniac i am a engineer ive been panelbeater over 35 years and coach and body builder so i can do this project without a problem at all.but i will say this now DONT ANY OF YOU TRY THIS AT HOME WITHOUT ADULT SUPPERVISION thanks for bringing that up but i really couldnt see anyone attacking ther lovely ride with angle grinder as i do.

yeah mate, just understand that i wasnt being critical at all, but i must ask, what sort of engineer are you?

[hinterland]

engineer= as body builder had to after hours tech corse on top of my panel trade which i did in tires hill newcastle 1973 for seat belt and seat instilation extended chasis and frame stucture electric and alloy welding.
(coach and body builder engineer formaly panelbeater) is written on the title of my trade papers.

[VT-565]

engineer= as body builder had to after hours tech corse on top of my panel trade which i did in tires hill newcastle 1973 for seat belt and seat instilation extended chasis and frame stucture electric and alloy welding.
(coach and body builder engineer formaly panelbeater) is written on the title of my trade papers.

good stuff!

[Comcrazy]

What a cool idea!! Gotta see this when its all finished. Good luck with it all and dont slip while your cutting it all up!

[PaRaDoX]

looks like a good project but my honost opinion it looks like an abortion on a 4 door car,

you'd obviously have to make the windows frameless, however having said this i think the monaro would be a perfect car for this conversion or just buy a supra *runs and hides*

[Blown V6 Hatch]

3 years old Paradox.....You must be bored. lol

[immortality]

3 years old Paradox.....You must be bored. lol

thats what happens when you drive RICE

[Blown V6 Hatch]

LOL, Thats gold.....

[Trevor 062]

Wonder if it ever got built??

[VT-565]

Wonder if it ever got built??

I did see the car in Street Machine 'Commodores" i think, it didn't have a targa top as I recall, but had the boot and rear window grafted as one to make a hatch. There was also alot of other custom gear on/in the car.