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Re: [Spridgets] Definition needed....Targa

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Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Definition needed....Targa
From: Kent McLean <kentmclean@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:52:50 -0400
derf wrote:
> The word targa comes
> from the 1966 Porsche 911 Targa (which itself was named after the
> Targa Florio road race), which popularised this body style, though the
> first production car with this system as an option was actually
> released five years before, namely the 1961 Triumph TR4.

The TR4 actually had a "Surrey Top".
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_TR4>

-- 
Kent McLean
'56 100 BN2
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