Porsche’s patented Targa design was born to satisfy Californian demand for open-top cars, whilst conforming to rumoured Stateside legislation regarding a ban on outright drop-tops following their association with an alarmingly high number of fatalities. This ban didn’t materialise, but the Targa project pressed ahead regardless, with its first production iteration taking the form of the ‘soft window’ design, named for its soft plastic rear window, which gave rise to the ‘strawberry basket’ jibe. Problems with the arrangement were quick to surface, however, and after just four years of production, this somewhat experimental version of the Targa was quietly consigned to the Stuttgart mülltonne. Time is a healer, though. Indeed, six decades on, the original production 911 Targa (and 912 Targa, for that matter) is a desirable air-cooled classic, but…
