Re: [FWDLK] Convertibles

["MARK J HASH" <mjh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

So are today's Chrysler Sebring converts just chopped off hardtops as well,
or has the company (and the "other" companies as well) retooled their plants
to make true convertibles again?

Mark   mjh


-----Original Message-----
From: David Homstad <dhomstad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Convertables


>In the early days of "hard tops", they were often called "convertible
>coupes" as a body style. Now we know why.
>
>Dave Homstad
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:   Terry & Andree Hoeman [SMTP:tehoema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent:   Tuesday, September 21, 1999 8:09 AM
>To:     L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject:        Re: [FWDLK] Convertables
>
>Yes the 46 T$C Hardtop was a convertible with a hardtop attached to it.
The
>Newport's which came out starting in 1950 were also this situation.  Not
>sure when it quit for hardtops
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ed Katzenberger <katzenberger@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 11:59 PM
>Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Convertables
>
>
>>The first MoPar 2Dr Hardtops in the 50s, and I think, the prototype Town
>>and Country 2Dr HT, where built by attaching a 'hard top' to a
>>convertible body. Just the opposite it seems of what was happening by
>>the end of the 50s.
>>Ed
>>
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