The trade publications typically referred to 2-and-4 door hardtop models
as being "hardtop
convertibles", in the 50's. It's just neat actually to HEAR a person, back then, use that language.Of course, the (non-advertising) bank employee had no clue that the suspects' car was a brand-new Chrysler New Yorker, but by golly, she saw that it was a "hardtop convertible", all right! Neil Vedder Ron Waters wrote: Re: [FWDLK] ****COULD BE SPAM**** Re: [FWDLK] Re. Car KultureThere is a '56 Chrysler two door hardtop that is referred to more than once in this show as a "two door hardtop convertible".In a conversation with an 'old timer' awhile back, he referred to a 2dr HT as a 'hardtop convertible', in a sense that it's a convertible body, except that it has a hard top instead of a soft top.Ron ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1 ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1
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