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Number: 3794
From: "negusm"
Date: Wed Oct 22, 2003 9:20 am
Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] Looking for info! 82 'Stang 2 seater convertible!
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Re: [ASC McLaren ] Looking for info! 82 'Stang 2 seater convertible!
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I doubt it. The end result is what defines what the car is called.
Even though all early Fox bodied Mustang verts started life as
coupes, you don't call them coupes now. They are called
convertibles. Can you call them "convertible coupes"? Maybe.
Now whether a vert can be called a "hardtop vert", I don't know.
Looking on the web, it appears there was a "hardtop convertible" back
in the 50's. It appears to be a car that looks like a convertible
but the top won't retract.
http://ca.geocities.com/rfhowells/nhpfiles/hardtops.htm
The only nit I had was when people refer to hatchbacks and the like
as hardtops.
-Mike
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "fourspeed38852"
<fourspeed38852@y...> wrote:
> OK, what about this -- what if the vert started life as a 2 door
> hardtop? Would it count then?
>
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "negusm" <negusm@y...> wrote:
> > Arghhh...I think I meant to say that a convertible "doesn't"
> > count....but to be honest I don't know if a vert can be a hardtop
> or
> > not.
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> >
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "negusm" <negusm@y...> wrote:
> > > The definition of a 2 door hardtop:
> > > A "hardtop" is a vehicle that does not have the "B" pillars,
> which
> > > are the pillars normally behind the front doors
> > >
> > > A convertible counts even though a convertible doesn't have the
> > > posts. Hardtop usually refers to a coupe. I have never heard
it
> > > used for a convertible. However, I think it can be applied to
a
> 4
> > > door sedan...
> > >
> > > http://home.wanadoo.nl/shaul/cf/cf70/cf70b.htm
> > >
> > > The way it bugs me is when people refer to any car with a metal
> > roof
> > > as a hardtop.
> > >
> > > -Mike
> > >
> > >
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "fourspeed38852"
> > > <fourspeed38852@y...> wrote:
> > > > OK, just what is a 2 door hardtop? Can a convertible be
> > > a "hardtop"?
> > > >
> > > > -- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "negusm" <negusm@y...>
wrote:
> > > > > The misuse of "hardtop" bugs me to no end. Just because
> > > its "hard"
> > > > > doesn't make it a hardtop.
> > > > >
> > > > > -Mike
> > > > >
> > > > >
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, Tom G
<speedracer815@y...>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > > http://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/B24833.jpg
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Interesting that they chose to call a convertible a
> > > > > > coupe. The misuse of terms like sedan, coupe, hardtop,
> > > > > > roadster, etc. is one of my pet peeves in the
> > > > > > automotive world.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Tom G.
> > > > > >
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