Vert ???
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Pro
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From: Foxboro Ma
Vert ???
I know this will sound pretty dumb to many but I have to ask ?
I see many individuals use the term Vert to reference their car and I would like to ask if someone might explain what this means please.
I would expect Vett or Corvette but I do not understand Vert.
Thanks, John
I see many individuals use the term Vert to reference their car and I would like to ask if someone might explain what this means please.
I would expect Vett or Corvette but I do not understand Vert.
Thanks, John
Burning Brakes
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From: Northern Indiana. SW FLA
Having owned a few convertibles over the years I am familar with the term "vert".
However, I have always referrred to the topless Corvettes as "Roadsters".
I have never called my convertible Mustangs/Camaros etc..Roadsters..
Is there a difference between a convertible and a roadster? (2 seater?)
Or are the names interchangable?
Scott
However, I have always referrred to the topless Corvettes as "Roadsters".
I have never called my convertible Mustangs/Camaros etc..Roadsters..
Is there a difference between a convertible and a roadster? (2 seater?)
Or are the names interchangable?
Scott
Melting Slicks
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From: Portlandia Oregon
I believe that a true roadster is a two seater with no wind up windows.
oWEN
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadster
A Roadster is the North American term for a 2-seater without a permanent top and without rollup windows (if it has rollup windows it is a cabriolet, not a roadster)
oWEN
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadster
A Roadster is the North American term for a 2-seater without a permanent top and without rollup windows (if it has rollup windows it is a cabriolet, not a roadster)
Burning Brakes
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From: Northern Indiana. SW FLA
Originally Posted by vintagecorvette
I believe that a true roadster is a two seater with no wind up windows.
oWEN
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadster
A Roadster is the North American term for a 2-seater without a permanent top and without rollup windows (if it has rollup windows it is a cabriolet, not a roadster)
oWEN
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadster
A Roadster is the North American term for a 2-seater without a permanent top and without rollup windows (if it has rollup windows it is a cabriolet, not a roadster)
Thanks!
Darn it. Roadster sounds so much cooler than Vert or Convertible..
Scott
Melting Slicks
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From: Mission Viejo California
I am one that never liked using roadster to describe a convertible. And of course 'vert kinda sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard.
For me, 32 Fords, MGAs and AC Cobras are roadsters. Corvettes, Thunderbirds and 57 Chevys are convertibles.
For me, 32 Fords, MGAs and AC Cobras are roadsters. Corvettes, Thunderbirds and 57 Chevys are convertibles.
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Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by vintagecorvette
I believe that a true roadster is a two seater with no wind up windows.
oWEN
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadster
A Roadster is the North American term for a 2-seater without a permanent top and without rollup windows (if it has rollup windows it is a cabriolet, not a roadster)
oWEN
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadster
A Roadster is the North American term for a 2-seater without a permanent top and without rollup windows (if it has rollup windows it is a cabriolet, not a roadster)
rollup windows = Cabriolet or Convertible No side windows = Roadster or Phaeton =4DR
Le Mans Master
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From: Westport CT
Getting all worked up about the "vert" terminology makes as much sense to me as getting worked up about the "C2" terminology - we know what the word is referring to, the infomation has thus been effectively communicated.
my .02.
And I drive a C2 vert
my .02.
And I drive a C2 vert
Pro
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From: Washington
Originally Posted by Seaside63
I am one that never liked using roadster to describe a convertible. And of course 'vert kinda sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard.
For me, 32 Fords, MGAs and AC Cobras are roadsters. Corvettes, Thunderbirds and 57 Chevys are convertibles.
For me, 32 Fords, MGAs and AC Cobras are roadsters. Corvettes, Thunderbirds and 57 Chevys are convertibles.
Live Free or Die
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From: One thing is for sure this kind of discourse and BS would not be tolerated on the NCRS forum. Ohio
I never heard the term vert until the C5 came out. The C5 section was the first place I ever heard vert used. Always called them roadsters. Even though I knew it wasn't technically correct I always thought it sounded cool.
