c2 trunks?
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Well if everyone jumped off a cliff would you follow... The mid year doesnt need a trunk to be a great car. It's a sports car not your moms family hauler
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Burning Brakes
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More seriously, I've assumed there was an engineering reason that I didn't know about. Like the rear IRS wouldn't fit. Aren't the bodies behind the seats of 61 and 62s pretty similar, except for the IRS? They had gas tanks and trunks...
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Different frame. Different tank. Different Spare location. IRS. Different seats and doors. Possibly different top frame. Many small dimension changes result in major changes in space utilization.
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Even if you had a conventional trunk lid, the available space would be the same.
Is there more luggage space in a C1 than a C2?
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I read that it was a financial decision not to do it.
I can't believe this question got any responses. 
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At my Corvette club in the 60s, I remember hearing about some Pinto-like accidents involving stationary C2 coupes that were rear-ended by very fast-moving cars. The doors were jammed shut and the tanks ruptured and caught fire.
Consensus was at such speeds (like 70 mph) this could happen to any vehicle with the gas tank mounted behind the rear axle.
Sropped at a traffic light, my C2 convertble was rear-ended by a car doing about 30 mph in 1982. Bumpers and 'glass took all the impact, no frame damage and it remained perfectly drivable with six working tail lights. It did take a few years for my neck to almost recover.
Consensus was at such speeds (like 70 mph) this could happen to any vehicle with the gas tank mounted behind the rear axle.
Sropped at a traffic light, my C2 convertble was rear-ended by a car doing about 30 mph in 1982. Bumpers and 'glass took all the impact, no frame damage and it remained perfectly drivable with six working tail lights. It did take a few years for my neck to almost recover.
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Sropped at a traffic light, my C2 convertble was rear-ended by a car doing about 30 mph in 1982. Bumpers and 'glass took all the impact, no frame damage and it remained perfectly drivable with six working tail lights. It did take a few years for my neck to almost recover.
Ray