Roadster vs Convertible?
02-25-2013, 12:54 PM
#22
Le Mans Master
As defined the term "Drophead coupe" applies to to automobiles with a top that folds back or down be they two seat only or four seat vehicles.
Regardless having a car that you can enjoy with the top up or down is a wonderful thing and I love it. I don't care what you call it.
Regardless having a car that you can enjoy with the top up or down is a wonderful thing and I love it. I don't care what you call it.
02-25-2013, 01:15 PM
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02-25-2013, 01:20 PM
#24
Melting Slicks
It seems to me it would be a body style and not a window style. With my Vette (1 row of seats) it's a convertible but if I take the windows out it's a roadster. With my 51 Chevy (2 rows of seats) it's a convertible but if I take the windows out it's still a convertible. Hmmmm, go figure. But for some reason Chevrolet chose to call Corvettes convertibles.
02-26-2013, 10:10 AM
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02-26-2013, 10:47 AM
#29
The additional modifiers roadster, convertible, GT, SS, GTB, GTS are all marketing terms to distinguish optional variations within models. These typically branded a better version of a base model. A full sized car (4-6 seater) that's a convertible cannot be called a roadster, but a roadster with a folding top can be called a convertible. Back when, a roadster was branded to sell a car as a runabout, around town mostly a few miles or so, which differed from a full sized car. A roadster typically could not accommodate a large number of luggage and storage. It was just to run around.
02-26-2013, 11:07 AM
#30
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Vert Vert Vert. I can't get enough of the term...it's so easy to type.
I get really tired of the same old lingo, when a fresh new term like vert arises, it makes the forum seem young and hip. I hope to see much more of it in the future here. Let's ignore the curtain/window debate and agree they're verts, makes life easy, like plugging your car into a computer and having it tell you what unrepairable part to replace.
I get really tired of the same old lingo, when a fresh new term like vert arises, it makes the forum seem young and hip. I hope to see much more of it in the future here. Let's ignore the curtain/window debate and agree they're verts, makes life easy, like plugging your car into a computer and having it tell you what unrepairable part to replace.
02-26-2013, 11:22 AM
#32
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Vert Vert Vert. I can't get enough of the term...it's so easy to type.
I get really tired of the same old lingo, when a fresh new term like vert arises, it makes the forum seem young and hip. I hope to see much more of it in the future here. Let's ignore the curtain/window debate and agree they're verts, makes life easy, like plugging your car into a computer and having it tell you what unrepairable part to replace.
I get really tired of the same old lingo, when a fresh new term like vert arises, it makes the forum seem young and hip. I hope to see much more of it in the future here. Let's ignore the curtain/window debate and agree they're verts, makes life easy, like plugging your car into a computer and having it tell you what unrepairable part to replace.
by the way, what brings you to the C1/2 forum? We're slow and old fashioned here. Cars don't get plugged into computers here.
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02-26-2013, 11:38 AM
#33
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I did stir the pot though
02-26-2013, 11:45 AM
#35
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PC or not terms like 'vert', 'roadster', 'SWC', 'hardtop convertible' - guys know these refer to. ..
Let's see.....I got a '64 vert roadster hardtop convertible.. ... or some such.
Let's see.....I got a '64 vert roadster hardtop convertible.. ... or some such.
02-26-2013, 12:41 PM
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Ragger, droptop, ragtop, roadster, convertible, call it any of those, but unless you're wearing gold chains and corvette insignia clothing, using Zaino weekly, and belong to a nerdy Vette club, don't EVER call a classic a VERT!! 
02-26-2013, 12:49 PM
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I've often thought that those who can't spell convertible, instead mistakenly spelling it convertable, just take the easy way out and condense it to vert. 
