convertible or roadster???

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Sep 28, 2005 | 05:36 AM

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Bangkok Dean

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Originally Posted by rcread

This is the definition I've always heard. Of course, I have given in to peer pressure and called it a Roadster, so I suppose that makes me a hypocrite.

Sep 28, 2005 | 05:17 PM

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jackmoore

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Whatever, but a speedster is a porsche...

I've always called the vette ragtops Roadsters.

By the way, even the speedsters, jags and MGs had side curtains. Plastic side panels that rain and storms laughed at.

Sep 28, 2005 | 05:33 PM

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Ironcross

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Vettes come two ways, they are either COUPES or ROADSTERS!

Sep 28, 2005 | 07:17 PM

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Techno

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Its easy to settle. If you have an owners manual crack it open and see what it says. I seem to remember Coupe and roadster as the terms. The use of convertable seems to be web based.

Sep 28, 2005 | 09:41 PM

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rcread

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Here's the NCRS take on it...

http://www.ncrs.org/lingo.html#R

Sep 28, 2005 | 10:18 PM

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Ironcross

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Originally Posted by Techno

Its easy to settle. If you have an owners manuel crack it open and see what it says. I seem to remember Coupe and roadster as the terms. The use of convertable seems to be web based.

I did just that, looked at my owners guide. {1962} No where is there any reference to EITHER coupe or roadster nor the bill of sale or window sticker. In the owner`s guide the tops are refered and listed as {1} care of "hard top" and {2} care of "folding top". The word convertible was never mentioned even with the soft or {folding top} instructions.

I like the NCRS`s treatment, Roadster.

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