bj1k, I'm a woman, not a man. Sorry for insulting your baby, yes you're right, she's just as beautiful as any other child

 

I think it looks pretty good with the top up!

 

Is that a hardtop or convertible?

 

Cconvertible

 

I like the hood.

 

To ME, anyone owning a corVETTE without it being a convertible is a wanna be.....they simply do not know the meaning of the term 'sports car'....


CASE CLOSED.......:toetap :

 

Wow!! That is just d*** gorgeous. And I don't throw around compliments at random! Haartz top?

 

Just the hood?

 

Ahh, well the chrome bumpers too. And the rear quarters. and the doors.

 

Saw something at a local cruise I will share only for food for thought,
There was a very stock red 427 chrome bumper T-top vette and a few cars down another red Chrome bumper car but a Convertible with the top off....no one took a second look at the coupe but people were milling around the Convertible,

So I just mingle and listen...I hear a fellow say to his buddy lets go see the BB car and the buddy snaps back...who cares it's a coupe...so I stroll to the coupe and hear at least 3-4 other people who do will past make snide remarks like "Too bad it's not a Convertible"

I am guessing part comes from a Convertible normally has higher value and so many people are about dollars and cents....to me the Convertible it "more" sports car and more sexy....

But the T tops were a good option for some people....

 

Food for thought for you 13bats:

Go back to the original topic of this thread. The convertible was cheaper in 75, so how do you explain that far more hardtops were sold?

 

I think you mean to ask how do I explain more "coupes" were sold...coupes were not "hardtops" that was a removable piece on the convertible with that option, all coupes were T Top.

Didn't all the others opinions explain well enough why in 75 a convertible was cheaper from chevy?

The early mid 70's were an odd time, low HP outputs and high gas prices were kicking in, Lots of hype at the time a convertible was a death trap.
T-Tops went with the times like the Gold Disco medallions, and poly leisure suits,
And at the risk of getting flamed 74-75 or smooth slope bumper vettes didn't look as good as a Convertible as the chrome bumper cars did..."Joe Cool" wanted "now" and chrome bumper cars were "yesterday", it was that era.

LOL...go look at a coupe 75 today unless it's pretty darn nice it isn't going to sell for much...
Now take a ratty 75 convertible and it will sell faster and for more....in fact while 74-75 coupe in themselves are not too sought after a 74-75 convertible is.

 

Go figure, I thought you were just a sissy boy !

 

Now this is beauty in it's finest form ! !

 

I thought he was a "limp wrist" who just liked to poke at convertibles,

I am happy we have that cleared up....

I always see coupe vs Convertible threads turn into some bashing of how Convertibles look top up....to me I never liked the cove back or "Kamm" back of the 68-77 coupe, it was a rip off of the European cars of the day like the Dino...if a person digs the overseas look then buy the Dino, pkay...that is a bit radical coupes are cool too

While I admit no convertible really looks great with the rag top up the 68-72 vette looks so sweet with the hard top on....since GM didn't go with the Mako louvered rear then the sloped wrapped rear glass of the removable hardtop is the look. the best of both worlds is the removable hardtop

T-tops...I have heard them called things like Poor mans convertible...redneck convertible, and that isn't fair they are pretty cool if person wants that pseudo convertible feel but doesn't want to go all the way, just for me the stigma is I see open T Tops on any car I can't get the image of Burt in his TA out of my head.

To me the black 71 in this thread sums up to me what a perfect Corvette really is...while I would drop the top at a show this car is just stunning and if it was a coupe I wouldn't have even noticed it.

We all have our personal tastes and opinions and none are wrong... heck some people love brown 79's

 

Not guilty. I'm a hippy. I am not a cry baby. Those days all I wanted was to keep my guitar tuned and gas in my car. These days I vote and own property in addition to keeping my guitar tuned and gas in my car.

 

It's irrelevant why it was cheaper, the point is that people still preferred the hardtop over the convertible even though the convertible was cheaper. Convertibles nowadays are just as much a death trap as they ever were - in a rollover you're gone, nothing's changed. Fact is people still overwhelmingly prefer hardtops to convertibles even to this day. I see from reading previous posts in 69 the convertible was cheaper than the coupe as well - apparently the 'poor man's convertible" was...a convertible.

 

So, then we agree, I'm happy we have that cleared up.

I on the other hand despise brown, I'm painting my brown 79 purple or hot pink.

 

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!! I believe that is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me. The reason I like to show it with the top up is, that is a custom made top from Al knoch. It is made out of C5 top material, an it looks so good to me I love to look at it. Plus the difficulty in changing the top makes it worth looking at when ever possible. I put it down once the day begins to warm up. Than it turns into an "easy bake oven" pretty quick. The compromise to this whole coupe/convertible debate is "just put your hard top on"!!! Mine is a black vinyl hard top, which changes the entire look of the car. p.s. it was brown when I bought it!

 

Fact is people still overwhelmingly prefer hardtops to convertibles even to this day.

Check market values.