Old school custom...
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From: Eustis ( Area 51 Bat Cave ) Fl
Old school custom...
I normally would never trash talk a cool old custom...but what they did with the top is just stupid sickening to me....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1968-...b12c3c13#v4-38
Yes, the top is glassed into the rear deck....you can't remove the top.....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1968-...b12c3c13#v4-38
Yes, the top is glassed into the rear deck....you can't remove the top.....
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Racers actually did that with the race cars back in the day(molded in a hardtop). Reason was that the hardtop actually had better aerodynamics than the coupe.
Note the roof line, it is the hardtop, not the coupe.
Note the roof line, it is the hardtop, not the coupe.
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The 70's were not kind to a lot of cars. I got my license in 73 so I saw a lot of these "custom" jobs.
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From: Eustis ( Area 51 Bat Cave ) Fl
I know greenwood used convertibles for the aerodynamics but I never saw one with the top glassed in just bolted down....in the pic above you can almost see the seam...
Here is another view of another racer...
Here is another view of another racer...
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.......and I was thinking it couldn't really get any worse......but this proves I was wrong. 
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Knowing you're not one to shy away from ideas others might believe border on the margins (take that in a good way), I just had to see what pegged your WTF meter. And, yep, I'd have to agree that custom was most likely dreamed up while in a psychedelic haze.
