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Unkown to most, this was the first attempt to offer a drag shoot to reduce speed of a Vette from 200 down to 120.
Thereby saving wear-n-tear on the brake pads / rotors.
It worked once. Not so much after that.
Rumor is, the design engineer of this concept was also responsible for the easy removal heater core location.
I can only ever remember seeing it done once with a 56-62 hardtop and I haven't seen it done too many times with 68-75's, but years ago before cruises started replacing big Corvette shows (especially indoor shows) there were always a couple midyear convertibles displayed that way. Of course they were usually being supported by a broom stick, or something similar that was no where near as elegant as the supports on those two cars.
Took me a few mins to process this. Since I don’t have the hardtop for my 75 vert, I was trying to figure out how that would work with the soft top frame being bolted to the body. Then it dawned on me.
Damn, I’m getting old and slow!
I believe I spotted @Rescue Rogers Hot Wheels car displayed this way a few weeks back in a thread from a car show. That was the first time I recall seeing the top and deck lid up together.
2020 Corvette of the Year Finalist (performance mods)
2019 C3 of Year Winner (performance mods)
2016 C3 of Year Finalist
Yes I was displayinmg my car at car shows like that and a lot of folks would come up and say they didnt know they could do that...Its how you get your junk with the top on....I am going to incorporate a linear actuator......
Unkown to most, this was the first attempt to offer a drag shoot to reduce speed of a Vette from 200 down to 120.
Thereby saving wear-n-tear on the brake pads / rotors.
It worked once. Not so much after that.
Rumor is, the design engineer of this concept was also responsible for the easy removal heater core location.
Did that one time on my 67, a few days later a crack showed up in the upper corner of
the window opening. Not for me. On my 69 I have convertible pins so I don’t ever have to
lift it up again it works fine.
Something new every day...
