Walt,
A surry top from what I see, just means you have an attatched glass rear panel,
and a removeable center panel.
On the vette's, all years keep the back glass in place, and remove the panel in
the middle entirely, only on some years. I remember seeing it stored in a bag
in the hatch area. Made more sense to me than those stupid t-tops.
That is before GM started making convertables again. For some time they always
a T-top option, some years in glass, other years in steel. And the removable
your talking about (entire thing) I don't remember, but it had to of been
pre-Stingray.
BTW, I love the chrome bumper convertable 72 Stingray in blue wih the black or
white interior. My brother in law bought one new when he graduated the naval
academy. It was his present to himself, I remember what a cool ride that was. I
think I was 10 or 11 at the time. Thats one I'd like to do after the 6. By my
wife would divorce me before she'd let me do that. Maybe a buy one restored. :)
GH
-------------- Original message from Walt Boeninger : --------------
> genehart@att.net wrote:
>
> > Walt,
> >
> > I don't consider the t-top as a real removable top, it's a patch as far as
>I'm
> conserned. For people that want a convertable without the sound hassles and
>the
> potentially leaky roof.
>
> But you were comparing it to the surry top, so I figgered that was what
> you were talking about..... no Corvette ever had a removeable "Surrey top"
> But then I'm no expert, I only had a 68 Convert and now a 99 Hardtop.
>
> The convertibles from 50 something til ?? had a removeble hardtop option.....
>
> > It's a cool look and option, the factory got it right the first time on
>this
> one,
>
> I like ours! ('74)
>
> > So what years did a real removable middle panel did the corvette have?
>
> Eh? All of them since 68 have a removeable panel..... I think.....
> ..Which looks like a surry top. Just not a removeable surry top...
>
>
> >
> > -------------- Original message from Walt Boeninger : --------------
> >
> >>Gene Hart wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Phil,
> >>>
> >>>Boy I'm going to get flamed for this, but If I waned a Surry top, I'd
> >>>got a Fiat X19 or the Porsche 914. I think the 72 or 73 corvettes had
> >>>something similar
> >>
> >>Actually, all Corvette coupes from 1968 to 2005 have a removeable roof
>panel.
> >>
> >>
> >>>top for the car, since the steel hardtop was not available before '73.
> >>
> >>Is that right? So steel hardtops are quite rare being as they
> >>were only produced for a couple of years?
> >>
> >>I didn't know that.
> >>
> >>--
> >>
> >>Regards
> >>--------------
> >>Walt Boeninger
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