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Subject: roadsters & drop heads
From: mikee@ragtops.com
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 12:30:27 -0500
A roadster is an open car that they fit a top and side curtains on. A 
drop head is a closed car with a top (head) that drops down, a fixed 
head is a closed car. What brought this home to me was the interior 
of the XK series cars.  If you look at an OTS (Open Two Seater, the 
roadster) and compare it to the DHC, the drop head's interior is 
much more elaborate, primarily because it's a FHC with a 
convertible top. The roadster is the true open car.
Michael Engard
1970 Rover 3500S
1961 Triumph Italia 2000 GT
1975 Ducati 850 GT
1954 Triumph TR-2

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