Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 IN THE BEGINNING—DAWN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
1901 Mercedes
1903 Peerless Type Six Tonneau
1904 Packard Model L Tonneau
1906 Stanley Steamer Touring
1907 Mercedes 35HP Touring
1909 Packard Model 18 Runabout
CHAPTER 2 RAGTOPS AND ROADSTERS—1910 TO 1920
1910 Pierce-Arrow Model 48 Touring Seven-Passenger
1911 Mercedes 37/90 Labourdette Skiff
1911–1913 Mercer Raceabout
1913 Mercedes 37/95 Double Phaeton
1913 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Alpine Tourer
1915 Oakland Model 37 Speedster
1915 Packard Model 5-48 Seven-Passenger Touring
1915 Pierce-Arrow Model 48B Five-Passenger Touring
1918 Pierce-Arrow Model 66 Touring (Prototype)
CHAPTER 3 THE CONVERTIBLE COMES OF AGE—1921 TO 1925
1921 Marmon Model 34B Wasp Speedster
1923 Hispano-Suiza H6B Cabriolet
1923 Kissel "Gold Bug" Speedster
1923 Avions Voisin C5 Sporting Victoria
1925 Doble Series E Roadster
CHAPTER 4 CLASSIC AMERICAN CONVERTIBLES—1926 TO 1941
1936 Duesenberg Model J, SJ, and SSJ
1930 Cadillac V-16
1931 Chrysler CG Imperial 8 Roadster
1932 Lincoln KB Dual Cowl Sport Phaeton
1935 Auburn 851 Boattail Speedster
CHAPTER 5 GREAT EUROPEAN DROPHEAD COUPES AND CABRIOLETS
1927 Mercedes-Benz Model S Touring
1930 Trossi Mercedes-Benz SSK
1939 Bugatti Type 57C
1947 Bentley MK VI Franay Cabriolet
1947 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Sport
CHAPTER 6 POST WAR EVOLUTION OF CONVERTIBLES—1945 to 1959
1952 Hudson Hornet Brougham
1953–1955 Chevrolet Corvette
1953 Cadillac Eldorado
1955 Porsche 356 Continental
1957 Chevrolet Bel Air
1957 BMW 507
CHAPTER 7 HIGH-PERFORMACE ERA—1960S AND 1970S MUSCLE CARS
1960 Chrysler 300F
1963 Chevrolet Impala SS
1964 1⁄2 Ford Mustang
1967 Chevrolet Corvette L71 Roadster
1971 Plymouth Hemi ’Cuda
CHAPTER 8 EUROPEAN CONVERTIBLES: TOPS DOWN AND REVS UP!
1960 MGA Twin Cam
1961 Ferrari 250GT Spyder California
1967 Ferrari 275 GTS/4 NART Spyder
1971 Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 3.5 Cabriolet
1993 Jaguar XJS Cabriolet
1998 BMW Z3
CHAPTER 9 THE TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY CONVERTIBLE
2010 Ford Mustang GT
2010 Mercedes-Benz SLK
2010 Porsche Boxster
2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport
2010 Mazda MX-5 Miata
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