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3 unusual facts about convertible


Convertible

Until the 1910 introduction by Cadillac of the United States' first closed-body car, the open or convertible car was the primary body style.

Maggie dela Riva

Maggie was homeward bound (No. 48, 12th Street, New Manila, Quezon City) from the ABS-CBN Studio on Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City, driving her bantam car with her maid Helen Calderon, when the 4 accused, using a Pontiac 2-door convertible car, waylaid her.

Robert J. Sinclair

Some 250,000 of the Saab 900 convertible were sold (including the NG900) over the succeeding two decades.


1941 Ford

In the film Back to the Future, Biff Tannen's car in 1955 was a black 1946 Ford Super De Luxe convertible.

1962 American Football League Championship Game

At halftime, AFL Commissioner Joe Foss presented Rookie-Of-The-Year Curtis McClinton and Player-Of-The-Year Len Dawson with Mercury S-55 convertible automobiles.

American Inventor

6-In-1 Convertible Brassiere: A convertible brassiere that accommodates the full wardrobe of small frame women with a "C" cup or above.

Arizona State Route 79

Also along this road is a memorial marker for Tom Mix, who died after his Cord convertible crashed into what is now designated the Tom Mix Wash while bridge construction was incomplete.

Astrid of Sweden

Their chauffeur was sitting in the back of the Packard One-Twenty convertible, the King was driving and the Queen looking at a map.

Austin Atlantic

A centrally mounted third, main beam, headlight was built into the letter-box style air intake grille, and the then unheard of luxury of hydraulically powered windows and hood (convertible top), "flashing indicators" (blinkers) rather than trafficators, (for the United States market at least) and the option of EKCO or HMV Autocrat radios.

Bark mill

The mill was originally a bark mill, but was advertised for sale in 1818 as “new built”, easily convertible to corn grinding.

Ben Hollioake

Ben Hollioake died on 23 March 2002 in Perth, Australia near his childhood school Wesley College, Perth, when he crashed his Porsche 924 convertible into a wall on the Mill Point Road exit of the Kwinana Freeway on his way home from a family celebration.

Betsy von Furstenberg

Betsy von Furstenberg has appeared on Broadway in Second Threshold (1951), Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1953), The Chalk Garden and Child of Fortune (1956), Nature's Way (1957), The Making of Moo (1958), Step on a Crack (1962), The Frog Pond (1965), The Paisley Convertible (1967), Avanti! (1968), The Gingerbread Lady (1970), and Does Anybody Here Do the Peabody? (1976).

Bristol 412

Whereas the 603 was a dramatically restyled version of the characteristic Bristol two-door saloon, the 412 was different in that it was a Targa-type convertible with a removable roof that could be placed in the large luggage compartment.

Bryan Kocis

At the time of his death, Kocis had amassed personal possessions which included a Maserati convertible, a BMW sport utility and an Aston Martin.

Buick Century

In 1985 and 1986, Hess & Eisenhardt/Car Craft of Lima, Ohio converted 124 finished Buick Century coupes into coachbuilt convertibles.

Chrysler LeBaron

A 1989 Town and Country convertible was also famously featured in various episodes of the sitcom Seinfeld; George Costanza purchased it because he believed it previously had been owned by Jon Voight.

Clubhouses

He has bought a red Corvette convertible, is wearing an earring, flirts with girls at traffic lights and turns up at the aforementioned party in Cartman's clubhouse organized by the runaway girls.

Coach convertible

Chrysler 300C Coach Builders Limited (2006–2011), Newport Convertible Engineering (2005–2009)

Crusader 101

The taillights strongly resembled those on 1948-1956 Cadillacs while the rear end and overall styling suggested the 1961 Lincoln Continental convertible rendered in molded red plastic.

Daimler DK400

A 4-door all-weather tourer by Hooper, body 10236 on chassis 92724 was specially designed and constructed and completed about 1958 for the King of Afghanistan.

Del sol

Honda CR-X del Sol, A two seat, targa top convertible manufactured by Honda in the 1990s.

Gary Royal

In the early part of his career, he was a member of the Convertible Blonds, a heel stable with Rip Rogers and Pistol Pez Whatley.

Guise Will Be Guise

In an essay comparing the character of Angel to "melancholy loner" Lord Byron, Amy-Chinn points out that Angel's obsession with his appearance - a running joke in the series - is overtly mocked in this episode, when the swami asks Angel why he dresses in black and drives a black convertible, despite

Il Sorpasso

A young, timid law student Roberto (Trintignant), looking out his window, is asked for trivial favor by a 40-ish man named Bruno (Gassman) who has passed under his window while at the wheel of a convertible Lancia Aurelia: Could he please make a phone call for him?

Infinite Dress

The Infinite Dress is a convertible woman's dress created in 1976 by journalist and fashion designer Lydia Silvestry.

Lewis Billups

Six days later, Billups died in a car crash when driving at speeds in excess of 100 mph he lost control on Interstate 4 his corvette convertible destroying over 50 meters of steel railing.

Mahmoud Bodo Rasch

Mahmoud Bodo Rasch (born 12 May 1943) is a German architect who specializes in the construction of large convertible umbrellas and lightweight structures.

Marguerite De La Motte

In the 1930s when Roberts moved to Los Angeles he was Marguerite's houseguest and drove her Marmon convertible car.

Marissa Mishelle

As gifts, Marissa received two different cars, including a Mitsubishi Eclipse spyder convertible.

Mazda RX-7

Mazda introduced a convertible version of the RX-7 in 1988 with a Naturally aspirated engine — introduced to the US market with ads featuring Hollywood actor James Garner, at the time featured in many of Mazda's television advertisements.

Misselwood Concours d'Elegance

In 2010, the award went to a 1931 Packard 840 Dietrich convertible sedan was originally built for King Gustav V of Sweden.

Nintendo World Championships

The top winner in each age category took home a $10,000 U.S. savings bond, a new 1990 Geo Metro Convertible, a 40" rear-projection TV, and a gold painted Mario trophy.

Opel Rekord

In very limited numbers, Karl Deutsch of Cologne sold a convertible version with either 1700 S or 2600 engine at DM 11,765 and 13,060 respectively.

Pontiac Star Chief

When the storyline of I Love Lucy pointed towards a Hollywood setting in the 1954-1955 season, the characters "drove" (in episode 110, "California Here We Come") to the West Coast in a 1955 Star Chief convertible.

Rara.com

On 11 October 2013 rara announced a partnership with Toshiba to pre-load the rara music streaming app on Toshiba Windows 8 PC's, tablets and convertible devices across Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong.

Robert J. Sinclair

Robert J. Sinclair, (March 17, 1932 — May 10, 2009) was a United States automotive industry executive who served as Chief executive officer of Saab-Scania of America from May 1979 until September 1991, where he helped improve the popularity of Saab's cars by convincing the parent company to manufacture cars with high-end options such as turbochargers and a convertible version of its Saab 900 that was designed to appeal to American consumers.

Robert Raymond Cook

Robert Cook, Raymond Cook's son by his first wife, had been arrested in Stettler a day earlier, and charged with obtaining goods under false pretenses after he had traded the family's 1958 Chevrolet station wagon for a '59 Impala convertible.

S-segment

It approximately corresponds different segments in North American classification: Grand-Tourer (so called GT), Convertible, Supercar and Roadster.

Saab 9000

A convertible version was constructed by Finnish Valmet, the prototype version is currently on display at the Uusikaupunki car museum near the Valmet factory.

Stewart Krentzman

In January 2008 the Krentzman's purchased and completed restoration of a 1959 pink Cadillac convertible that, in partnership with Oki Data Americas will also be made available for breast cancer fund raising.

Super Chase: Criminal Termination

Enemy vehicles: Harley-Davidson Fat Boy, Red Buick Skylark convertible, Purple 1970s Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

Tod Stiles

He then died of a coronary thrombosis, leaving Tod an inheritance consisting of little more than a brand new convertible Chevrolet Corvette.

Traveling Music: Playing Back the Soundtrack to My Life and Times

While Peart’s wife, Carrie Nuttall, is off on a surfing vacation in Mexico, he decides to take his CD collection and his new BMW Z8 convertible to Big Bend National Park in Texas.

Volkswagen Karmann Ghia

On the 1970s sitcom Good Times an orange Karmann Ghia convertible is seen briefly during the intro.

Volvo C70

Volvo's first modern convertible, the C70 was manufactured in Uddevalla, Sweden on a separate assembly line from the 70-series sedan and station wagon.

Votizen

In February 2012, Votizen announced a $750,000 convertible funding round led by Sean Parker with celebrity investors including Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, and Lady Gaga's manager Troy Carter investing as well.


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