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Keith Seymore 02-23-2023 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore (Post 1615722)

The sign on the hood of the car below, all alone with nobody around, says "First 2013 Volt".

K

I also love how this was to be GM's "moonshot" vehicle: their most advanced vehicle to date, destined to save the corporation, still built with a piece of paper hanging off the front (aka "the build sheet").

K

olredalert 02-23-2023 02:07 PM

----So apparently GM built 50 million vehicles between 1955 and 1968. No wonder GM was such a predominate brand!....Bill S

William 02-23-2023 05:36 PM

At one time [50s] GM had over 50% of the domestic market. Chevrolet represented about 1/3 of the total. Today GM in total is about 15%. Was 28% 19 years ago.

mssl72 02-23-2023 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart (Post 1615720)

Some color ones. The Caribe show car. 1965 Evening Orchid on a modified '66 4 door Caprice. I'd love to build a copy. I have heard it was destroyed.

https://i.ibb.co/JCHT49M/Caribe-Top-Color-1.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/nsP86fb/Caribe-Side-Color.jpg


I wish they wouldn't come out so small...

olredalert 02-23-2023 09:37 PM

----Wonder if the they actually made a retracting top for it? I would expect not, but you never know.....Bill S

Lee Stewart 02-23-2023 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by olredalert (Post 1615768)
----Wonder if the they actually made a retracting top for it? I would expect not, but you never know.....Bill S

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Green-lighted in late 1964 by the corporate brass, the Caribe (internal designation XP-834) was based on an Impala four-door sedan with 396 CID V8 and Turbo-Hydramatic transmission. The roof panel was surgically removed, a convertible windshield and A-pillar assembly were installed, and the cowl, rockers, and door posts were reinforced to stiffen the body structure as required. On paper at least, a folding convertible mechanism was nestled under the form-fitting top boot, but we don’t know if it was installed or functional.
https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/four...aribe-concept/

Lee Stewart 02-23-2023 11:45 PM

https://images2.imgbox.com/98/08/KJ8q8FeD_o.jpg

67since67 02-24-2023 12:14 AM

That is unbelievably cool!!

Lee Stewart 02-24-2023 05:54 AM

https://images2.imgbox.com/27/52/HxwscV2w_o.png

Lee Stewart 02-24-2023 05:56 AM

https://images2.imgbox.com/3b/7f/00c5xIEy_o.png


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