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scuncio
03-08-2020, 03:50 PM
Wow - I can't say that I love these. I assume the opera windows were some sort of regional or dealer installed package - anyone know for sure?

Reminds me of the early Eldorado 'El Classico' trim kits....

Link to 1973 Camaro auction (https://ebay.to/2wASKVs)

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/0P0AAOSw73xeZCDG/s-l1600.jpg

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/wWAAAOSw2j5eZCDA/s-l1600.jpg

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/D4AAAOSwWc1eZCDA/s-l1600.jpg

McCune
03-08-2020, 03:55 PM
I think a dealer in Southern California installed them. I own one of these disasters. The window cut in and the piss poor receding hairline vinyl top rusted the top off.

muscle_collector
03-08-2020, 03:56 PM
they were very popular around here back then.

scuncio
03-08-2020, 07:39 PM
Wow! These are a first for me. That rust is a bummer.

Bill Pritchard
03-08-2020, 08:29 PM
Those look so out-of-place it isn't funny :thumbsdown:

Lynn
03-09-2020, 04:02 AM
Not that I am a buyer; but just out of curiosity, I would like to see the trim tag. Probably not a vinyl top car from the factory.

Dealers around here did the same thing, even on 70's Buicks. Cut the hole and put a vinyl top on to cover up your mistakes. Not very many survived as well as the one for sale.

Ricks72Z28
03-09-2020, 01:49 PM
I believe it was started by the van conversion craze....

Bill Pritchard
03-09-2020, 07:25 PM
Probably true, Rick. Those might be OK on a van, but certainly not on a 2nd gen Camaro.

And Lynn, I bet you are absolutely right about the vinyl top....a lot easier than body & paint work.