'73 Camaro with Opera Windows (?) - Time Capsule
 

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

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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.

they were very popular around here back then.

Wow! These are a first for me. That rust is a bummer.

Those look so out-of-place it isn't funny :thumbsdown:

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.

I believe it was started by the van conversion craze....

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.