T-top
Automobile T-Top
An automotive T-top is an automobile roof with removable panels on either side of a rigid bar running from the center of one structural bar between pillars to the center of the next structural bar.
The T-top was patented by Gordon Buehrig on June 5, 1951.[1] It was used in the design of the unsuccessful TASCO sports car.[2].
The 1968 Chevrolet Corvette coupe was the first U.S.-built production automobile to feature a T-top roof. [3] This increased the popularity of the coupe, such that it outsold the convertible and later led to the discontinuation of the Corvette convertible after 1975 until it was revived in 1986.[citation needed] The style of roof was later used on other cars, including Chevrolet Camaro, Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Pontiac Fiero, Pontiac Firebird, Pontiac Grand Prix, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, Ford Thunderbird, Ford Mustang, Mercury Capri, Chrysler Cordoba, Dodge Magnum, Datsun 280ZX, Nissan Pulsar, Nissan NX, Nissan 300ZX, and the Toyota MR2.
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