Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Legendary summer convertibles



Maybe the sun goes down, when you stop and from top to bottom. There's still plenty warm, so a T-shirt is more than enough, and as you roll along the road there is so much more to see, hear and even smell. It's summer, and as the song says, the living is easy. The truth is, while we all have our private open-air memories is greatly varied experience and the allure of a convertible is as strong as this country is wide. And so convertibles Americans remain - the unsurpassed visibility, the feeling of movement, and a warm sun after a long, cold winters are just too good for the soul.

Carroll Shelby once called us just to tell us it was a "Shelby Cobra" and not an AC Cobra. Who are we to say Carroll is unlike any other she called AC Cobras back when bell bottoms were huge and car engines were larger. Fifty years after the Cobra - is still one of the greats, a car so raw it should be its own place in the periodic table of the elements - either small or big block. In perfect summer every enthusiast should have at least one long, loud Cobra drive, and we guarantee that it will be windswept, hot, incredibly close and incredibly fun. 

There was never a rational necessity, have a Alfa Spider. Other small converts could bring your hair for less money or with more powerful engines messed up. But the Alfa simply not leaked Italian style and not the arrogant social snub a Ferrari, but the welcome, boisterous fun relaxed Invite friends for a romp in the country. Plus the Alfas are not without their own performance history - about twice as long as Ferrari in the heyday of the spider. Dealers are few and far between and a serious lack of development finally drove the Alfa offshore, but a new one is coming soon. 

Seriously, it's all about the name Buick with post-World War II Land Yacht. A substantial two tons, the Roadmaster set the tone for an entire era in 1949 with his VentiPorts on the fender and "view cart" curved windshield. Here a car was so big and luxurious as a victorious America itself. Electric windows and seats were standard, as well as an accessible price, set top-down luxury motoring within reach of a post-Depression, post-war upper-middle class. It was a long way from the soup lines of the 1930s, and the Roadmaster all luxury features we take the course for the energy for granted today.

More details coming soon!!!