They truly are dream cars. If you've ever wanted to tool up Pacific Coast Highway with the top down, read on. This month's article will cover the convertible's history from the 1920s to 1949. Next month we'll discuss the last few decades which saw the rise, fall and resurrection of the convertible. Whether you spend fifteen minutes or fifteen seconds putting the top down manually or by just pushing a button, it's still a convertible.
Convertibles are cars that go all the way, all the way down, that is.
No one person is responsible for inventing the convertible. Everybody had them, even Studebaker on their Hawks. Well, it was the same with convertibles exactly 30 years earlier, in 1927. Eight manufacturers displayed cars on their showrooms in that year with convertible tops. The LaSalle was introduced that same year as sort of an entry level Cadillac.