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**Keith Seymore** · #**33481** 02-23-2023, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

The sign on the hood of the car below, all alone with nobody around, says "First 2013 Volt".

K

I also love how this was to be GM's "moonshot" vehicle: their most advanced vehicle to date, destined to save the corporation, still built with a piece of paper hanging off the front (aka "the build sheet").

K

**olredalert** · #**33482** 02-23-2023, 03:07 PM

----So apparently GM built 50 million vehicles between 1955 and 1968. No wonder GM was such a predominate brand!....Bill S

**William** · #**33483** 02-23-2023, 06:36 PM

At one time [50s] GM had over 50% of the domestic market. Chevrolet represented about 1/3 of the total. Today GM in total is about 15%. Was 28% 19 years ago.

**mssl72** · #**33484** 02-23-2023, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

Some color ones. The Caribe show car. 1965 Evening Orchid on a modified '66 4 door Caprice. I'd love to build a copy. I have heard it was destroyed.

I wish they wouldn't come out so small...

**olredalert** · #**33485** 02-23-2023, 10:37 PM

----Wonder if the they actually made a retracting top for it? I would expect not, but you never know.....Bill S

Lee Stewart · #**33486** 02-24-2023, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by olredalert

----Wonder if the they actually made a retracting top for it? I would expect not, but you never know.....Bill S

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Green-lighted in late 1964 by the corporate brass, the Caribe (internal designation XP-834) was based on an Impala four-door sedan with 396 CID V8 and Turbo-Hydramatic transmission. The roof panel was surgically removed, a convertible windshield and A-pillar assembly were installed, and the cowl, rockers, and door posts were reinforced to stiffen the body structure as required. On paper at least, a folding convertible mechanism was nestled under the form-fitting top boot, but we don’t know if it was installed or functional.

https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/four...aribe-concept/

Lee Stewart · #**33487** 02-24-2023, 12:45 AM

**67since67** · #**33488** 02-24-2023, 01:14 AM

That is unbelievably cool!!

Lee Stewart · #**33489** 02-24-2023, 06:54 AM

Lee Stewart · #**33490** 02-24-2023, 06:56 AM

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