> >Hello Scott:
> >
> >Well, the Corvette has been around since '53, but they didn't have a coupe
> >until '63 or so. TBirds became miniature limos in the 70's, so I'm goin'
> >waaaay out on a limb, displaying my ignorance, including our Canadian
> >friends in the term *America,* and guessing Avanti?
> >
> >David F. Darby ( I knew I should have been paying attention to American
> >cars.)
> >
> I doubt that. I believe the Avanti went out of production in 1988 or so. I
> think they started in about 62, and there was no convertible until the mid
> 80's. So the 'vette has it over the avanti for number of years available in
> either form. I think the answer was the Thunderbird, but one could argue
> whether it was a sports car or not for the last 15 or 20 years of its
> existence.
>
> Now a different and somewhat related question - which still has no relavence
> to british cars or mgs. What was the first fiber-glass bodied 'merican
> car?? Anyone know that one.
>
> Phil Bates
> 58 MGA
> 67 MGB
> 75 Jaguar XJ12C
> 66 Land Rover
> 52 MG TD replicar (VW)
> 86 Peugeot 505 Turbo Gle
> 86 Honda Accord LX-i
>
Well, for my first question, I consider all years of the Corvette to
be sports cars, but they didn't have a 1983 model. Took too long to
get the new body style out.
As for the fibreglass question, all of the Corvettes have been
fibreglass, back to the 1953 model, so that's my guess.
Scott
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