Re: Values increasing
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 12:50 pm
elanner wrote:Of course it all hinges on whether the hood/roof is up or down. In the UK the hood is up more often than not (still, I assume), so the presence or absence of window frames is mostly irrelevant to the look of the car. In the US the hood can be down more often than not (at least for me - my hood has been up for less than a week since I purchased the car three years ago), so the presence or absence of window frames is a lot more apparent.
Interesting observation. My reasoning for not liking them if, is you're going to have an open car, I much prefer it to be a "completely" open car - nothing but a windshield, especially on an older sports car like the Elan. (A rollbar being an exception.) Maybe my opinion is tempered somewhat because my previous sports car was a Porsche 914 - a targa top car, which was fun but it was great to be rid of that rear frame entirely - and window frames would be just one more thing to interrupt the lines. How many other convertibles, electric windows or not, have window frames up all the time? I'm sure there are some, but I can't think of any off the top of my head. Again, just my opinion.
While we're talking opinions - how about those enormous rectangular taillights on the type 45s?