(first posted 6/10/2015) How can we have Convertible Week without a four-door convertible Continental? Long, low, and lithe. Rival Cadillac may have been at the top of its styling game in the early-mid 1960s, effectively capturing the upper-class Zeitgeist – but I’d have one of these over any contemporary Caddy.
I found this one at the Mecum auction in May, in case the context of these photos doesn’t make it clear. It’s a beautiful restoration.
That Wedgwood blue interior is soooooo dreeeeeamy.
The four-door convertible Continental was a postwar anomaly, as this body style’s time otherwise ended before World War II. This 1936 Cadillac Series 75 convertible represented the genre at the auction, at least on the day I visited.
This is what constituted a luxury interior in the 1930s. That banjo-string steering wheel is a nice touch.
What other four-door convertibles can you think of? Year(s), makes, models, and photos if you’ve got ‘em, in the comments, please.
THANK YOU ALL for sharing the fantastic photos ! .
Some I’d never heard of before .
FWIW, a Citroen 2-CV is a sun roof, not a Cabriolet, convertible or rag top .
-Nate
As best I can tell from all these wonderful pics and comments, the only other factory production 4-door convertible post-war was the Mercedes Adenauer W186 and W189, and even then, “production” only meant about 700 cars over 10 years.