America has largely fallen out of love with convertibles. During the bodystyle’s heyday, nearly any vehicle offered a drop-top variant and sales boomed for the wind-in-your-hair experience.
Now, decades later, convertibles are becoming more of a scarcity for collectors. To underscore that point, Road & Track highlighted ten of the rarest muscle car convertibles to showcase the dwindled love affair with the drop-top bodystyle.
Leading the charge is the 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 convertible. Why is it so rare? There’s only one of them.
The 1968 Camaro Z/28 convertible was built especially for the head of Chevrolet at the time, effectively making it nearly impossible to get your hands on it. But, as R&T states, a few million dollars could likely secure it one day.
As for the rest of the list, Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Buick are all present and accounted for, including a 1967 C2 Corvette 427 “Tri-Power” convertible, 1969 Hurst Oldsmobile, 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge and 1970 Buick GSX Stage 1.
Do you have any fond memories with a convertible vehicle of yore? Drop us a comment down below.
Comments
Calling the ’68 Z/28 “The Rarest of Muscle Car Convertibles” is a mistake.
It is widely accepted that automobile rarity is measured by a minimum of five criteria (year, make, model, body style and engine code). More importantly, these metrics can only be applicable to ‘regular production’ cars — those built on the assembly line with the intention of offering them to the public.
Any and all prototypes are not eligible. The ’68 Camaro Z/28 convertible wasn’t a prototype, however, it (1) wasn’t a regular production vehicle, (2) there was never any intention of building more than one, and (3) there were absolutely no plans to offer this configuration to the public.
For those reasons, the ’68 Camaro Z/28 Convertible cannot wear the crown.
One factory built 1968 convertible Z28….is absolutely a rare car ….doesn’t matter why there is only one or if it they intended to make any more……the fact that it is one of one makes it the rarest.
Hello Mecum,
My husband and I love watching, planning on attending the next 2021 in Las Vegas, can’t wait. We have a baby of our own, she is a one owner 1968 RS Convertible, black interior, red exterior, white drop top, ALWAYS IN GARAGE, on carpet rubber, 35k miles, my grandfather bought her brand new and I always told him that I loved his car and, he left her to me🥰❤, she is v8, manual, we take her to shows locally, Cincinnati Ohio, but we are looking forward to be in the audience soon.
Don and Mellisa Ellis