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Originally Posted by tony58
"Don't know about 73-74 but roll bar was standard on all 75, probably 73-74 as well"
My '75 comment was correct and my "probably" was off but I knew I didn't know about 73-74
Was there a Nader situation or did they finally figure out they needed more body strength with the open top?
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Yep, you had the '75 part for sure.
And it was pretty much Nader. His safety crusades killed the convertible.
'75 was the last yr for ragtops from GM and the Blazer fell with the rest of them. I think the Eldorado was still offered in convertible in '76 but that was the end.
The word at the time was Nader was pushing hard for roll over standard laws but sales were way down & new design model lineup coming out anyway so GM just killed them off. You'd think the half cab would have had to be a design idea from at least '74. Another thing is the full vert Blazers leaked like a screen door on a submarine from brand new. The body spreading was more than likely another reason too.