Although better, the "80's" Mustang that debuted in 1979 was better than the Pinto-Mustang. Although it was still pretty ugly during the first few years of it's life, especially in notchback coupe form.
In 1980, a true fugly option debuted, called the "Carriage Roof". I'm kind of confused about what it actually is though. It sorta looks like those lame velour/vinyl fake convertable tops. But read this caption: "A carriage roof was a $625 option that gave the car a convertible look when the top was up, though a Mustang convertible wouldn't be offered until 1983."
Was this actually a fabric top you put on overtop of the hardtop?? If so, that is the stupidest thing I have ever seen.
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Yes, it IS a fake convertible top! The same group of tasteless people devoted to "FORM WITHOUT FUNCTION" gave us all the "Bostonian Edition Cougar", the "Jack Nicklaus Edition Town Car", and all of these other high-dollar options like the "Full Bordello Trimmed" Lincoln Town Car with the inconvenient and gawky "Continental" bumper extension featuring a fake tilt-away pseudo-spare with an oftentimes non-matching wire hupcap as its centerpiece! All of which were top sellers to a very high percentage of retirement village and gated community dwellers.
You may all collectively bark at your shoes, now!
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