Photos from the Cohort by Thomas Jarvis.
Arriving…
… and ready to depart.
Curbside Find: Who Needs A Pickup To Haul A Bulky Load When You Have A Corvette Convertible?
– Posted on February 1, 2025
Photos from the Cohort by Thomas Jarvis.
Arriving…
… and ready to depart.
The same situation with us when our AR Spider was our daily driver.
Roof down. Plants, parasol, shelves or other bulky items loaded, and off we go. Half the shopping for the flat was transported this way.
We only had to liaise with a few people. Thor, Jupiter, Peter and a few others, all of whom were very difficult to get on the phone.
In the worst case, you just had to be quicker than the rain cloud.
That driver must be one of my secret twins. When I went to shop for a flat screen TV I went in a compact daily driver, paid for it, and said I would be back the next day to pick it up. The salesman asked me if I would be bringing my SUV. I answered that I did not have an SUV, that it would fit just fine in my 2 door sedan.
When I got there and pulled my 1960 Edsel to the front door, they refused to bring the TV out, insisting it could not get into a sedan. The Edsel is 81.5 inches wide, seats 7 adults and has doors that are about 4 feet long. I once carried a whole dishwasher in that car (by taking off the passenger front seat back, which is held in place by two cotter pins).
I told them quite forcefully that the long, narrow box of the flatscreen would have no problem fitting in that back seat. They still argued with me, so I took one of them to the front door to see the car and told him I would wait in the driver seat for him to come back with my purchase.
It slid right in with the bottom of the box on the transmission hump, the top leaning on the back seat, with several feet to spare.
That car has carried 12 sheets of drywall on its rear deck, and helped a friend of mine get a job distributing newspapers when we were flat broke. At first they told him that a pick up truck was required to do the job. But when he showed them the Edsel’s back seat, they agreed that it could hold as many bundles of newspapers to be dropped off at designated locations as a truck, and let him have the job.
Standing up a flatscreen TV in a convertible–looks perfectly normal to me.
Early Luminas often shone, in awkward situations like this.
He wanted to get a 75 inch TV, but it wouldn’t fit in the Vet.
Looks right. Large Flat screen TVs are the bane of my existence. Their fragility, poor build quality, and lack of durability have caused me to transport too many replacements home from big box stores over the last 5 years. Last years’ 55” unit would not fit in my 2003 Accord, even out of the box with the seats flat. “Missed it by that much” as Maxwell Smart would say. My tape measure must be out of calibration – barely got it into wife’s 2011 CRV. It all began in 1992 with a 27″ Toshiba FST (Flat Screen Technology) CRT style that just got past the rear door frame of my 89 Taurus( no box of course) and peaked in 2004 with my 31″ Sony CRT. Purchased on sale, under a “must take it now” closeout and at 250 pounds, I had to call a friend away from dinner to bring his new Odyssey. Had to reinforce the TV stand for that one. I’ve learned my lesson, a kind Amazon driver handed me the last one.
I whole heatedly agree. I remember our first colour television bought second hand in the mid seventies. It went wrong from time to time but we could take it to the repair man to fix. He wasn’t too expensive. While the set was quite heavy it fitted comfortably on the back seat of a Mk2 Ford Escort.
I have used my Citroën 2CV in a similar way, but not for a flat screen TV. I particularly remember once in Toronto buying a welded iron corner shelf that was about 6 feet high. The roof in the 2CV is fabric, rolls back, and is the full width of the car. If necessary you can easily take out the back seat. It is also good for long pieces of lumber, as the seats are open underneath, so you can just slide the boards on the passenger side from the trunk under back and front seats right up to the footwell. You can let the (very light) trunk lid rest on the boards if they are too long to let it close.
Pffft, amateur. This was the easy delivery to a customer.
Here was my Spitfire loaded up to go out and set up a service checkpoint on a charity ride the shop I managed was technical support for.
Yup, did many IKEA runs in my old ’66 roadster and used to transport my bikes in it all the time. My 911 cabrio was used to collect used furniture.
This is a very underestimated attribute of these “impractical” vehicles!
And I found that a pre-67 ‘Vette had one other advantage – the pad between the seats when there is no central handbrake lever meant that 2 passengers could be accomodated instead of one. Practicality!
Most any vehicle can be surprising in what it can haul.
Speaking of hauling lumber. When I remove the back and front passenger seats from my 2007 Camry I’ve so far hauled 2x10x10x lumber with room to spare. One trip I hauled eight 2x8x10s with a few 2x4x10s.
One time a guy in a pick up was impressed my Camry would haul 10 footers totally within the car when his would hang over the tail gate. I countered with “you should see me trying with sheets of drywall” ! We both had a laugh.
I’d include some pics but I’m out of town at the moment.
Car has a lot a “wow factor”!
Looks like Boulder.. “typical” as Basil used to say.
I’d be concerned about the massive blind spot but I imagine the ‘Vette guy has done this before .
I too have shown up to carry things in a vintage VW Beetle that fit but didn’t look like they would .
Thanx too for the heads up that current big screen TV’s are delicate, I wasn’t aware .
-Nate