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Old 06-22-2013, 07:35 PM   #61
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Originally Posted by DGthe3 View Post
And this is somehow different from the last 60 or so years?
The Corvette is built around a space frame, not a unibody. As such, it fairly easy to remove any and all structural elements from the roof area & still end up with a rigid car, a structural roof would help but its not critical. The unibody of the Camaro acts kinda like one big tube. You can't remove a section without substantially re-inforcing the rest of the car (unless you like having the car bend & twist & flex, in which case it doesn't matter).
So the only way for a Camaro to have one is if they built it around a space frame like you mentioned. In other words it is possible it's just that GM just doesn't want it to have one at this particular time. Corvette is an elite vehicle as well as the Camaro. If the folks at GM can still make a removable roof for the Corvette and still manage to make amazing performance results the Camaro can have the same treatment.

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