Hardtop vs. sedan, Tempest vs. Lemans
I found this old pic of my ‘68 Lemans, and I thought it might be nice to show the difference between a 2 door hardtop and a 2 door sedan.
The Lemans is a 2 dooor hardtop, that means there is no rim around the door window, or when you roll down both the front and rear side windows there is no divider left. My recently purchased ‘68 Tempest is a sedan.
The hardtop is generally considered more sporty, but the sedan is actually lighter (by about 40 lbs). In order to maintain strutural integrity, the hardtop needs more bracing in the body, causing it to weigh more (with convertibles weighing even more yet).
