Inside the trunk, by the rear tail panel, this cover, circled below, was only used in Canada on Convertibles.
Was it used in the American cars ?
None of my American cars (I looked at all of them including ragtops, 4 doors, coupes etc have that cover plate. My 2+2 hardtop doesn't either and none of them show any signs of ever having them. However I did look at the 2+2 ragtop of my friend and his has them. So likely a Canadian only-convertible only thing. I can't imagine what it could be used for, did you ever remove it to see what it's covering. Also my friends 2+2 ragtop has a large sheet of mastic tar type pad that covers the center of the quarter, looks like some kind of sound deadener to control quiver resonance? Does yours have it also?
Here is a question on US - Cdn comparison for a 2 door hard top.
Is the bottom of the cowl at the bottom of the door pillar on the 2 door HT US car the same as the Cdn model? So, the area of the pillar where the bottom door hinges bolt on the door pillar/cowl and moving lower down right down to the bottom of the cowl the same on both Cdn and US models?
-- Edited by 68 Grande on Wednesday 2nd of June 2021 08:10:03 AI
I can't see that area but I'd imagine it would be the same on all 69-70 B-bodies across all divisions.
As you can see the wiper arrangement is completely different. This shows up in the hood and upper rear areas of the fenders. The Canadian car has the entire area raised while the US models have a raised area only in the center. chrome moldings are therefore completely different.
I have to say that I like the Canadian version better than the American in this case. I always thought the entire raised rear section of the hood to hide the wipers looked very cool. (Though not so much when you were digging packed snow and ice out of them in the winter...)
I'm inclined to agree with you, the unified chrome molding that spans the back of the hood as well as the trailing edge of both rear fenders looks more "complete" than the American design. I can only guess that the US design was to highlight the raised "ironing board" portion of the hood.
One thing I find very stupid about the Canadian models is the lack of side lips in the trunk floor. This allows objects to slide into the quarter panels and leaving dents outwards. inexplicably GM spread this stupidity into most 73 and up cars.
None of my American cars (I looked at all of them including ragtops, 4 doors, coupes etc have that cover plate. My 2+2 hardtop doesn't either and none of them show any signs of ever having them. However I did look at the 2+2 ragtop of my friend and his has them. So likely a Canadian only-convertible only thing. I can't imagine what it could be used for, did you ever remove it to see what it's covering. Also my friends 2+2 ragtop has a large sheet of mastic tar type pad that covers the center of the quarter, looks like some kind of sound deadener to control quiver resonance? Does yours have it also?
You can see a bit of the tar/sound deadener in my pic.
Before my car was painted it had at least one out-dent from an item in the trunk that shifted
My only guess is that for Canadian cars, the tail panel is the same so the covers bolt on to where those quarter panel reinforcement bars would weld on in the sedan.
One of those strange quirks that keep popping up in these cars.
