Photos: Post readers convertibles

Here is my 1970 MG B convertible. It was restored at a cost of $35,000 some time ago, but the owner couldn’t fit behind the wheel, so I bought it in Nashville three years ago. While the restoration was correct and with authentic parts, the car has been modified with a custom radio and air conditioning. I went to an antique auto show in North Palm Beach one Sunday, and somebody directed me to the entry tent instead of the parking lot. I won the competition without even knowing I was entering.The best place to drive it is along a leafy road by the ocean, like along Beach Road on Jupiter Island. The only caveat is not to get caught in the rain, because by the time one gets the top up the rain has stopped.The car is not temperamental at all, since all the systems are rudimentary and there really isn’t much to go wrong, and even if it does the parts are simple and easy to get. Like all British sports cars, though, the lights and electrics are by Lucas, otherwise known as the Prince of Darkness. (Contributed)

My 1997 Toyota Paseo is going to be 20 in February. Toyota made them only one year in red, black and white. It’s the best, most fun, dependable car I’ve ever owned. I’m giving it to my son for Christmas. (Contributed)

The convertible culture is a way of life, not a Boomer balm. I’m a Brit union trumpet player. I had a Triumph convertible in New York City and would drive with the top down going to my gigs through all the seasons. New York City at night in a convertible. Wooow.In 1988, my wife bought me a 1983 Ford Mustang GLX convertible, no tech, low tech, 5 liter 8 cylinder with a 4-barrel carburetor. South Florida used to be a tropical paradise. We actually drove down A1A between Palm Beach and Delray following a comet in the late ’80s. Today, in the same car, we follow the space station at night with the Intracoastal on one side and the ocean on the other.In 2000 I rebuilt the engine and had it blueprinted. Whoooah! As a union trumpet player, when I hear that V8 growl, it’s primordial, man. I agree with all of your writers that the beauty that surrounds us here in what’s left of our tropical paradise cleanses the mind, spirit and soul.Ain’t nothing like getting greased up, slathered to the max, and using your convertible as a movable suntan lounge. And the sound, man, the sound. Whooooooah!! (Contributed)

I drive a 2004 Cadillac XLR. This is a concept car with a hard top in the trunk. No latching, just press a button and out it comes. It is a timeless car, with its futuristic design. It runs on regular gas and goes from zero to 60 mph in only 4 seconds. It has every option a car can have. The only time the top is closed is for rain. I enjoy every place I drive in Florida and up north in NY state. (Contributed)

My Lexus SC430 hardtop convertible was one of the first ones delivered here in South Florida 14 years ago when I was in my 70s. When I saw how, at the push of a button, the hardtop folds down into the trunk, I knew the car was mine.It has slept every night in my garage and only has 33,000 miles on it.One of my favorite drives is the stretch of Alt. A1A between Juno Beach and Jupiter. The low car seems to mesh with the sea grapes — you feel part of the scenery.It has grown old with me but is still handsome and sexy, just as my wife tells me I am.How can you not feel young driving this beauty?