Two-door convertible SUV. Words we don’t hear in the automotive world that often. When we arrived at bike night this summer to the typical rows of two-wheeled steeds, it was our friend Wookie’s 1972 Chevy K/5 Blazer taking up space that got our attention first. A topless 4×4 wrapped in iconic ’70s lines all hugging a 350 V8 struck us as the perfect idea: a summertime, beach-going, drive-in date movie-taker/baby-maker and backwoods overlander all in one.
Of course, our friend had an even better idea that particular night, adding one more dimension to the Blazer by ditching the bench seat and dropping the gate for a little extra space. Now he had a two-door convertible SUV pickup, perfect for hauling a complementary ’70s enduro in canary yellow.…