Nice Imps! Looks like the "paisley" car was bought just to be flipped: "available in Germany in April 2012". Loved the '69 LeBaron we had 25 yrs ago, nothing drives like an Imp!
Converts do have their place, surely like them and had a few: 58 NYer vert, 57 300c vert, 56 Olds 88 vert, 57 Olds 88 vert, 63 Galaxie 500 vert, 65 Olds 88 vert, 65 Newport vert, 70 fury III vert, many MG and TR verts. But as one gets older, the advantages of closed cars increasingly appeal: superior structural rigidity, quietness, water tightness, driveability and in most cases a more coherent design. If given only one choice, it'd be a 4 or 2 door Hardtop for me, especially in a Forward Look car.