Gerry,
When I was a teenager the '32 Ford hotrod was a
called "Deuce Coupe".
The "Duce Coupe", on the other hand, was a Fiat
Topolino previously owned by Benito Mussolini in
his salad days.
Joe DeLuca
Sparta, NJ
'62 yellow 4/4 competition model
Morgan 3/4 Group, USA
-----Original Message-----
From: Willburn, Gerry [mailto:Gerry.Willburn@trw.com]
Sent: Monday, January 18, 1999 10:17 AM
To: 'Ernest(Chip) Brown'; F Kuzyk
Cc: FPS3@aol.com; morgans@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Britspeak & american slang
Chip,
When I was a teenage hotrodder, a "Duce" was a 32' Ford and could be any
body style. Hence a "Duce Coupe" as opposed to a "Duce Roadster."
Gerry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ernest(Chip) Brown [SMTP:ebrown@ms.com]
> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 1999 9:41 AM
> To: F Kuzyk
> Cc: FPS3@aol.com; morgans@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Britspeak & american slang
>
> First of all, its "deuce", as in "two". A deuce coupe is a two door
> thirties
> Ford coupe. "Nerf" refers to "nerf bars" A nerf bar is a nicely made
> curved
> piece of chromed steel tubing, closed at both ends, welded to a bracket
> and used
> as a minimalist bumper for a customized car. Lakes pipes were called cut
> outs in
> the East. Same thing. Bypass the muffler, make big noise. Chip Brown
>
> F Kuzyk wrote:
>
> > Shades of the song "Little Duce Coupe". I know what Lake pipes are, but
> > what's a "nerf"? Hablos Anglais, Fred!
> >
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