Not quite true. There were Coupes, then there were Club Coupes and also
Business
Coupes. They called some cars Convertible coupes, which now we simply call
convertibles These all had different roof lines than the sedans. And lets not
forget Coupes with Rumble seats! Held the same number of passengers as 2 or 4
dr
sedans, but had Coupe roof lines! Needed horse hair blankets in cool weather as
lap robes! That's another term to discuss!
Later, Paul A
Rick Fisk wrote
> But the coupes here weren't cut down - same car, same roofline, just a
> different number of doors.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Guy Weller" <Guy.Weller@kencomp.net>
> To: "Rick Fisk" <refisk@chartermi.net>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 7:50 PM
> Subject: Re: saloon definition
>
> > Exactly,
> > a Coupe was a cut - down version of a Sedan (or saloon)
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rick Fisk" <refisk@chartermi.net>
> >
> > > Guy,
> > >
> > > When I was a kid growing up here in the USA in the 50's a "coupe" meant
> a
> > > two-door car. A "sedan" was the four-door version.........
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