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1. Re: 'DICKEY' SEATS (score: 1): Author: "Ernest(Chip) Brown" <ebrown@ms.com>; Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 08:51:14 -0400; They were called 'rumble seats' over here. Chip Brown; /html/morgans/1999-06/msg00003.html (7,149 bytes)
2. SV: 'DICKEY' SEATS (score: 1): Author: Harald Sakshaug <harald.sakshaug@datapower.no>; Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:21:30 +0200; In norwegian they are called "svigermorsete". Whick directly translated to English means "a seat for the mother-in-law". But I guess none of you really wanted to know that... But anyway, what better; /html/morgans/1999-06/msg00005.html (8,357 bytes)
3. SV: 'DICKEY' SEATS (score: 1): Author: Harald Sakshaug <harald.sakshaug@datapower.no>; Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:22:57 +0200; In norwegian they are called "svigermorsete". Whick directly translated to English means "a seat for the mother-in-law". But I guess none of you really wanted to know that... But anyway, what better; /html/morgans/1999-06/msg00006.html (8,302 bytes)
4. RE: 'DICKEY' SEATS (score: 1): Author: Gerry Willburn <Gerry.Willburn@trw.com>; Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 07:56:37 -0700; The references that I have seen to "Mother-in-Law" seats was to the seat out in front of the front axle in early Edwardian cyclecars. Makes sense. Gerry; /html/morgans/1999-06/msg00011.html (9,078 bytes)
5. Re: 'Dickey' seats (score: 1): Author: " LMG@GoMoG " <gomog@angelfire.com>; Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 11:59:29 -0400; GoMoG at http://www.angelfire.com/mi/GoMoG/ I wonder if "dickey" seat has anything to do with heavily starched shirt front worn by liveried servants in days gone by and also called a "dickey"? Angel; /html/morgans/1999-06/msg00012.html (8,111 bytes)
6. RE: 'DICKEY' SEATS (score: 1): Author: Dave & Linda Freeman <dlfreeman@ipa.net>; Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 23:02:40 -0500; I have seen the term used quite frequently on old American cars, Model t's and like vintage. This seat (note singular) was behind the main seat and was not covered by the top(hood). Dave and Linda Fr; /html/morgans/1999-06/msg00021.html (8,037 bytes)
7. SV: 'DICKEY' SEATS (score: 1): Author: "Bjørn Schage" <schage@online.no; Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 10:55:27 +0200; Hi Gerry. I thought those seats were named "Lady-killers"! Bjørn, Norwa; /html/morgans/1999-06/msg00024.html (9,295 bytes)
8. 'Dickey' Seats (score: 1): Author: ROWEMOGS@aol.com; Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 05:19:33 EDT; Dear Chuck, Colin and Stuart, According to our the Reference Library at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu: "Your third query, regarding the origin of the term 'dickey seat', was rather more diffi; /html/morgans/1999-06/msg00380.html (8,018 bytes)
9. RE: 'Dickey' Seats (score: 1): Author: "Jeff Webster" <carfindr@tiac.net>; Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 06:08:08 -0400; As a Brit, I can tell you that we use the word 'dickey' to refer to something that is 'suspect', works intermittently, or doesn't work right - it doesn't really mean inferior, rather 'uncertain'. eg; /html/morgans/1999-06/msg00381.html (7,915 bytes)
10. 'DICKEY' SEATS (score: 1): Author: ROWEMOGS@aol.com; Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 13:40:26 EDT; Dear coachbuilt car body fans in the 'Good old US of A', Before I am driven totally bananas - I have been scanning the Good Ole - Encyclopedia Britannica - you remember books don't you - words, punct; /html/morgans/1999-05/msg00364.html (7,765 bytes)
11. Re: 'DICKEY' SEATS (score: 1): Author: Colin Cobb <cobmeister@zianet.com>; Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 14:27:52 -0600; Hey Chris, Do we remember books? Indeed we do! I have one holding up the front of my computer monitor even as we speak... Ah! Dickey! That's a dicey question... Sorry, but once again you lot are blam; /html/morgans/1999-05/msg00366.html (8,735 bytes)
12. RE: 'DICKEY' SEATS (score: 1): Author: "Vandergraaf, Chuck" <vandergraaft@aecl.ca>; Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 19:40:39 -0400; I have a different interpretation than Colin. I thought that "dickey seats" are the "seats in a trunk," the seat that is created by opening a rear-hinged hatch behind the (usually 2-seater) compartm; /html/morgans/1999-05/msg00378.html (10,238 bytes)
13. Re: 'DICKEY' SEATS (score: 1): Author: Colin Cobb <cobmeister@zianet.com>; Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 19:04:36 -0600; Hey Chuck, Maybe in the Frozen North '"dickey seats" are the "seats in a trunk,"' but in the rest of Christendom seats in a trunk are "rumble seats." Shall we resort to a dictionary to settle this? -; /html/morgans/1999-05/msg00381.html (7,384 bytes)
14. Re: 'DICKEY' SEATS (score: 1): Author: Steve Moore <steve.moore@tag.csiro.au>; Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 11:23:29 +1000; "Dicky or Dickey(seat), a folding outside seat at the rear of some early cars." " Rumble Seat (n. US and Canada) a folding outside seat at the rear of some early cars; dickey" (The Collins Concise Di; /html/morgans/1999-05/msg00383.html (8,249 bytes)
15. Re: 'DICKEY' SEATS (score: 1): Author: "Stuart J. Ross" <stuross@nac.net>; Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 21:45:12 -0400; But in the colonies your car has a trunk whilst in the UK one has a boot. We have a hood in the States and a bonnet in GB. We use a wrench, but the Brits use a spanner. So why can't a dickey seat be; /html/morgans/1999-05/msg00384.html (7,952 bytes)
16. RE: 'DICKEY' SEATS (score: 1): Author: "Vandergraaf, Chuck" <vandergraaft@aecl.ca>; Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 22:33:17 -0400; Stuart & Colin, I was too lazy to go upstairs to the living room and pick up a dictionary (my laptop is in my 'den" in the basement). But Ed Driver sent me a private e-mail citing the "Oxford Concise; /html/morgans/1999-05/msg00385.html (9,869 bytes)
17. 'Dickey' seats (score: 1): Author: ROWEMOGS@aol.com; Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 07:03:05 EDT; Dear Stuart Ross, Colin Crabb and Chuck Vandergraft, Many thanks for your tripartite discussion held on my behalf re 'dickey' seats. We have established that: 1. 'That a 'dickey' seat is what you in; /html/morgans/1999-05/msg00389.html (8,672 bytes)
18. RE: 'DICKEY' SEATS (score: 1): Author: scott.barrie@CIMtegration.com (Scott Barrie); Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 11:25:54 -0500; I thought those were "rumble" seats. Cheers Scott Barrie '63 Plus 4; /html/morgans/1999-05/msg00395.html (7,648 bytes)
19. RE: 'DICKEY' SEATS (score: 1): Author: scott.barrie@CIMtegration.com (Scott Barrie); Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 11:40:16 -0500; Ooops..... I now realize that this information had already been provided a gazillion times by others more expert in these matters. I promise,in future, to read *all* my weekend mail before responding; /html/morgans/1999-05/msg00396.html (7,380 bytes)
20. RE: 'DICKEY' SEATS (score: 1): Author: jimgcusavecom@webtv.net (Jim G); Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 11:56:53 -0400 (EDT); The seat OUTSIDE and behind the top is a "rumble seat" The small seat behind the front seat ia coupe' is an OPERA SEAT. USA definitions Jim; /html/morgans/1999-05/msg00397.html (7,288 bytes)

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