Any 100% original restorations, past or present?

[jerry grayson]

Originally Posted by barryfromvictoria

jerry-- according to my literature in 40 they were called 5 window coupes. in 46 they were called coupes and in 47-48 they were called business coupes. best identification is short door coupes or long door coupes to avoid confusion. it seems that henry switched the name of his coupes every year to just confuse us

Barry
Look in the 28-48 green parts book, in the back where all the models are shown, page 770 and the 1947 cars show model 77-A and 77-B as a 5 window coupe. That said, I have a 1942 salesmans reference manual and they describe a "Super Deluxe Ford v-8 coupe" and a "Super Deluxe Ford V-8 Sedan-Coupe". No mention of a 5w coupe. An interesting thing in this manual the seating width in a "coupe" is 56.25 inches and the "Sedan-Coupe" is 55.75 inches?? Go figure!!