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01-05-2013, 10:16 AM | #1 |
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OK, I know COACH is 2 door but how is it different from other 2 doors? I thought TOWN CAR was 4 door but I have seen pictures of 2 door town cars. What does TOWN SEDAN mean? What about BROME? Pictures of old cars do not tell me of exact meaning. Thanks. Lloyd
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For example, '49-'51 Mercury 4dr. is called a "SPORT SEDAN"
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01-05-2013, 11:48 AM | #3 |
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Usually the names came from the original horse drawn carriages. Manufacturers of cars modified the names to suit themselves.
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01-05-2013, 05:56 PM | #4 |
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Brougham, Coupe, Berline, Cabriolet, Limousine and Phaeton are examples of horsedrawn names given to automobile body styles.
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01-06-2013, 12:08 AM | #5 |
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Henry, you forgot Sedan.
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01-06-2013, 10:51 AM | #8 |
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In the Ford line to name a few, std cpe, delux cpe, roadster, cabriolet, convertable sedan, convertable cpe, tudor, fordor, victoria, touring sedan, club cpe,phaeton and many more depending on YOM.
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01-06-2013, 10:44 PM | #10 |
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Re: car style names
Thanks Guys. But does Coach in Ford refer to a particular 2 door style?
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01-06-2013, 10:59 PM | #11 |
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Maple, Brougham (not Brome), and all the rest (as reminded by Henry) including your Coach, were horse drawn vehicles before they were model names for cars. I don't know of a Ford "Coach" unless it was a bus?
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Coach seems to have been a common name for a 2 dr Sedan, especially in Canada during the '20's & '30's.
Ford did coin the names Tudor & Fordor ; names look unique but phonetically tell you what they are. Here in NZ, & I think in Aussie & Britain, Tudor often gets pronounced ''Chewdoor'' because of the English royal house connection of Henry Tudor [ Henry V111]. At least Anglophiles can not mispronounce 'Fordor''. I also like to avoid the European Coupay when common ''Coupe'' tells you what it is. |
01-07-2013, 11:22 PM | #13 |
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According to the "Chevs of the 40's" catalog, Chevrolet manufactured
a Coach body style in 1937, 1938, and 1939. This body style does not appear in the Chevrolet listing for 1940. I have no data for 1936 back. I do not remember ever hearing of a Ford body style called Coach and what a Chevrolet Coach looks like is a mystery to me. |
01-08-2013, 08:44 AM | #14 |
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Brand X mfg a series of two door vehicles from 24-37 called coaches according to my Clymer series on the Stove bolt. 38's and above were called town sedan.
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How about 'roadster'? Anyone know where that came from?
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01-08-2013, 03:44 PM | #16 |
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A Roadster was a rig similar to that used in harness racing.
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01-09-2013, 05:31 PM | #17 |
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I have a reference to a 1941 Ford Coach.Do not know what it actually was. Lloyd
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01-09-2013, 05:39 PM | #18 |
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Usually - though there may be exceptions - a Coach when described by Ford meant a 2 Door sedan.
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