<VV> hardtop thread

[J R Read_HML]

Webster says .... Coupe (they have the accent on the e which I can never 
make happen on VV) - Definition # 1 - a two-doored closed automobile.

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Later, JR
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
'66 beater Coupe - icemobile 4/140

Only the LAST one is a Coupe - it is a two door closed (non-convert) 
automobile


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Hanley" <rhanley@adelphia.net>
To: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc@sbcglobal.net>; "Harry Yarnell" 
<hyarnell1@earthlink.net>; "airvair" <airvair@richnet.net>; "Thompson, Ed" 
<EXT@quarles.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> hardtop thread


>I have to disagree on the coupe definition.  EM 2 doors are coupes, but LM 
>2
> doors are hardtops.
>
> Robert Hanley
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc@sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1@earthlink.net>; "airvair"
> <airvair@richnet.net>; "Thompson, Ed" <EXT@quarles.com>
> Cc: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 6:26 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> hardtop thread
>
>
>> A 4 dr is a sedan- regardless of roof line or pillar arrangement.  A 2 dr
> is
>> a coupe (unless it is a convert) - and then it could be a roadster or a
>> cabriolet.
>>
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>> Later, JR
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1@earthlink.net>
>> To: "airvair" <airvair@richnet.net>; "Thompson, Ed" <EXT@quarles.com>
>> Cc: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 5:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: <VV> hardtop thread
>>
>>
>> > I'm sorry; a four (4) door is a sedan. Period. Gild it all you want,
> it's
>> > still a sedan.
>> > Just as a 2 door is a coupe.
>> >
>> > Harry Yarnell
>> > perryman garage and orphanage
>> > perryman, MD
>> > hyarnell1@earthlink.net
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "airvair" <airvair@richnet.net>
>> > To: "Thompson, Ed" <EXT@quarles.com>
>> > Cc: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 5:47 PM
>> > Subject: Re: <VV> hardtop thread
>> >
>> >
>> >> While that was certainly GM Marketing's name for it, I feel that
> calling
>> >> the late 4door any kind of a "sedan" would be a misnomer. Just because
>> >> it has 4 doors instead of 2 doesn't mean it's automatically a sedan
>> >> anything. It's a pure hardtop, by strict definition, not a sedan. Just
>> >> my two cents worth....
>> >>
>> >> -Mark
>> >>
>> >> Thompson, Ed wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >I believe the official GM/Chevy vernacular for late model 4-doors is
>> > "sport sedan," at least that's how I've always referred to my/other
>> > '65-6-7
>> > 4-doors.
>> >> >
>> >> >Ed
>> >> >'66 110-glide Monza sport sedan, Van Nuys-built
>> >> >CORSA member since '77
>> >> >Milwaukee
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