Coupe, was: <VV> hardtop thread

[Russ Moorhouse]

In the '65 sales brochure, on the front cover GM states:  "1965 Corvair new 
hardtop looks, sportier than ever go" and on the inside it continues: 
"stunning hardtop styling for America's one-of-a-kind car".  Further on in 
the text on that same page it refers to the trim pillerless side glass and 
they call the it bold hardtop styling for the coupe and the sedan models.

So according to the general, the 4 door is a hardtop sedan and the 2 door is 
a hardtop coupe.  If you look at the GM photostore, you will see that this 
nomenclature is true for most of the GM line.  Some Buick's are referred to 
as a 4 door hardtop and Cadillac named their car with different names, but 
even there some 2 door hardtops are referred to as coupes.

But growing up during that time period, the common reference to a 4 door 
hardtop was just that - a 4 door hardtop.  The same with a 2 door hardtop 
was called a 2 door hardtop.  A car with door posts was called either a 2 
door or 4 door sedan.

I get so ticked when I look through ebay or Hemmings and see a 2 door 
hardtop listed only to find it's a sedan.  I guess you have to consider the 
age of the person selling the car, since there's at least a couple of 
generations out there that don't have a clue as to what a real hardtop is.

We won't even touch on Ford's hardtop convertible.  Unless they have seen 
it, the newer generations wouldn't have a clue what you are talking about.

Russ Moorhouse
'65 Corsa coupe 140 HP
Group Corvair Member
Kent Island, MD