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Chris & Bill Strickland lechevrier at earthlink.net
Sun Apr 5 21:08:39 EDT 2009


You can call them whatever you want -- it won't change what they are -- 
Corvairs!

The classic, mentioned here for American reference, is the 1957 
Chevrolet.  Availalbe in the same model year as as a 2-door and 4-door 
hardtop, and as a 2-door and 4-door sedan.  In today's market, the two 
door Bel Aire's are untouchable pricewise, while you can still find the 
2-door posts (the 210 model) setting around rusting in folks driveways 
on main hiways, although folks are starting to build a few of these 
210's because there aren't any more Bel Air's left to build, or some kid 
had a 210 in high school and wants to build that very car into his dream 
of forty years ago.

Does it make a difference if the door's window has an upper frame, or not?

Really, what is a Coupe?  I suppose we could follow the  
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Automotive_Engineers>Society of 
Automotive Engineers (SAE) where they distinguishe a coupé from a sedan 
primarily by interior volume <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume>; SAE 
standard J1100 defines a coupé as a fixed-roof automobile with less than 
33 cubic feet, courtesy of some Wikkipedia poster.  What do they know?  
Is that Coupe de Ville really a Sedan?
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_foot>
What is a 1940 Mercury 2-door Coupe Sedan?

A Sedanette?

Is a Saloon where the British go to drink and talk about what is a Sedan?

Wanna read more -- everyone talks about this stuff -- is it a 
convertible,  a cabriolet, or a drop head coupe?

http://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/180420/

http://forums.carcraft.com/70/676595/general-car-craft-discussion/hardtop-coupe-sedan/index.html

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-between-a-coupe-and-a-sedan.htm

Bill Strickland





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