Coupe, was: <VV> hardtop thread
Russ Moorhouse
corvair65@verizon.net
Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:45:34 -0400
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