<VV> GMese as relates to Corvairs and other GM marques

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"As I was motivating over the hill,
Saw Mabelline in a Coupe DeVille,"

Chuck Berry 1955.

Charles Fregeau
ex- 62 Corvair 700 coupe.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "henry kaczmarek" <kaczmarek at charter.net>
To: "virtualvairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 20:46
Subject: <VV> GMese as relates to Corvairs and other GM marques


> Now that Mark and Smitty have finished their semantic sparring, here's a 
> little history I learned in the auto weatherstripping business.
>
> In my line of work, you need to know the difference between single and 
> dual cowl Phaetons, hardtops and "Post Cars", club coupes, business 
> coupes, Sedanets, Aerosedans,fixed and non fixed B pillars (mopars and 
> some caddies had these), and the terminology that the manufacturers used.
>
> General Motors liked to use catchy names to describe their more desireable 
> models. In the 50's, when the hardtop cars appeared, a Cadillac Hardtop 
> was a "DeVille", Buick  was a "Riviera", an Olds Hardtop was a "Holiday", 
> Pontiac was a "Catalina", and Chevy was a "BelAir".   Just a marketing 
> gimmick to distinguish the hardtops from the post cars.  In 55, Chevy had 
> series 150 and 210 post cars, and a 210 HT OR a CVT was a Belair.  Buick, 
> in Special, Super, Century and Roadmaster Series cars, had 2 and 4 door 
> "Riviera" HT's.
>
> This continues in the 1960's.  Impala 2dr Hardtops were "Sport Coupes" and 
> 4 dr hardtops were "Sports Sedans".  Just a way to highlight the hardtops. 
> Incorrect terminology in the case of the Sedan, but The General didn't 
> seem to mind.
>
> When the hardtop Corvairs came out, they were called Corvair Sport Coupes 
> and Corvair Sport Sedans.  Some Greenbriars were called Sport Wagons.  Not 
> that a van should have been considered a "Wagon" in the heyday of the 
> Station Wagon, but none the less, they were called wagons in some if not 
> all of the literature.
>
> Sport Coupe and Sport Sedan were used to highlight the sporty looks of the 
> hardtops.
>
> If this is all there is to be discussed, I need a couple guys I know well 
> to venture out to NC and help me start stripping my Rampside  down for 
> restoration.  Or I could send them both a cylinder head and some custom 
> hack-saw blades and they can wear themselves out deflashing.   At least 
> there would be a measureable result after all the effort.
>
> Hank
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