Body style

[Chumley]

Okay, I'm still unclear. What is the difference between a coupe and a hardtop model? Is it the post? Sometime I see parts listed with different numbers for each. Thanks.......Chumley

[Chumley]

Thanks, I know about the term "holiday" coupe, as you described. It seems people throw around these terms without realizing just what they refer to. Also I always thought that "sedan" meant 4 door, but now I see it used with reference to 2 doors as well. What's the deal here?
Chumley

[Oldsguy]

The B pillar, if a two door has a B pillar then most people call them sedans. Actually back in the day, a sedan was a big car with an open cab in the front for the chaufeur and the back part was covered for the rich guy and his dame...

[kevinkpk]

Originally Posted by Oldsfan

Olds called their hardtop models Holidays in most cases. If you roll all the windows down in a hardtop, it is wide open, like a convertible with the top up. If you roll all the windows down in a coupe or 2-door sedan, you still have the frame around the door windows and the pillar post. The exception to this is the '51 98 Holiday sedan, which isn't a hardtop. Don't know why they did that.

Paul

Err, ugh. My VIn shows my car to be a holiday coupe, it has no posts.
36437 (first 5 numbers). Only reason I am posting is not to be a stick in the mud, but I have been ordering parts online from a few vendors, and that same thing gets asked everytime.

[joe_padavano]

Originally Posted by Oldsfan

Years ago a 2 door sedan was called a Coach. A 2 door sedan has the same body lines as a 4 door sedan, but only has two doors. A good example of this is the '49 88. The 2 door sedan and 4 door sedan have the same body shape. A Club Coupe has a longer deck and more close coupled passenger compartment. Or a '48 Ford - the Tudor and Fordor sedans have the same barrel back shape, but a coupe has a notched out trunk.

Paul

Actually, the conventional definition of a coupe is a two door. A 2dr hardtop is a coupe but not all coupes are hardtops. Of course, Mercedes has taken to calling their CLS a "four door coupe". My feeling is that calling a donkey a horse doesn't make it one...

[kevinkpk]

Originally Posted by joe_padavano

Actually, the conventional definition of a coupe is a two door. A 2dr hardtop is a coupe but not all coupes are hardtops. Of course, Mercedes has taken to calling their CLS a "four door coupe". My feeling is that calling a donkey a horse doesn't make it one...

Been my contention for about 50 years a coupe is a 2 (two) door "hardtop".

[joe_padavano]

Originally Posted by kevinkpk

Been my contention for about 50 years a coupe is a 2 (two) door "hardtop".

A 32 Ford 3-window is not a hardtop, but I think everyone (Beach Boys included) will call it a Little Deuce COUPE.