This is really John Mahoney isn't it? Come on, fess up. :)
Joe Fulton
Salinas, CA
----- Original Message ----- From: "John McEwen" <moparrr@xxxxxxx>
To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 6:33 PM
Subject: RE: Coupe or Sedan?
A point of clarification is called for here. Alfred has a given a
good description of the issue but I'd like to go back historically
to the beginning of the "hardtop".
The term derives from the original "Hard Top Convertible" which was
the designation used when the first mass-produced hardtops were
introduced by GM in '49. The defining icons were three in number:
1. The car had no B pillar. 2. The roof was styled in a manner
similar to a convertible coupe. 3. There were usually bright metal
imitation bows mounted over the headliner which represented the
actual bows of the convertible roof.
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