[BaadAssGremlins] Re: Coupe or Sedan?

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My suggestion is to simply call it what AMC called it, even though that 
water is sometimes murky. Just like people coming up with names nowadays on 
vehicle like 'four door sports sedan' for instance. Some is revisionist, 
others just to stand out of pack somehow.

In this case the vehicle is a Hornet. AMC called it a Hornet Sedan, whether 
two door or four doors. Regardless of whether it has a pillar or not, this 
is what they called it, so leave it be.

Speaking of leaving it alone and finding something else to argue, reinvent, 
rename, not sure some of ya'll saw John DeLorean passed away at age 80. He 
is credited for the invention of 'the muscle car' by shoving a big V8 into a 
Tempest and calling it a GTO.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-xdelorean21.html

Some here might argue (like me!) about not only what constitues a muscle 
car, but a case could be made for a number of 1950s vehicles too including 
the 57 Rebel, which was the fastest production vehicle for all makes in 
1957, sans a fuelie Vette. Take off the fuelie and get your ass kicked by a 
Rambler.
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John W Rosa" <JohnRosa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "AMC List" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 7:05 AM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] RE: Coupe or Sedan? MAHONEY! (was PARTING OUT 74 
HORNET...)


>
> Simple- a hardtop-convertible!
>
> I'm sorry I even brought the subject up, as after
> I sent the note, I decided to try and find a
> definition... and found there isn't one....certainly
> no more definitive than any 'MuscleCar' definition.
>
> Now, NYS is calling your hatchback a sedan because
> AMC did. My window sticker called it just that- a
> 'hatchback sedan'.
>
> In my minor research yesterday, I found indications
> that lean this way: It's partly about the stationary
> B-pillar...and whether the car has one or not.
>
> <but not always>
>
> Hornets have a stationary pillar behind the door,
> ahead of the quarter window. Most four doors do, thus
> we tend to look at a four-door and say 'sedan' right
> away. (Anyone know of a 4-door exception?)
>
> The absence of a B-pillar tends to mean it's a coupe.
> But it seems our own Matador is a glaring example of
> non-conformity. The 71-73 two-door has no pillar, but
> is called a 'two-door sedan'. The 74-78, with opera
> windows installed, has a B-pillar (or does that not
> count?), yet is called a 'coupe'.
>
> Me thinks this is a question for one John Mahoney.
>
> Batter up!
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx]
>
> Who know's why some are called coups and some sedans. My hatchback's are
> called sedans on the registration in N.Y. and so is my son's 2 Javelins
> which are definitely not sedans but hard tops. What would you call these
> new metal folding topped converts?
> "Doc"
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