Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Coupe or Sedan?

[<eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not sure about Jersey titles, but here in Texas, they simply listed a AMX 
for instance:
AMER
JAVE
AMC
RAMB
So I have 4 68-70 AMXs, but all labelled differently by the state in well, 
1968 thru 1970. And all are simply '2dr'. Not sedan, coupe, hatchback, 
custom, anything. I believe after looking at my stack of titles here that 
the only two I see anything different on are the 69 SC/Rambler wagon listed 
as SW (same for 72 Ambassador SST wagon too) and the 68 Rebel convertible 
Machine listed as 'CV'.
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John W Rosa" <JohnRosa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 11:12 AM
Subject: RE: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Coupe or Sedan?


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> No arguing here...just curious if there was ever a 'firm'
> criteria to make them, since the Feds and DMV often have
> to mark their documentation with such specs. New Jersey
> Uses the slightly-more-precise '2DR' and '4DR', bypassing
> the whole issue by simply counting doors (which raises
> other oddballs like hatchbacks that are sometimes referred
> to as '3-doors', and those goofy Saturn 3-door 'coupes'...
> or whatever!).
>
> <And now, a side trip...>
> [Everyone recall the Pacer having a longer passenger side
> door to make letting kids in and out on the CURB SIDE easier
> and safer?? Now, recall the Saturn commercials introducing
> the 3-door coupe a few years ago? They pushed the kiddie-
> entry-and-exit convenience, too...but note that they showed
> this happening always in a DRIVEWAY. Why? Cuz the idiots put
> the extra door on the STREET-SIDE. Duh. Guess they assume we
> all have a driveway and never park at the curb.]
>
> <...and back on track...>
> My own tweak is using the rear-half's styling as a tie-
> breaker of sorts. If the rear window to trunk/hatchlid
> 'line' (viewed from the side) is indistinguishable (no
> abrupt fold or crease between them, forming any variation
> of a 'notch') *AND* it's got two side doors...it's a coupe.
> If any form of notchback styling is evident, it's a sedan,
> regardless of the number of doors.
>
> Using only AMCs for this example, this would then give us:
> 68-74 Javelin and AMX: coupe.
> Rogue: sedan
> Rebel: sedan
> 71-73 Matador 2 and 4 door: sedan
> 74-78 4-door: sedan
> 74-78 2-door: coupe
> Hornet hatchback: coupe
> Hornet 2 and 4 door notchback: sedan
> Gremlin: coupe
> Pacer hatchback: coupe
>
> These seem to me better applications of the terms. 'Coupe'
> just suggests to me a more slippery/sporty shape, and fast-
> backs suggest it best (to me).
>
> John
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>
> 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,...
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