The Imperial Club Coupe that you referred to from 1951 and 1952 is the one I
have never seen. Today, I saw a great '50 New Yorker Club Coupe in two tone
green. The Imperials that I mentioned would have looked a lot like that, but
were longer, of course, and had fender skirts like the rest of the '51 and '52
line. I have seen both '51 and '52 Imperial two door hardtops, but never a Club
Coupe in real life, only in the sales literature.
Paul
In a message dated 7/14/2004 9:44:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Bill Watson"
<wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>Chrysler's "Club Coupe" was a 6-passenger coupe with a front and rear seat.
>The passenger area was smaller, or as it was referred to by custom body
>builders in the custom era, "close coupled". The Club Coupe also had a
>larger trunk than the sedan. A Club Coupe was offered in the Custom
>Imperial series in 1951 and 1952. Another common name for the Club Coupe
>in the 1930's was "Victoria Coupe".
>
>A business coupe had just the front seat. Those coupes with no room for a
>back seat had an extra large trunk. That style was also used for the
>rumbleseat coupes, putting a folding seat where the trunk was.
>
>In 1940 Chrysler offered a business coupe with a small area behind the seat
>for parcels, etc. Another version of that body style offered two jump
>seats to make a 5-passenger coupe, the successor to the rumbleseat coupe and
>the predecessor to the Club Coupe.
>
>Of course Chrysler decided to muddy the body classifications by referring to
>the 2-door hardtop as s "Special Club Coupe". And when the 4-door hardtop
>came out in 1956 it was referred to as a "Special Sedan".
>
>When the coupe body style faded from view in the early 1950's many
>manufacturers offered a "Business Sedan" - a 2-door sedan with no back seat.
>Instead there was a flat platform that was used to store whatever needed to
>be hauled around.
>
>The problem with trying to define various names, styles, etc. is that each
>manufacturer used the various terms in different ways. Chevrolet offered
>fastback sedans in 1949-52 that they called Fleetline sedans. GM of Canada
>used the same bodies on their line of Chevolet-based Pontiacs and called
>them Sedan Coupes. And in the 1960's, particularly with the arrival of the
>pony car, hardtops began to be called coupes.
>
>Bill
>Vancouver BC
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "M Turner" <tminjesu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 7:15 PM
>Subject: Re: IML: Fw: Hardtop V. Sedan & More Coupes
>
>
>> My mom and dad had a 1951 or '52 Chrysler Club Coupe. My dad and I had to
>> put new head gaskets on the bloody thing in the middle of winter when I
>was
>> about 14! (We owned a small farm in Maryland.) It had a full seat in the
>> back and Fluid Drive.
>> Vince in Boston
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <RandalPark@xxxxxxx>
>> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 9:29 PM
>> Subject: Re: IML: Fw: Hardtop V. Sedan & More Coupes
>>
>>
>> > I think that is called a Business Coupe. Other Coupes that held more
>> people were called Club Coupes. I think that a '51 or '52 Imperial Two
>Door
>> Sedan may have been called a Club Coupe. The only ones of those that I
>have
>> EVER seen as an Imperial were in the sales brochure. I have seen examples
>of
>> these in Chryslers and Desotos.
>> >
>> > Paul
>> >
>> > In a message dated 7/13/2004 2:29:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Jim
>> <jbrown62@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> >
>> > >I think a "coupe" was originally an enclosed car
>> > >with 2 doors and 1 seat.
>> > >
>
>
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