Coops/Coupes

[studegary]

Q: Why do chicken coops only have two doors?A: Because if they had four, they would be chicken sedans!

From the local county senior newsletter.

[63 R2 Hawk]

I don't get it......

[studegary]

I don't get it......

Because some people, like in eBay ads, use "coop" for "coupe" (sound the same). A coupe (coop) has two doors and if it has four doors it is a sedan. Does that help?

[ddub]

I think this and the Packard post proves Gary has a sense of humor. Both posts are amusing.

[Stude Shoo-wop!]

I think this and the Packard post proves Gary has a sense of humor. Both posts are amusing.

I didn't think it was possible at first, for Gary the Grouch to have an actual sense of humor. I had to pinch myself in order to make sure it wasn't a dream!

[jnormanh]

Because some people, like in eBay ads, use "coop" for "coupe" (sound the same). A coupe (coop) has two doors and a sedan has four doors. Does that help?

Ummm...no, that doesn't help.

Here's a Plymouth coupe:

Here's a Plymouth coach or 2-dr sedan

Here's a Plymouth 4-door sedan

I would point out that the coupe usually had seats for two, but sometimes had additional, small, sometimes folding seats to seat one or two in the back.

A coach had two doors but also a full width seat in back.

And a sedan had the same seating as a coach, but with 4 doors.

Thus a '53 Studebaker like Jerry Foresters' is a coupe with two smaller seats in the rear.

Here are Studebaker sedan and two-door sedan (or coach) with full width rear seats

And a coupe

Makes no difference whether it has a B pillar or not, it's still a coupe.

[Studedude]

You forgot one...
Chicken coop:

[Dick LeRoux]

Gary's no grouch. Often his posts are amusing and informative

[63 R2 Hawk]

Because some people, like in eBay ads, use "coop" for "coupe" (sound the same). A coupe (coop) has two doors and a sedan has four doors. Does that help?

I guess you administered the coup de gras to my attemt at facetious humor. Anyway, at least I gave your post a bump.....

[raprice]

This whole discussion has been quite enlightening to say the least.
Rog

[christophe]

That's funny. I've just watched The man who cheated himself, a 1951 film noir with Lee J. Cobb. He drove a 2 door chevy. Sometimes, it was called a coop but a fellow also called it a coupé. I suppose the original name was still partly in use in the 50's.
Nice day to all.

[8E45E]

And in Europe, they refer to retractable hardtops as 'Coupe-Cabriolet', or 'CC' for short.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/road-tests/ford-focus-coup-cabriolet-419370.html

https://retro.motoringresearch.com/reviews/peugeot-206-cc-review/

https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/car-reviews/renault/megane/211225/

Craig

[Jerry Forrester]

In the mid 50's my daddy (that's what we call our fathers here in Dixie) had used up his '36 Chevy dirt track car so bought a late 30's Plymouth from a farmer to build another one. The Plymouth was a Coupe coop. Figure that one out.

[christophe]

Well, if the coop was large enough to accomodate the coupe, this is feasable.

[tsenecal]

I'm guessing the coupe was used as a coop, or henhouse, as they were called where I was from.