Meaning of "Cherry"?

I'm well used to the word "cherry" when used as in "..found a cherry coupe last week.." or "I'm going to cherry out the body...." etc. even though it's not used in the UK as far as I know outside the rod scene. Can anyone tell me how the word first started to be used and why?
Cherry = virginity seems unlikely but you never know!

 

No, you got it right. If it's "Cherry", it hasn't been rode hard yet (or at least appears that way on the outside).

 

Cherry, to be found in or returned to a virginal state.

 

Cherry = perfect, untouched, as good as it gets.

It may also be used to describe a car that has been altered, but done in a tasteful way. All changes, stance, details working together.

"That thing is so cherry"

 

clean, sanitary

 

I believe that term was coined by the great Buster Hymen.

 

I don't care who you are, that's funny ****...........

 

DeV8ed,

Mostly, it stated with the jazz musicians of the'30's and '40's to my understanding. At one time Cherry and Cool were inter-changeable, both meaning something very nice. In California in the '50's we called a nice car a "Cherry Short" or a "Cool Short". Short stated with the early low riders, it is what they called a car.

Cruiser

 

Cherry=Sweet

 

perfect... might as well have been driven off the showroom floor...

 

my uncle has 10 acres of them and do i love a cherry now and then!

 

"Cherry" is what ****ers now say instead of "mint".

 

<TABLE cl***=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD cl***=dn vAlign=top>13.</TD><TD vAlign=top>Slang: Often Vulgar. being a virgin. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cl***=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD cl***=dn vAlign=top>14.</TD><TD vAlign=top>Slang. <TABLE cl***=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD cl***=dn vAlign=top>a.</TD><TD vAlign=top>new or unused: a three-year-old car in cherry condition. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cl***=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD cl***=dn vAlign=top>b.</TD><TD vAlign=top>inexperienced; being an innocent novice. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Not modified, used, or abused. Sweet as in clean, original, not "sloppy seconds." Perfect, no flaws.

If modified, then modified as if it was originally that way. A modification that was the intent of the original designer, before the accountants had their say. The way it was supposed to be. Blending in perfectly.

 

Ya Like "Charp Chort Man"! So. Cal. talk!

 

Being of very old stock, the meaning of cherry was virgin, but it also meant perfection. If you built a banana split, it wasn't complete until you put a cherry on top.
The finishing touch.
Mon Cheri, unpopped and fine.

 

Don't you english chaps call your ****s "knobs" ? Thats funny ****.

 

As I recall, it meant a car that hadn't been screwed with, meaning nothing had been changed or damaged.

 

haha