I have a friend who has a title that says 1933 Plymouth Coach. What is a Coach. He only has the title and not a car to go with it. I also saw an old add in Hot Rod magazine from the 60`s recently that said a 32 Ford Coach that was for sale. With no picture of the car. Not looking to sell the title, just a little info as he has a few 33`s of various models. Also not wanting to sell those either. Could call the DMV, but doesn't want to cause any red flags.
Its in here @stanlow69... @tb33anda3rd brought up the Coach term and @Rusty O'Toole expanded on it... I think it refers to Tudors which are Coaches and Fordors are Sedans... https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/sedan-vs-tudor-whats-the-difference.120626/
Stogy is correct. The car guys in my area that are in their 70's will refer to cars as Coupes. Coaches, and Sedans. They usually only do this on cars earlier than 1950. It also seems to be the stock car guys that use it more than the drag race guys.
Searching through sales ads for early Plymouths didn't turn up that term. Found some cool images, though. The only thing that makes sense is to start collecting tin, and build a car. Pretty sure I have an early Plymouth windshield frame around here.
So probably its just the person typing the ownership/ registration out saturated with terminologies that were changing at rapid paces just as they are now and 57's correct it seems Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth on 33 called them otherwise...but get the old human element involved and you know...
When I hear Coach, I think of one off`s or limited runs. I guess I`m a little younger than 70. A friend of ours recently sold a 33 4-dr with the rear window behind the rear door blacked out. Came factory that way. I just figured it was a coach but his title said otherwise. It`s smaller than the one shown.
Don't worry about it. The body style is what we're talking about, and each carmaker had their own terminology. But the states had to figure out what word to use on the title/registration, so they picked one. In AZ it would say 2SD, for two door sedan. We know that a Coach is a two door sedan.
And, in Missouri, DMV labels everything with 2 doors, a 2-dor. Coupes, roadsters and, of course, 2-dor sedans are all 2-doors. I've owned several of each and fought them on it, and lost every time, except once, was able to get them to change the title to "2-dor roadster". After that I gave up fighting about it, it's to much trouble.
I have seen body styles on titles done all different ways on Pennsylvania titles. Today all 2 door cars are cp. 4 door are sdn. Convertible is conv. On old titles I have see Rds for roadster, and tur for touring. 2dr and 4dr was also used on the sedans. It seems the gov't just wants it simple now
My first father in law who would be about 110 now called "sedan" cars of the twenties and thirties "coaches", that may not meet the definition perfectly but that is how that old guy referred to those cars. Although unrelated to the subject he told me many times about a 29 Chevy "Coach" that broke the crankshaft right in the middle, that would have been in the 30's and I don't know that he ever owned a Chevrolet after that. He did like 60's era Pontiacs though.
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