Well now this is interesting. There are several types of coupes as there are several types of sedans in the hot rod world. I.E., Coupes: 3 window, 5 window, cabriolets, sport, delux, tc. A club coupe was a coupe with a back seat and the business coupe didn't. Those evolved later in the years, like the late 1930's and 1940's. The sedans were 4 door, 2 door and the Victoria. Roadsters were the standard, deluxe and the options were varied. One option for coupes and roadsters was the rumble seat or as some called them, the Mother-In-law seat. Then after being hot rodded, they were full fendered, channeled and highboys. Highboys could be seen with chopped tops like mine or chopped/ or not and channeled as they were in the East Coast. The West Coast mostly were high-boys sitting on the frames but they could be had with a chopped top or not. Of course we had the "Touring Car", an open top sedan of sorts. Most were had with canvas tops. The Euros had dual cowl bodies like our own Duesenbergs. We had "Woodies" or open sided station wagons as these were intended for use at train stations. Then we had the multiple versions of racers and those were extensive. This is what I have learned over the last 74 years. I know there are probably lots of old guys that were more involved than I. At any rate, it was a pretty good article.
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