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Fastback, Sedanette, Club Coupe, Aero Coupe, or a Club Sedan.....whatever you like to call it, here is a Tron 1947 Cadillac series 62.....(pics)

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I was very surprised how nice Tron models really are when I got this one today. The level of detail and chrome trim is on par with the best models.

This beautiful Tron model is made with resin.

Here it is next to Dick Browns Brooklin 1947 Cadillac series 62. 

These 2 models look like they could have been produced from the same body tooling, although the trim and and smaller features have subtle differences, with the Tron using jewelled headlights.

Fastbacks and wagons, especially woody wagons, are of my favorite body type cars.

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And a little break down from Hemmings explaining the different names for these beautiful body style types.....

'The very first coupes weren't American, they were French, and they weren't cars, either. Coupé (some designers still insist on the "koo-pay" pronunciation) is the French verb meaning "to cut," and it was first applied to 19th Century carriages, where the rear-facing seats had been eliminated, or cut out. The "Club" portion is a little murkier, but the consensus seems to be that the notion arose from the sensation of being in the exclusive club car of a train: A semi-private lounge or parlor, accessible, yes, but you had to be special to get there.

Club Coupes are two-doors -- and that they have a certain style that sedans lack. The room that designers gave up in the cabin they got back on the rear decklid, and that meant the proportions of a club coupe body style were lower and longer than a sedan. Put them side-by-side, and you had the perfect in-between car, with plenty of room for passengers and two-door coolness.

Coupe: Any two-door other than a Two-Door Sedan, smaller than a related four-door in the same model line. If there is no sedan in that model's lineup, the two-door is a coupe and cannot be a Two-Door Sedan. All two-door two-seaters with a solid roof are coupes. Many manufacturers have referred to qualifying convertibles and retractable-roof cars as Convertible Coupes when the tops were up.

Hatchback Coupe: Any coupe with a luggage compartment contiguous with the passenger compartment and accessed via a large rear liftgate.

Sports Coupe: Any coupe having no B-pillar, often a fastback; also called Hardtop Coupe, Two-Door Hardtop, Berlinetta, Berlinette.

Business Coupe: A two-door with a single row of seating and space between the seatback and the end of the passenger compartment, as for a salesman's sample case.

Opera Coupe: A two-door with a single row of permanent seating and folding occasional or jump seats as the second row.

Club Coupe: A two-door with two rows of seating and a trunk, smaller than a sedan in the same lineup for comparison, generally having a fixed B-pillar, and a rear seat farther forward than in a comparable sedan. Also called Close-Coupled Coupe.

Sedanet (Sedanette): A fastback Club Coupe; also called Aero Coupe, may or may not be a Hatchback Coupe. Originally a sedan, which resembled a Coupe.

Two Door Sedan: A two-door with two rows of seating, having the same or nearly the same room and seating configuration as a sedan in the same lineup, usually with a profile identical to a sedan. Also called Business Sedan (if lacking rear seat), Brougham (also applied to four-doors), Brougham Coupe, Coach, Club Sedan, Victoria (also applied to smaller coupes).'

Click here for the full article ---------------> https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/club-coupes



   
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Thanks for all the coupe definitions.


Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA


   
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Beautiful Cadillacs ....... both of them. A fine overview, too !



   
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George Schire
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Thanks for the great information and awesome photos.  If only they were 1:24 scale.  🙁  


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David Green
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Great post, Ben. Great information and I love your two models. I had not seen that Tron version. Many thanks.



   
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More 1947 Cadillacs.  The convertible is a Brooklin the other two are marked as Provence Moulage which I built as kits many years ago.  Is there a connection to Tron?

1947 Cadilacs X3 #2
1947 Cadillacs  X3

John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA


   
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