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05/02/2021 10:06 am Â
I've always liked the "2-door Coupe" styling of these 1940s Plymouths. And yes, the styling was still 1942 pre-war carry-over styling when the 1946s arrived on the scene, but the following year this 1947 PLYMOUTH COUPE was showing the hungry car buying public what a beautiful car should look like. Â
Article writer Earl Davis in this CAR EXCHANGE magazine review gives a nice account of a truly classic automobile. For me it's the roof-line and the instrument panel that is most attractive, and the color is the icing on the cake.
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George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
05/02/2021 2:13 pm Â
I like the styling for the period but the flat head six sucked for power or starting in very cold [below 10 degrees]. Had a few but all were old and quite used; I hope maybe when new they were better[I hope]. 
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George Schire and George Schire reacted
05/02/2021 3:38 pm Â
A pretty Plymouth, esp. in that color. I think those were the days when they used to pronounce coupe as "koo-pay". 😆 Â
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05/02/2021 3:46 pm Â
A pretty Plymouth, esp. in that color. I think those were the days when they used to pronounce coupe as "koo-pay". 😆 Â
But did they spell it coupé ?
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Topic starter
05/02/2021 4:14 pm Â
A pretty Plymouth, esp. in that color. I think those were the days when they used to pronounce coupe as "koo-pay". 😆 Â
LOL, I never heard it pronounced that way. 
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George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
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John Kuvakas and John Kuvakas reacted
05/02/2021 5:28 pm Â
It's always been a fantasy of mine to "shoehorn" a Hemi beneath the hood of that generation Plymouth, while keeping the appearance as original as possible.
John Bono
North Jersey
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05/02/2021 5:49 pm Â
A pretty Plymouth, esp. in that color. I think those were the days when they used to pronounce coupe as "koo-pay". 😆 Â
Yes, I recall that too.
John Bono
North Jersey
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John Kuvakas and John Kuvakas reacted
05/02/2021 8:23 pm Â
I'm eighty years old and never heard coupe pronounced koo pay.
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05/02/2021 8:28 pm Â
I have heard it pronounced in some old movies as "koo-pay". I recall Humphrey Bogart (perhaps in "The Big Sleep"), referring to a "Plymouth coupe (koo-pay).
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John Kuvakas and John Kuvakas reacted
05/02/2021 8:50 pm Â
@sizedoesmatter That is exactly what I would love to do as well; using a mid-50s smaller hemi, beefing up the suspension but leaving the coupe body and interior stock. I recall as a kid seeing guys putting small block Chevy engines in these cars, but I like to stick with Chryco in this case.
06/02/2021 12:06 pm Â
@charles-rockett: YES. I couldn't figure out how to type it. Â
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John Kuvakas and John Kuvakas reacted
06/02/2021 12:24 pm Â
@al_dorado It was a genuine question: Not being American I have limited knowledge of what goes on there. Â My pop was working at Ford head office Europe (Warley, Essex) during the late '60s and '70s though there were plenty of Americans there, everyone seemed to pronounce it Koo-pay, possibly because of the European link, and thus the question about the spelling. Thanks for clarifying that for me.
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06/02/2021 1:02 pm Â
I have heard it pronounced in some old movies as "koo-pay". I recall Humphrey Bogart (perhaps in "The Big Sleep"), referring to a "Plymouth coupe (koo-pay).
Also believe it was pronounced coup’e in Bonnie&Clyde🤣
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