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Michael, I have that body shell on my 1941 P11 Plymouth ASC Coupe, which for most people is a business coupe body shell......ASC?......yep mines an Auxillary Seat Coupe, same body shell as the everyday business coupe but has the folding rear seat that can accomadate 2 extra bodies if necessary.....have attached a pic of the rear seat........personally I've always preferred the look of the shorter business coupe style body shell, much more streamlined but we all have our poison..........regards, andyd

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Well since coupes were originally 2 seaters 3 in a pinch, the club coupe is the black sheep of the family, neither a true coupe nor a sedan. And you can't take a white coupe seriously. In substitute for the next 1000 words...............

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I rest my case.

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Hi Andy,First time I've seen a Plymouth business coupe with the back seat (ASC) - was this an option in Australia?The only other business coupe I've seen with back seats is a 1940 Ford -called an Opera Coupe -2 small seats ,one on either side that folded down.

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Hi Andy,First time I've seen a Plymouth business coupe with the back seat (ASC) - was this an option in Australia?The only other business coupe I've seen with back seats is a 1940 Ford -called an Opera Coupe -2 small seats ,one on either side that folded down.

Another member of this forum has a 1941 Dodge (Canadian) coupe with the jump seats.

Phil

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You can double date in a bizzy coupe too Don. You just have to ask the ladies to change places every 20 minutes or so.:rolleyes:

I can double date in my car. Try that in any koop:D

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I can double date in my car. Try that in any koop:D

Don, what's this double date stuff. That's nothing to get excited about. When I had my 52 Dodge more door back in 63, I had five couples in the car all at once. If you're going to go big, do it right.:P Had 3 couples in the back, another couple in the front, along with my girl and I.

By the way, I could do the same in my club coupe today.:) Don't really need a more door to do it with. Ya just gotta know how to pack em in.:P

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The most important question is which one hauls more 'shine? The next questions one must ask 1) which one is less likely to get stopped by a revenuer, and 2) which one is best equipped to outrun a revenuer?

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Club coupe for me. I wish I had one. But, like David says, I wouldn't throw a business coupe out of my garage, that's for sure. My next project is going to be a Ford Falcon but I don't know if they'll allow me to work on it at the nursing home.

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I've had three club coupes, but never owned a business coupe.

I like the space of the rear seat, and general lines of the car.

However, I would take a biz coupe if one presented itself at a reasonable

price, etc. :)

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Ralph, I'd never heard of the ASC option either till I bought this car, I thought all 40/41 Plymouth Coupes were business coupes with just the single front folding bench seat, but when the car arrived and it had the ASC as part of the body number, P111063ASC I rechecked a few things in the John Lee book "Standard Catalog of Chrysler" and it mentions the ASC coupe option for 41 Plymouths.....and my car was supposedly factory RHD built in Sth Africa, Chrylser opened a factory in 1941 there and closed it in 1942 for the duration of the war........andyd

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Nothing wrong with a sedan. Remember there are 2dr sedans too. I agree with the chrome rims part though.

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Rollie.....enough beating around the bush....what do you REALLY think?

Re: the thread...I have a 46 club coupe, and I, of course, like that body style or I probably wouldn't have it. I like the business coupe also, and would be just as happy with one of them. Interestingly enough, until this last year I also owned a 48 4 door sedan in the original black paint, original interior, ect., just an nice old car that was clean and straight, and ran well, and to my often surprise when out crusing with a pack, (containing some very sharp coupes, and other sedans, both 2 & 4 door, in a range from late 30's to mid 60's), that often as not when we would stop at Sonic, or for drinks/eats, ect. ( to the obvious chagrin of some of my crusing buddies with the "nicer" cars) that more people would come to hang around and look at my old stock black 4r door sedan. I have to admit, I did run chrome reverse wheels on it, and no, I could not tell that they ever made it run one bit faster. I am guessing that appreciation for different styles of cars, like beauty, is definately in the eye of the particular beholder.

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Ralph, I'd never heard of the ASC option either till I bought this car, I thought all 40/41 Plymouth Coupes were business coupes with just the single front folding bench seat, but when the car arrived and it had the ASC as part of the body number, P111063ASC I rechecked a few things in the John Lee book "Standard Catalog of Chrysler" and it mentions the ASC coupe option for 41 Plymouths.....and my car was supposedly factory RHD built in Sth Africa, Chrylser opened a factory in 1941 there and closed it in 1942 for the duration of the war........andyd

..It's always interesting to see uncommon options.The only business coupe I've personally owned was a 1937 Chrysler and it had a storage area behind the front seat covered by a curtain.

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Hi Phil, Was this also a factory option?

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