Yes it has been a "play of words" for the marketing engineers to sell a product,no different to "statesman" ,"brougham","belmont" etc.
You left out Commodore; another navy word.
s
coupe or tudor?
Started by
Shtstr
, Jan 14 2013 01:03 PM
65 replies to this topic
#51
StephenSLR
-
- Members
-
- 6,714 posts
Oh My, Don't you post alot
- Name:Stephen
- Location:Sydney
- Car:1976 LX SL/R
- Joined: 12-November 05
Posted 09 June 2015 - 09:24 PM
#52
wot179
-
- Members
-
- 6,784 posts
Green Eggs and Spam
- Name:Jesus Bloody Christ
- Location:Sunny Santa Maria
- Car:Goon
- Joined: 06-February 09
Posted 10 June 2015 - 12:38 PM
I thought they named them after shit computers.
#53
StephenSLR
-
- Members
-
- 6,714 posts
Oh My, Don't you post alot
- Name:Stephen
- Location:Sydney
- Car:1976 LX SL/R
- Joined: 12-November 05
Posted 10 June 2015 - 12:44 PM
I thought they named them after shit computers.
The car came first.
s
#54
StephenSLR
-
- Members
-
- 6,714 posts
Oh My, Don't you post alot
- Name:Stephen
- Location:Sydney
- Car:1976 LX SL/R
- Joined: 12-November 05
Posted 10 June 2015 - 01:08 PM
s
#55
_ChaosWeaver_
_ChaosWeaver_
-
- Guests
Posted 10 June 2015 - 06:17 PM
Maybe you need to read some of the stuff i put up............... Derp............
Tudor, Has nothing to do with a car's design, it's a name for something half timbered.... or the reign of the royal family...
-
Tudor[ ˈtjuːdə ]ADJECTIVEadjective: Tudorrelating to the English royal dynasty which held the throne from the accession of Henry VII in 1485 until the death of Elizabeth I in 1603.
- denoting or relating to the prevalent architectural style of the Tudor period, characterized especially by half-timbering.
NOUNnoun: Tudor · plural noun: Tudors- a member of the Tudor dynasty.
#56
Ice
-
- Members
-
- 15,165 posts
Cool
- Name:Gene
- Location:Galaxy's away from Ipswich
- Car:77 HZ Sandman Van
- Joined: 03-January 07
Posted 10 June 2015 - 06:46 PM
Who gives a flying coupe
#57
StephenSLR
-
- Members
-
- 6,714 posts
Oh My, Don't you post alot
- Name:Stephen
- Location:Sydney
- Car:1976 LX SL/R
- Joined: 12-November 05
Posted 10 June 2015 - 07:03 PM
Maybe you need to read some of the stuff i put up............... Derp............
Tudor, Has nothing to do with a car's design, it's a name for something half timbered.... or the reign of the royal family...
I think we've been through this before.
I do hope you realise that car manufacturers have a sense of humour. They don't do things as literally as you have explained above.
The Lone O'ranger; you see orange is a colour and then there is the Lone Ranger; so they combined it and made a pun out of it.
Go Mango; you see, mango is a fruit of a certain colour and they made a pun out of Go Man Go!
Tudor; you see; it is a name; it is also a quirky pun for Two Door.
Fordor; no such word but it combines the word Ford and Four Door and quite neatly ties in with their other Tudor pun.
It's punny!
Get it?
s
#58
dattoman
-
- Administrators
-
- 16,484 posts
Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?
- Name:Neil
- Location:Perth Western Australia
- Car:LX SS , 76 Cadillac , 3 x dattos
- Joined: 04-February 07
Posted 10 June 2015 - 08:17 PM
Henry Ford was illiterate dyslexic and not able to write properly
Hence a two door became a tudor
He was one of the first known text-speakers and would have blended in well on facebook
#59
EunUCh
-
- Members
-
- 2,769 posts
Lotsa Posts!
- Location:not this planet
- Car:japos
- Joined: 23-November 06
Posted 10 June 2015 - 08:29 PM
but..but... some of Henries stuff only had wundoor which for all intents and purposes would not classify as Fordor or equally as a toodoor ?? 
Edited by EunUCh, 10 June 2015 - 08:31 PM.
#60
N/A-PWR
-
- Members
-
- 9,620 posts
CABIN ENGINE CONTROLS GALORE
- Name:Dave I
- Location:Wooroloo, 65km's East of Perth
- Car:'1969' LC RAT TORANA
- Joined: 08-December 12
Posted 10 June 2015 - 08:57 PM
Anyhow,
The Coupe is not the same as a Tudor shell,
as words are given to things to compare them. 
Interesting History but, thank's. 
#61
StephenSLR
-
- Members
-
- 6,714 posts
Oh My, Don't you post alot
- Name:Stephen
- Location:Sydney
- Car:1976 LX SL/R
- Joined: 12-November 05
Posted 10 June 2015 - 09:50 PM
Henry Ford was illiterate dyslexic and not able to write properly
Hence a two door became a tudor
He was one of the first known text-speakers and would have blended in well on facebook
Interestingly enough, there were a few attempts by the Americans to make their spelling more phonetic; Roosevelt tried and was ridiculed.
http://history1900s..../trspelling.htm
s
Edited by StephenSLR, 10 June 2015 - 09:53 PM.
#62
_ChaosWeaver_
_ChaosWeaver_
-
- Guests
Posted 11 June 2015 - 08:08 AM
It was a marketing ploy. Manufacturers had pet names for different body styles. The model T touring car became a phaeton on the model A. It sound better. The tudor and fordor were marketing terms designed to stick in the minds of the public. Some manufacturers called the 2 door a coach. Closed cars were called sedans, and still are. The terms phaeton, sedan, coach, etc are from the horse drawn era, which was still in the memory of many buyers. Tudor and fordor are a step removed from the horse days.
#63
StephenSLR
-
- Members
-
- 6,714 posts
Oh My, Don't you post alot
- Name:Stephen
- Location:Sydney
- Car:1976 LX SL/R
- Joined: 12-November 05
Posted 11 June 2015 - 08:14 AM
Tudor and fordor are a step removed from the horse days.
Probably 10 times faster according to this clip.
s
Edited by StephenSLR, 11 June 2015 - 08:16 AM.
#64
_ChaosWeaver_
_ChaosWeaver_
-
- Guests
Posted 11 June 2015 - 08:30 AM
That was awesome, amazing how well organized they had the assembly line in those days... How good was that fella putting the spokes in..
#65
StephenSLR
-
- Members
-
- 6,714 posts
Oh My, Don't you post alot
- Name:Stephen
- Location:Sydney
- Car:1976 LX SL/R
- Joined: 12-November 05
Posted 11 June 2015 - 08:45 AM
I was surprised at how nimble it is across many terrains, snow, sand and even small cliff faces.
s
#66
_ChaosWeaver_
_ChaosWeaver_
-
- Guests
Posted 11 June 2015 - 09:21 AM
Very true, But it never ceases to amaze me how far you can find stolen VN commodores into the bush when trail riding.. but yep, not in that class.. built for the times I guess, and the Cars were as tuff as the times....
1 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 1 guests, 0 anonymous users
