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Nate Nagel - 12 Sep 2005 10:40 GMT

while gutting the interior of my '55 coupe yesterday I noticed... I
don't have armrests in the rear seat! Is this an artifact of the C3
trim level or did they just get lost while the car was reupholstered?

thanks,

nate

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Dexter - 12 Sep 2005 12:13 GMT

My '55 coupe has rear armrests. Its a President State if that has anything
to do with interior trim level.

> while gutting the interior of my '55 coupe yesterday I noticed... I
> don't have armrests in the rear seat! Is this an artifact of the C3
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Studeman - 12 Sep 2005 12:39 GMT

They were often not installed on the "lower" trim level cars...

Ray

> My '55 coupe has rear armrests. Its a President State if that has anything
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Studeman - 12 Sep 2005 12:41 GMT

I should add- BUT... the holes etc... are still there for mounting, and
are pre-cut in the door panel's inner board- Just the outer interior
fabric/vinyl hasn't been cut.

Ray

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Grumpy AuContraire - 12 Sep 2005 14:56 GMT

Er, Studebaker made a coupe with rear doors???

<G>

JT

(I know, it's Monday morning...)

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N8N - 12 Sep 2005 15:12 GMT

Actually, if you consider a 2-door sedan to be a coupe, they kind of
did... wouldn't it be cool to take one of those and make the "door"
panels operational, like one of those Saturn coupes or an extended cab
pickup?

nate

(no, it's all factory, they were really ahead of their time!)

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N8N - 12 Sep 2005 15:17 GMT

Yes it does... mine is a C3 (lowest trim level Commander,) I think
yours would be a C6 or C7 if I remember correctly so you're two steps
higher on the food chain (I know C5 is the higher trim level Commander,
not sure what a president is, but it's higher yet.)

Guess I need to spend some quality time with the parts books, or better
yet stop worrying about it because nobody's ever going to sit back
there :) just was curious more than anything else...

nate

PS - a president coupe would be a cool car! I thought most of them
were either sedans or hardtops...

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Robert Black - 12 Sep 2005 20:41 GMT

Id leave them gone.It makes it easy to remove the rear seat cushion if such
a need arose(lock yor keys in the trunk),and also getting those damn bolts
started was always more of a pain than its worth.

> Yes it does... mine is a C3 (lowest trim level Commander,) I think
> yours would be a C6 or C7 if I remember correctly so you're two steps
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