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Why was the "1932 Confederate Special Sedan 6" called that. Why was it called Confederate? What did the "6" stand for?

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Think about it, Chevrolet started with a Capitol, a National, then an Independance, and then a Confederate, and an Eagle, maybe because it was a 6 cylinder?

Why not a "Cabriolet 6" or a "Phaeton 6" or a "Coupe 6" All had 6 cylinders? Why would they call one a 6 and not the others?
Is Confederate just a name or was there an underlying reason?

Could the '6' have something to do with the number of people the car was build to hold?

naw, the designer had a hankerin for 6 paks. mikie

It might be that the sedan was a 6 window sedan.
Two front door windows, two rear door windows, and two rear quarter windows. I wasn't even on this earth in 1932 so I am just guessing.

Starting in 1929 all 1929 models were called "International". In 1930 the models were called "Universal"; the 1931 models were "Independence" and in 1932 the models were called "Confederate". The term "Confederate" was actually just a model designation for the 1932 model year.

The "Special Sedan" was a more deluxe version of the "Standard Sedan", and the proper terminology is "Special Sedan", not "Special Sedan 6".

Also, the sedan models had seven windows, not six. The rear window is included in the count!

Thanks Guys. The only reason I called it "Special Sedan 6" is that the GM restoration packet I received from General Motors called it that.
I was just curious!!

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I always thought it was kind of strange that they chose to use the Confederate name, too.

FOTW, You may even find it stranger that the first several years after we won the revolutionary war that the nation was ruled by "The Articles of Confederation" , before we had a strong central government Eh?

Chevrolet used model names from almost the beginning of production. The Royal Mail roadsters, Baby Grand touring, Classic 6, etc. They were like Impala, Monte Carlo, etc. today. In addition they had model designations like F, D, H, T, FA, K, V, etc. They were not limited to one year production which caused problems when changes were made and serial numbers had to be used to determine which parts fit which vehicle. Later there were several years that Superior was the model name.

Beginning with late '27 two letters were used each corresponded with a unique model name beginning with AA "Capital" [late 1927 except most '28 1 ton trucks]), AB = National (1928), AC = International (1929), AD = Universal (1930), AE = Independence (1931 [Canada "Independent"]) then BA = Confederate (1932 ["Confederation" in Canada and maybe other countries]). Beginning with 1934 Chevrolet went back to the old system of multi-year model names but kept the year designation letters. Confused? I am sure you are not the only one.

I thought I read somewhere that the word Confederate was used to bolster sales in the Southern States. The design being a little "classier" than previous designs. The letters "BA" is a good question, but then ZO6 is a mistery too.

"FlyOnTheWall"

Florida, Shangri-La, Detroit... You sure move around a lot.

Speedline -

Huh? Just sitting here in Motown....

IIRC, I read they were called Confederates because they were built in Missouri. Don't quote me on that.

Ok, so what did they call the ones built in Oakland?

Oaklands, my grandpa had one.A 1928.

The Janesville assembled cars were called Janesville Vibrators.

And the cars built in the Atlanta, Georgia factory were called "Georgians"!

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The Flint cars were the Flint Stone mobiles.

The Buffalo cars were called the BILLS.

Yep, and those built in the St. Louis factory were called......."Louies"!

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Skippy,

Yup, I think that's what I heard them called...."Louies."

Now, I'm sure the cars with the "N" ID were built in Norwood, Ohio and were called WOODIES.

Like they say, "Nothing beats (waking up with) a Woodie!!"

That will be end of another thread :p :p

"Oakies" of course MrMack.

Well this one thread must have been built in Pottsville because it just went to POT!
If there ever was a dumb answer to a simple question these above would be close.

Ya Macky Wacky, and you are the one that started it all with the question....."what did they call the ones built in Oakland?"

Gator...check out Chev Nuts answer to Macky Wacky's question. His answer is more direct than "Oakies".

Now, to get the thread back on track after Macky Wacky's "simple" question; all 1932 models, regardless of what US factory they were manufactured in were called "Confederate".