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Hi,

I was reading about the body styles that were offered in 1928 and got a bit confused. The coach, sedan, touring and roadster are quite easy to distinguish. The Imperial Landau is easily recognizable by its irons too.
But than the book lists the following:
AB 2-dr cpe-2P $595; 150.355 produced
AB 2-dr Cabr-2/4P, $665, production number not available
AB 2-dr cpe spt conv-2P $695, 38268

So, the first is a simple coupe without the rumble seat.
The second is a Cabriolet,.. But has this year's Cabriolet a roof that could be lowered? This one should have a rumble seat (2/4P).
But the third is really confusing me! Coupe sport convertible.... I thought a "sport" body style usually had a rumble seat, but if I believe this book, this one has not... And is this a true convertible or not...?

I have this photo in my collection, but what body style is it...? It has a rumble seat, so if that was fitted originally, it would be a 2/4P Cabriolet...

Who can help?

The car pictured above is the Cabriolet. It has the rumble seat, fixed top and glass in the doors. It is a 4 passenger car.

The Convertible Sport Cabriolet has a rumble seat, the top comes down and the doors have glass. It is also 4 passenger.

These two bodies were by Fisher.

There were two open cars by Chevrolet, a Roadster and a Touring.
The remaining body styles are all Fisher.

What is your reference for the above information, as it does not use the correct nomenclature for the different bodies?

My reference is the SALES DATA book. It is compatible with several different brochures by Chevrolet.

Thank you very much :)!

My reference is the standard catalog of American cars (1805-1942); 3rd ed. I won't ever say a book is complete, but this one certainly comes close. It counts some 1500 super thin pages of historical tables, but, on the downside, is not detailed at all. There is a book in the same range called "standard catalog of Chevrolet", but I do not possess that one so don't know if that's anything better.

They list a total of 8 body styles for 1928:
2-door Roadster-2 passengers
4-door Touring-5 passenger
2-door Coupe-2 passengers
2-door Cabriolet-2/4 passengers
2-door Sport Coupe Convertible-2 passengers (must be Convertible Sport Cabriolet-2/4 Passengers.
2-door Coach-5 passengers
4-door Sedan-5 passengers
4-door Imperial Landau-5 passengers

Best, Job

Don't ask me what I think of the
We may get some comments of others who have an opinion of that reference book.

The "Standard Catalog of American Cars" is pure garbage, and the only place that book belongs is in a trash can. The "Standard Catalog of Chevrolet" is just about as bad and it too belongs in the trash can as well.

Hehe, it may not be complete nor completely accurate, but I would not call it garbage. It is one of the books which lists makes that have just made plans to manufacture cars and never did. Makes like Fuller, Case, Jackson, and so many other obscure makes I have never found in other books. I dare to say I have never found an American carmake that wasn't mentioned in the book.

But for Chevrolet, just give me some titles of reliable books and I will have a look !

The book is inaccurate and it shouldn't be used for reference material.

OK, it is clear the book is not the good choice for you, but what is a good alternative without having to buy tens of books specizlized in just one or two years and costing four times the price? Which alternative is there that covers so many makes? And what exactly is the reason it should not be used etc, except is is inaccurate (how many books are inaccurate that are used everyday)?

I think you have already discovered why it is not a good reference book. If it had not been for the book you would not have had a question.

Use the book as you may, although you should be advised that a great deal of the information contained in the book is either incorrect or misleading.

If you really want a correct answer to a question consider more than one reference.

It is good to know the relative value of this book.

The reason I put this picture online is not just because the book is unreliable. I just put the following paragraph in my other topic to clarify matters. I should have included this section in my introduction.

Let me clarify something. I did not tell you before because I do not want to sound pathetic. I am partially sighted (a rare form of autosomal dominant optic atrophy inherited from my mother) and as a result detail differences are hard to spot for me.
All photos are taken by my father and the archive is owned by me. I am a perfectionist. That's the reason I ask for help or confirmation sometimes. I like to learn about cars and their history.

Maybe this helps in understanding :).

The cabriolet for 1928 1st came out with a fixed top and dummy cabriolet irons, it was a 4 seater and they all were green. Towards the end of the 1928 production Chevrolet introduced a sport convertible cabriolet which had had half doors, windup windows and the top door frame folded down with the top. The first lot of these (now very rare) only came in red. Right at the end of 1928 a different colour sport convertible cabriolet was introduced. The colour of this was was a pale browny/green colour and are rarer than the red ones.
Hope this helps
Chris