The last year cheverolet had rumble seat was 1938 and the last year ford had a rumble seat was 1939. I would like to know how many were built in a coupe model for 1938
The Americans call them "rumble seats. The British call them "dicky seats". The last British built car with a dickey seat was the Triumph 2000 Roadster made until 1949. Among the last American-built cars with a rumble seat were the 1938 Chevrolet, the 1939 Ford and 1939 Dodge and Plymouth.
A "Dickey Seat" is better known as a "Rumble Seat". In dictionaries from the 1800's, the word "Rumble" was defined as "A seat for servants at the rear of a carriage". This is where the idea and origin of a Dickey/Rumble seat in early cars came from, the rear (and very uncomfortable) seats that were on the back of carriages in the 1800's, designed for your servants.
2 people if it did not come equipped with a rumble seat. 2 more could sit in the rumble seat.
Do you mean a rumble seat? That is a seat that folds out of the rear chassis of a car.
Rumble!
old 30's fords.
optional on coupes until 1938, model A, B, Etc.
There was a round step mounted on the rear fender that you simply stepped on and then into the seat area.
A 4 or 6 passenger open car used to be called a touring car. A two seat inside and one on the trunk outside is a rumble seat.
Tim Shepard
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