Brake
Load carrying area within the passenger compartment, originally wood framed, usually with a one or two piece tail-gate.
Brougham
Early Sedanca de Ville.
Buckboard
See Cyclecar.
Buggy
See Cyclecar.
Cabriolet
Soft top, usually with two doors. Sometimes small side windows in hood.
Cloverleaf
Single central rear seat behind a pair of front seats. All these seats may be covered by the hood, if fitted.
Clubman
See Fixed-Head Coupé.
Convertible
See Cabriolet.
Coupé de Ville
Two door Coupé with covered rear seats, sometimes with dummy hood-irons. Front seats are open, but may have a sliding roof.
Cyclecar
Basic light car with a simple specification. Usually has two seats.
Dickey
Occasional seat located at the rear, usually outside the cover of the hood. Also known as a Rumble Seat.
Doctor's Coupé
See Fixed-Head Coupé.
Dos-a-Dos
Two back-to-back bench seats. An early style.
Drop-Head Coupé
See Cabriolet.
Estate Car
See Brake.
Fixed-Head Coupé
Solid roofed Drop-Head Coupé, sometimes the roof may be detachable.
Hardtop
See Fixed-Head Coupé.
JAP
Popular motor-cycle engine made by JA Preswich used in cyclecars and similar.
Landaulette
Limousine with three rows of seats. The rear seats under a hood, the middle row facing rearwards under the bodywork, and the driver in the open with possibly a roof and no side screens.
Limousine
Town carriage with a glass partition separating the driver from the passengers. Possibly occasional seats in the rear.
Monocar
Single seat Cyclecar.
Phaeton
See Tourer.
Roadster
Two seater with coachwork of sporting appearance. The terms Spider and Spyder have been used in later years to describe this style, although originally they applied to Cyclecars.
Roi des Belges
Royal Tourer.
Rumble Seat
See Dickey.
Saloon
Closed car with either two or four doors.
Sedan
See Saloon.
Sedanca
See Coupé de Ville.
Sedanca de Ville
Four door Sedanca.
Shooting Brake
See Brake.
Station Wagon
See Brake.
Tonneau
See Tourer.
Torpedo
A Tourer with low built coachwork.
Tourer
Four or more seats, two or four doors. Originally without any side screens.
Utility
See Brake.
Victoria
Very early motor carriage.
vis-à-vis
Very early style, usually four seats facing each other. The driver steers from the rear seats looking over his passengers.
