Exactly what is a "deuce"?

[Niblet]

I see this term all over this website, can someone kindly educate me as to what ype of car this is referring to?
Thanks!

[Lee Stewart]

[William]

The Chevy II was introduced in 1962 and continued to be marketed under that model name through 1968. At some point Chevy II was dropped and it became the Nova. But Chevy II stuck.

'Deuce' [means two] probably started with the 1970 COPO Nova Yenko Sportscars Inc marketed as the Yenko Deuce.

[realzed]

Or much earlier and more originally used in reference to the iconic Ford 1932 model - mainly the 3 window coupe version..
Not used so much in this website - but the original use of the phrase in the 'Car World' certainly!

[EZ Nova]

Deuce is also slang for 2. Therefore the term for the car, Chevy II, was around way before the the 70 Yenko Deuce. That is probably why Yenko used that term in 70 to capture the free advertising/word-of-mouth of the term Deuce. As well as to identify, or clarify the SB version of his Yenko Nova for the year vs the 69 427 BB version of the same car.

[SS427]

Referring only to Nova's or Chevy II's, I see many early Chevy II race car photos back in the 60's with some sort of Deuce used in the car's name such as "Deuces Wild" so the slang term used on Chevy II's likely started right after their introduction in 1962.

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by SS427

Referring only to Nova's or Chevy II's, I see many early Chevy II race car photos back in the 60's with some sort of Deuce used in the car's name such as "Deuces Wild" so the slang term used on Chevy II's likely started right after their introduction in 1962.

[RST]

The original lyrics written by Bruce Springstein were "Cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night" but the words were changed when sung by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Deuce refers to 1932 Ford Coupe. Originally mentioned in Beach Boys Little Deuce Coupe. ... Actually the song was written by Bruce Springsteen.

[Tracker1]

Originally Posted by RST

The original lyrics written by Bruce Springstein were "Cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night" but the words were changed when sung by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Deuce refers to 1932 Ford Coupe. Originally mentioned in Beach Boys Little Deuce Coupe. ... Actually the song was written by Bruce Springsteen.

The end of your post makes it sound like you're saying Springsteen wrote Little Deuce Coupe Obviously not your intent...

“One version is about a car, the other [by Manfred Mann] is about a feminine hygiene product. Guess which the kids liked to shout more?” - quote from Bruce Springsteen

[RST]

[QUOTE=Tracker1;1431114]The end of your post makes it sound like you're saying Springsteen wrote Little Deuce Coupe Obviously not your intent...

The song by Manfred Mann was written by Bruce Springsteen …… and its "Wrapped up like a Deuce … another runner in the night"