I have been listening to this song lately on Sixties on Six on Sirius. One of the great Beach Boys hits from the early sixties.
This song is so loaded with California hipster jargon, it is almost a foreign language. I am trying to figure it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g1HtpTonJI
Beach Boys singing Little Deuce Coupe live in concert, 1963.

Do y'all know what a "Little Deuce Coupe" is? I just found out, it is a Model A Ford manufactured in 1932. The "Deuce" refers to the year of manufacture.


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Little deuce Coupe
You don't know what I got
Little deuce Coupe
You don't know what I got

Well I'm not braggin' babe so don't put me down
But I've got the fastest set of wheels in town
When something comes up to me he don't even try
Cause if I had a set of wings man I know she could fly
She's my little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got
(My little deuce coupe)
(You don't know what I got)

Just a little deuce coupe with a flat head mill
But she'll walk a Thunderbird like it's standin' still
She's ported and relieved and she's stroked and bored.
She'll do a hundred and forty with the top end floored
She's my little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got
(My little deuce coupe)
(You don't know what I got)

She's got a competition clutch with the four on the floor
And she purrs like a kitten till the lake pipes roar
And if that ain't enough to make you flip your lid
There's one more thing, I got the pink slip daddy
And comin' off the line when the light turns green
Well she blows 'em outta the water like you never seen
I get pushed out of shape and it's hard to steer
When I get rubber in all four gear


"Walk a Thunderbird." Can't find this one on line exactly, I guess it means the Deuce Coupe is faster than a Thunderbird.

"Ported and relieved and stroked and bored" Refers to engine modifications. I can't find what "relieved" means.

"Purrs like a kitten till the lake pipes roar" Lake pipes are chromed exhaust pipes that run on the outside of the car next to the running board and are quite visible
The Deuce Coupe in the photo does not have lake pipes


"There's one more thing, I got the pink slip daddy" In 1963, the title of a car in California was printed on a pink piece of paper.
Challenging someone to a drag, if someone said "I got the pink slip" it meant he was betting the ownership of his car on the outcome of the race.