Disappearing car doors.

[zoiks]

Still, its pretty cool though. Saw it on another forum.
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[natto fire]

Ha, I remember this car being sold on eBay, but I am pretty sure the doors no longer functioned. A neat gimmick, for sure, but the designers definitely fell asleep during their "keep it simple" lectures in school.

 

[amdhunter]

wow, that is the dumbest mod I've seen in a while. I'd love to get one though.

 

[TestedAcorn]

That is pretty sweet.

 

[jagec]

What if you're parked over a rock or speed bump?

Still, seems a good way to get a LARGE OPEN AREA for loading people/stuff, since so many people refuse to buy minivans with more-practical sliding doors.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: jagec
What if you're parked over a rock or speed bump?

Still, seems a good way to get a LARGE OPEN AREA for loading people/stuff, since so many people refuse to buy minivans with more-practical sliding doors.

yea in the video you MUST have 6" ground clearance under the car. this won't sell well to it's target demographic

 

[RGUN]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: jagec
What if you're parked over a rock or speed bump?

Still, seems a good way to get a LARGE OPEN AREA for loading people/stuff, since so many people refuse to buy minivans with more-practical sliding doors.

yea in the video you MUST have 6" ground clearance under the car. this won't sell well to it's target demographic

Where did you see that?

 

[thomsbrain]

Ah yes, I remember when this came around on ebay a few years ago.

 

[alimoalem]

Originally posted by: RGUN

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: jagec
What if you're parked over a rock or speed bump?

Still, seems a good way to get a LARGE OPEN AREA for loading people/stuff, since so many people refuse to buy minivans with more-practical sliding doors.

yea in the video you MUST have 6" ground clearance under the car. this won't sell well to it's target demographic

Where did you see that?

the video on the home page has a screen shot showing a coke can measuring 6" beneath the "closing" door.

 

[exdeath]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: jagec
What if you're parked over a rock or speed bump?

Still, seems a good way to get a LARGE OPEN AREA for loading people/stuff, since so many people refuse to buy minivans with more-practical sliding doors.

yea in the video you MUST have 6" ground clearance under the car. this won't sell well to it's target demographic

Oh yeah, now I can see a bunch of neon pastel painted cars with 3" rims running around with scraped up doors to match their scraped up fart canisters.

 

[RGUN]

Originally posted by: alimoalem

Originally posted by: RGUN

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: jagec
What if you're parked over a rock or speed bump?

Still, seems a good way to get a LARGE OPEN AREA for loading people/stuff, since so many people refuse to buy minivans with more-practical sliding doors.

yea in the video you MUST have 6" ground clearance under the car. this won't sell well to it's target demographic

Where did you see that?

the video on the home page has a screen shot showing a coke can measuring 6" beneath the "closing" door.

That was not indicating that you need 6" of ground clearance

 

[MotionMan]

nm

MotionMan

 

[alfa147x]

um dead battery, FUCK i cant get in my car to pop the hood

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy
Ha, I remember this car being sold on eBay, but I am pretty sure the doors no longer functioned. A neat gimmick, for sure, but the designers definitely fell asleep during their "keep it simple" lectures in school.

Yeah the guy that bought it is trying fake a company that makes them... the linconls were coach built by a detroit company years ago.

 

[Jawo]

It would be great for access....but what about when the car battery dies....when the doors are down..........

 

[overst33r]

BMW did this with the Z1 years ago...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnVU8i1VKv4

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: alimoalem

Originally posted by: RGUN

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: jagec
What if you're parked over a rock or speed bump?

Still, seems a good way to get a LARGE OPEN AREA for loading people/stuff, since so many people refuse to buy minivans with more-practical sliding doors.

yea in the video you MUST have 6" ground clearance under the car. this won't sell well to it's target demographic

Where did you see that?

the video on the home page has a screen shot showing a coke can measuring 6" beneath the "closing" door.

That's showing that the car still has normal ground clearance even with the disappearing door. It's showing that ground clearance is maintained, not showing how much is needed.

IIRC, Ford toyed with the idea of making this an option on the Mark VIII, but eventually decided against it for complexity reasons.

ZV

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: mariok2006
BMW did this with the Z1 years ago...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnVU8i1VKv4

Z1 was different as far as it was really a half door that slid down. This slides down and under the car for no 'leg over'.