<VV> I Have a Dream! - non-Corvair semi-humor - forward openingdoors

[J R Read_HML]

Odd...  I thought he was asking for rear hinges on the DRIVER door.  So far, 
I've not seen an answer to that (after the mid '30s).

Later, JR

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank DuVal" <corvairduval at cox.net>
To: "Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per" <chaz at ProperProPer.com>
Cc: "Virtual Vairs" <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> I Have a Dream! - non-Corvair semi-humor - forward 
openingdoors


>I forgot, but also many new 4 door pick up trucks have rear hinges on the 
>rear doors. These prevent driving off with  the rear door open (and also 
>preventing the rear door from opening while in motion) by having the front 
>door latch plate (striker) mounted on the front edge of the rear door. Rear 
>door has to close first.
>
> Frank DuVal
>
> Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per wrote:
>
>> How about the new Mazda RX-8 (?) and Saturns with the forward opening 
>> rear door ?
>>
>> It's more of a vertical, external glove box, but I haven't checked them 
>> out to see how they prevent the driver from driving off with it open.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank DuVal" <corvairduval at cox.net>
>> To: "WillSmithTFPOCAllenTexas" <TheFreshPrinceofCorvair at comcast.net>
>> Cc: "VirtualVairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 5:32 PM
>> Subject: Re: <VV> I Have a Dream! - non-Corvair semi-humor
>>
>>
>>> Subaru 360's sold here from '68 to '71 had rear hinge doors. They had a 
>>> little rubber strap that kept the door from hitting the quarter panel.
>>>
>>> Of course if you opened it above about 10 mph the straps did not hold, 
>>> and many had dented quarters!
>>>
>>> And then there are the rear doors on '50 Studebakers and mid 60's 
>>> Lincoln convertables.
>>>
>>> Known to us car guys as suicide doors.
>>>
>>> Frank DuVal
>>>
>>> WillSmithTFPOCAllenTexas wrote:
>>>
>>>> I want to invite all you guys with auto industry connections to use 
>>>> your influence and adopt my Dream and get it into near-future car 
>>>> production. The Dream is rear-hinged doors...we surely have the 
>>>> technology to make them safe and they would make it so much easier for 
>>>> old boomers with big feet [and boomer men, too] to get in and out. 
>>>> Wouldn't it be nice to be able to get in and out without causing 
>>>> yourself great pain from contortion? Let's make a change! Has anything 
>>>> since '34 had them? [Wow, that's 72 years of contortion. That's not 
>>>> good!] If not rear-hinged then swing the doors up like the custom shops 
>>>> are putting on...gee whiz it's only a hinge...I want to be able to get 
>>>> in/out of my high-tech new car with less pain/effort. Let's make the 
>>>> Terrorists really hate us!
>>>>
>>>> Will Smith
>>>> "The Fresh Prince of Corvair"
>>>> WANTED: 66 Monza vert, 110, pg, white top, no rust, great condition, 
>>>> driver for Parade Duty and taking kids for a ride in something they've 
>>>> never seen plus playing "Find the Motor".
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