<VV> I Have a Dream! - (Oh, I get it now) forward opening FRONT doors

[Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per]

Oh, OK...

Does a custom count ?

Have you seen this interesting custom Corvair (EM) :

http://www.properproper.com/Pictures/PalmSprings20061963CorvairMonzaSuicideConvert.htm

Chaz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Frank DuVal" <corvairduval at cox.net>; "Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per" 
<chaz at ProperProPer.com>
Cc: "Virtual Vairs" <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> I Have a Dream! - non-Corvair semi-humor - forward 
openingdoors


> 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
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>
>>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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