Cars that should not be a 4 door.

[ecotourist]

I've sadly ridden in the back of a Porsche 944.

I've ridden in the back of a 911 convertible. And that was tight!

Which brings up the question of why put tiny back seats in sports or sporty cars at all?

Besides putting little kids back there (we don't have little kids any more, though we do have grand-kids), there's the big question of where to put the dog. We always have a dog and we always take it with us on road trips. As a result I've had to pass up some pretty desirable cars over the years because there was no room for both the wife and the dog. Things like a Miata and the Nissan 400Z. And if you can't take your sports/sporty car on a road trip, what would be the point of having one?

 

[Snagglefoot]

Hmmm, if a guy locked his wife and his dog in the trunk, only one of them would be happy to see you again.

 

[AZjeff]

Every car my Grandfather bought was a two door, most of them from the sixties on were midsize (for the times) Fords. I never thought to ask him ‘why only two door cars’.

My grandfather bought 2 door Fords throughout his life, his reason was so his 2 daughters couldn't open a door and fall out. It became habit, then grandkids came along, all before seatbelts, car seats, lock disabler switches etc. He never owned a 4 door car, when he died grandma bought an Eagle wagon and loved it. She hated the 5 foot long doors.

 

[chrlsful]

sis fell outa back dor as it drove the bridge. Pop pulled over, ran back to get her. Just a lill kid fiddelin w/the dor, handel (may B? she could have just 'hip butted' it?).
For the "Y a back seat in 911, Miata, 400Z type car?" I like the AMX version (no seat but smooth squared off area, 97 inch WB). One can sit back against the wheel well, feet on the other with couch cushions/throw pillows. Gives more room to move around, stretch ina different way, relieve cramps. Are any small cars like the 3 imports above FWD? "No hump" could help these passengers (weather dog or man). I like wagons'n hatches (looks, utility). Moredor is good in them too~

 

[Snagglefoot]

Fresh from the Motor Mountain car show in Kimberley, BC, Canada. There was a time when no one would bring a four door to a car show. The two doors must be too expensive.

 

[paulo57509]

Two door sedans and hard tops are all taken. I have a friend that did a frame-off restoration of a '56 4-door sedan; 265ci V8, three speed manual with overdrive. He did the Corvette style restoration, even has the correct overspray on the frame.

 

[avacado11]

I like Wranglers but not the ones with 4-doors. But again, those are probably the bulk of their sales now.

Wranglers were meant to be 2 doors and a soft top. Short wheel base, better off road, top can be opened up quickly. It’s great that jeep can move enough 4 door volume and afford to keep something like the Wrangler in production, but if the 4 door didn’t exist there would certainly be less mall crawlers.

 

[HemiBenny]

The Israeli government bought 4 door TJ’s that were built for them by a company called Automotive Industries LTD. Of course it had the 4.0l, but some were also made available with a Diesel engine.
I think Chrysler should have started producing 4 door wranglers before they did it with the JK. I like the looks of it! It would make a great expedition rig.

 

[chrlsful]

dont frget the same ona CJ8 (scrambler) variously called alaska postal, world cab, overland...
(o0OP, not the moredor, but 'more body' than other cj models AND also gets short treatment like above 4 doors)

 

[Snagglefoot]

Years ago, if it had four doors, there was a good chance it also had one of these.

 

[Fabulous50s]

More door in my garage.....

And a factory

All depends on what boxes someone checked off at the dealer. I wish they checked the "power steering" box!

 

[Cdn17Sport6MT]

I find it HARDER to get in the back of a 4 door. Trying to squeeze between That pesky post and then the intrusive wheel well. Example the wife's midsized outback. Yes I have to ride "out back" when we are visting my relatives near the Cape. Gm had it right with that angle tilting split bench in the 60's and 70's

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That looks like ~ a Cutlass 'vert...???

 

[grisby]

That looks like ~ a Cutlass 'vert...???

Nah, looks more like a 71 or 72 Buick Skylark vert!

 

[Chris142]

More door in my garage.....
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And a factory
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All depends on what boxes someone checked off at the dealer. I wish they checked the "power steering" box!

260?

 

[chrlsful]

i6 = tq in low revs (Y in the mordor above).

 

[alcyon]

Mazda RX-8,what were they thinking.

 

[zzyzzx]

Pretty much all cars should come available with 2, 3, 4, and 5 door models.

 

[PandaBear]

 

[Fabulous50s]

260?

352 FE. This is a 1959. Ford didn't start production of the "small block" until 1962 I think.

Other V8 options in 1959 were the 292 Y block, or the 332 FE.

 

[Fabulous50s]

i6 = tq in low revs (Y in the mordor above).

A Y block has the distributor in the back. Only Ford V8 to be like that.