It seems like the only people who like 4 doors are people who own a 4 door. 4 doors are nice the way they are, don't try to build one up to something that its never going to be, just drive it at is .
Was talking with a shop that was planning a 2 to 4 door conversion. I’ve seen a lot of em for trucks.
Definitely generational. I started driving in the late seventies, when only two doors were considered cool. If you were driving a more-door it was either your momma’s car, or a hand me down. No young gear head would actually buy one. Now as an old dude I still lean two door, but admit I’d do a four door wagon in a heartbeat, and do like some four door stuff if it’s a “big car”. Meaning Caddy / Lincoln / Chrysler stuff. That said, I just love cars. I’ve seen a lot of cool four doors, and respect a cool a 4 door build. If that’s what a guy wants, or that’s what he can afford, more power to him. Better to be participating with what you can get, than spectating with no car. In the words of Jim Croce: “If you dig it, do it. If you dig it a lot, do it twice!”
Seems like the only guys that think that they can't be cool OR built the same as 2 doors are the ones who are railing against 4 doors. So I shouldn't build a car the way I want because someone else thinks it has the wrong number of doors? Do you also think the hobby is dying and can't figure out why? Here's what's funny to me in that perspective: a 57 Chevy or 32 Ford that is built using a brand new body is perfectly fine, but one that has been brought back to life and loved by its owner but doesn't have the right number of doors is inadequate. Hmm.
Anyone that wouldn't like to own a 4 door as nice as this really must dislike 4 doors, it's a real beauty. HRP
I’m a hard sell when it comes to 4 doors, my vehicles have always had a drag car vibe and I don’t have any love for the 4 door. Show me the coolest 4 door you can and all I can think is why didn’t you start with a 2 door. I like a standard cab short box too. I guess I’m narrow minded in what I like, probably always will be.
Not sure that I would want the canine companion climbing over the front seats, - so extra doors can be handy………… I originally bought this car as a parts car of sorts, intending to remove the four door body and use as a basis for a ‘27 T roadster . Over the years I have enjoyed it as is, but still wish for a tudor or vicky or coupe, which all interestingly enough, only have two doors. So I guess that puts me in the old fashioned group, of two doors are cooler……….
Just remembered I had another 4 door in the last few years. I bought a 38 Ford which ended up being the car that I also taught my oldest boy to drive a standard in when he was 13. He learned in that flathead powered car and now has four vehicles that are all standards. Pic is of him the day we drug that car home. It drove itself up on the trailer, I just didn't have a way to necessarily get it home without a stretcher.
Of course, the first Mustangs had a lot of Falcon DNA. The contemporary Camaro was basically a Nova in a ****tail dress. That degree of commonality with accessible high-volume sedans made the pony cars a viable proposition, and to my mind was a large part of their appeal. Their successors are something entirely different, semi-exotics which might as well be made by other manufacturers.
Just noticed that in addition to the sweet 40, there are 6 wagons in the background of those pictures.
Absolutely, there were a lot of shared parts in the past and those cars were a lot more familiar. However the latest generation Challenger shared a platform with the 300, Magnum, and Charger, all of which were sedans marketed to the m***es (other than the performance variants) and were all pretty similar. The 5th-gen Camaro shared a platform with several Australian-manufactured sedans, and the 6th-gen shared with the Cadillac ATS and CTS. However you wouldn't know that they were from the same platform. Mustangs of course are on their own. The Corvette is basically a poor man's supercar now, when in the past it shared a lot of parts with other models (often a couple years later). There's certainly a bigger gap between specialty coupes now, and what were just a different version of a regular daily driven car back then.
Most pre-70s cars look good as both, some only look good as 2 doors. If I had the cash, I would buy 2 doors but they are always either: completely roached for the same price as a running, driving 4 door OR "restored" for way too much money that I just know I'm gonna have to spend at least half the purchase price fixing the piss poor job they did on it. 4 doors can still be cool, kind of like Model As. Most people would rather a 32-34 Ford hot rod, much like a 2 door. But the prices are so ridiculous that people have found that Model As (and now Ts) are still cool and just as fun as the more desirable body styles. Being under the age of 40, I never stood a chance of affording one so it's a 4 door life for me. Maybe when my hair turns white I'll have a chance. Once your inside, it feels about the same.
Very underrated car Edsels are. The best part about the "Junior" series is they are based on Fords. Makes mechanical parts cheap and accessible.
Four doors may never have been as popular but they have always been part of the hobby. This is just a few that were built by some of the greats. They are more popular now certainly due to price and availability and although they aren’t always the best looking in a particular model line, it can be nice to see something different in a sea of formula built tri-5’s and deuce’s. https://kustomrama.com/wiki/Larry_Watson's_1957_Cadillac_Eldorado_Brougham https://kustomrama.com/wiki/Dennis_Reinero’s_1956_Oldsmobile http://kustomrama.com/wiki/Joe_Brenner's_1941_Mercury
Nope...he sold it and regrets it regularly. I wish he still had it instead of the late model 2 door "race cars" he is more interested in now... And, you are close...Silas.
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