Has anyone done this?

Ok has anyone turned a 4 door into a two door but having the two doors the same length that the four doors would have been....like what I mean is not just putting sheet metal where the back doors would have been. I have heard some people have done it been never seen it or seen even a picture so Im interested to see if anyone here has done something like this.

Thanks

Owen

 

you mean just weld up and smooth over where the back doors were? i've seen it,and it ain't pretty...

 

No like a door the size of two doors that extends from where it normally would alll the way back to the rear fender....or yea where the back door would stop.

Owen

 

so youre talkin about a hugely long door?

the load on the hinges would be real high.

with all that weight out there it would flex the doors and the jamb, I would think the latch would have a hard time lining up

 

Thats what I had thought as well that the hinges couldnt handle it but apprently it has been done.

Owen

 

yea kinda.ive seen a caddy with the rear doors welded shut and front doors made about 6 in to a foot longer into the rear doors .it looked ok on a big body car and u could easly get into the rear seats

 

There was a pic of 40s Lincoln on here a while back and they did what you are talking about. It looked cool but they did a lot of work to make it look right.
Clark

 

haha what kinda car are you plannin this for? I think it would look worse that just welding the rear door seams shut and using the front door (which looks bad, usually). Would you keep all the door/window posts? If you were to do that it would be better to have a 4 door hardtop than a 4 door sedan. Limits you to 50's and 60's cars though, mostly.

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haha I read that and burst out laughing. I explained this idea to my mom, and she said "wouldnt that break the hinges?"................and she doesnt know anything about cars!!!!!!

 

Yeah it would be hell on hinges, but who cares really.

What would be a ***** is getting in and out of a car in a parking lot with a double long door. Those damn 80's up Camaros are bad enough with their four foot long door, I can just imagine seeing this.

Just for kicks, Harry Bradley designed a couple of cars that were published in Rod & Custom a some time ago that had three doors, two on one side and one on the other. He also drew a car with no doors and you used the trunklid like a kiddie slide to get in.

 

Yea but make em suicide---Feder

 

usually by now, if you haven't seen something done, there is probably a good reason for it.

 

You'd see foot-deep K-mart door dings.