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Arguably, the longest car door made (if not, certainly one of the) is the '78 era 2 door Lincoln Continental MK V. I would imagine, this would also place it among some of the heaviest doors in automotive history as well.
You wouldn't even be able to open the door in some of today's tight parking spaces. If you were able to open it, that still didn't mean that you would be able to exit the vehicle. Even my ol' '79 Trans Am presented me with this problem from time to time. That door had to be every bit of 5.5 to 6 feet long. It's sometimes hard enough just getting out of a full sized truck, given the width of some of these parking spaces. Especially in a inner city or airport multi-level parking garage.
Getting back to the weight, due to some of the gauges of metal used in the vehicles of the 50's and 60's, even though the doors may have been smaller than the aforementioned Lincoln, they could have still weighed in more. Meanwhile, you could probably support the entire weight of an unconnected Yugo door with two fingers, in comparison.
Tom
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That's like being thrown into the deep end of a pool to learn to swim.
Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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SCompRacer wrote: »My driver ed car in high school was a '68 Olds 88.
In 1972 I traded my 1967 VW in on a 1968 Delta 88, two door. In 1973 I totaled it when a car load of drunk PR’s in a 1964 Pontiac Tempest did a u-turn in front
of me. I broadsided them @ about 50mph and by some miracle these were no fatalities. Although they were all pretty beat up and bloody.
Anyway, that car had some big doors.
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Yeah, here ya' go. My actual '79 Trans Am. Shorter overall length than the Lincoln but take a look at the length of that door!
Now, imagine trying to open that door up, with a vehicle that is less than 2 feet away from you in the next parking spot.
Tom
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Even better if you’re 6’4” and have size 14 shoes.
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Yeah, here ya' go. My actual '79 Trans Am. Shorter overall length than the Lincoln but take a look at the length of that door!
Now, imagine trying to open that door up, with a vehicle that is less than 2 feet away from you in the next parking spot.
Tom
There were many times guys with **** star mustaches with these screaming chicken FB’s and TA’s would challenge me and I them in my 68 442. I would leave them in the glow of red taillights and a cloud of unburnt hydrocarbons.
I emasculated many.
Not meant as a dig, just a fun fact. Nice looking car though and I really miss those days.
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Oh, there is no doubt that many muscle cars of that era would have smoked me. I'm not gonna even try to argue that. It's just a fact. But as an 18 year old, that car sure was fun to drive! Sometimes, I swore that it was built just for me.....it just fit me well. I loved the torque and the blub, blub, blub, as she was idling.
My smokin' hot girl at the time had a tricked out '80 Camaro, smoke grey, one of my best bud's had a White/blue bird '80 T/A. My other bud had a Mustang GT that was tricked out as well (forget what year...I think it was an '85). Whenever we would show up somewhere together, lots of heads were turned, as all of these cars were in tip top shape. Good times!
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We had a beautiful 20k original miles blue delta 88 back in the day. The car was absolutely showroom new.SCompRacer wrote: »My driver ed car in high school was a '68 Olds 88.
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Yeah, here ya' go. My actual '79 Trans Am.
Tom
I had a '74. Can't locate any pics of it on this 'putie. Red with white interior. Last year for just red, white and blue colors IIRC. I would scare my drag race friends getting on an interstate ramp....aren't you going to slow down for that curve??? No, I'm going to accelerate through it...
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We had a beautiful 20k original miles blue delta 88 back in the day. The car was absolutely showroom new.SCompRacer wrote: »My driver ed car in high school was a '68 Olds 88.
The precurser to the Delta 88 was the Delmont 88 I believe, similar to the Wildcat of the day, huge truck, 425 engine, could lay rubber for half a block easily.
All those old cars from the 50's and 60's were built like tanks. Who cared though, gas was cheap, plus if you got in an accident, it was a minor fender bender. I once fell asleep at the wheel at 3 A.M. , drifted over into a parked Datsun....pushed that trunk up to the steering wheel with my Chevy Impala, which I had bought for 30 bucks, had a dent in the bumber and a slight crease in the body panel. Dang I miss the 60's, cars, girls, beach, burgers, drive ins....life was good, until one day I became a magician and turned a backrub into 2 kids and a mortgage. Then it became grocery getters, Mickey D's, local pool, girlscouts, AMC theaters, chaperone field trips....HT SYSTEM-
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Oh, there is no doubt that many muscle cars of that era would have smoked me. I'm not gonna even try to argue that. It's just a fact. But as an 18 year old, that car sure was fun to drive! Sometimes, I swore that it was built just for me.....it just fit me well. I loved the torque and the blub, blub, blub, as she was idling.
My smokin' hot girl at the time had a tricked out '80 Camaro, smoke grey, one of my best bud's had a White/blue bird '80 T/A. My other bud had a Mustang GT that was tricked out as well (forget what year...I think it was an '85). Whenever we would show up somewhere together, lots of heads were turned, as all of these cars were in tip top shape. Good times!
Tom
My '79 Z28, bought new at age 19. Not much HP by todays standards but certainly helped with getting the ladies....
SBC do respond well to mods
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Good callArguably, the longest car door made (if not, certainly one of the) is the '78 era 2 door Lincoln Continental MK V. I would imagine, this would also place it among some of the heaviest doors in automotive history as well.
You wouldn't even be able to open the door in some of today's tight parking spaces. If you were able to open it, that still didn't mean that you would be able to exit the vehicle. Even my ol' '79 Trans Am presented me with this problem from time to time. That door had to be every bit of 5.5 to 6 feet long. It's sometimes hard enough just getting out of a full sized truck, given the width of some of these parking spaces. Especially in a inner city or airport multi-level parking garage.
Getting back to the weight, due to some of the gauges of metal used in the vehicles of the 50's and 60's, even though the doors may have been smaller than the aforementioned Lincoln, they could have still weighed in more. Meanwhile, you could probably support the entire weight of an unconnected Yugo door with two fingers, in comparison.
Tom
I figured the two-door Chrysler fuselage vehicles were a good guess; I didn't feel like digging too deep today!
I remember the TV show Cannon, starring a then-corpulent William Conrad. If memory serves, he drove a Continental Mk III or Mk IV (whichever model was current at the time). I mention this only because I remember seeing him struggling to get himself into (or out of) the capacious cabin of that car via one of those enormous doors!
oh, look, the internet remembers, too!
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BTW, this thread's taken an excellent turn!
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(ahem, yes, ASR)
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Yeah, here ya' go. My actual '79 Trans Am. Shorter overall length than the Lincoln but take a look at the length of that door!
Now, imagine trying to open that door up, with a vehicle that is less than 2 feet away from you in the next parking spot.
Tom
I’m gonna call you Jim Rockford now @treitz3. Affectionately, of course! 😉* Even though you claim to proudly maintain an ignore list — I don’t have one.
Jim Rockford had a firebird berlinetta or whatever they were called. No spoilers on those.
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Yeah, here ya' go. My actual '79 Trans Am. Shorter overall length than the Lincoln but take a look at the length of that door!
Now, imagine trying to open that door up, with a vehicle that is less than 2 feet away from you in the next parking spot.
Tom
I’m gonna call you Jim Rockford now @treitz3. Affectionately, of course! 😉* Even though you claim to proudly maintain an ignore list — I don’t have one.
Jim Rockford had a firebird berlinetta or whatever they were called. No spoilers on those.
😉
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You guys sure it wasn't a sweet, brown Chevy Monza?
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Talons of a Harpy Eagle. Imagine what that does to a rain forest monkey when it's flying in at 50 mph!!! 😬 They target the skulls of them primates.
https://youtu.be/Og0OKvMmnAc Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
--Mark Twain.
“If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright -
hmm... perhaps better for the You're doing it wrong thread?
(ASR)
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Here is an old picture of my 1967 Camaro that I ordered from Jones Motor Company in Bremen GA that was a Chevrolet dealership. I ordered it about the time I graduated from college.
I still have the original invoice and I think the total was about $3000. I should look for it to verify.
I remember black wall tires became the "hot" thing in the mid 60's, and the first thing I did was reverse all four tires from whitewalls to blackwalls. The Camaro had a 327 engine and a Hurst shifter.
As a kid, I always went to town with my Dad on Saturdays; mainly to the grocery store across the street from Jones Motor Company. We always ventured over to look at the Chevys especially when the new models arrived. My dad always liked to talk cars with Buell Jones a relative.
Here is a pic of one of the Jones Motor Company giveaway yard sticks of yesteryear.
Note the 4-digit telephone number.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »
hmm... perhaps better for the You're doing it wrong thread?
(ASR)
That is just plain amazing that he could drive out of there like that. -
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Yeah, here ya' go. My actual '79 Trans Am. Shorter overall length than the Lincoln but take a look at the length of that door!
Now, imagine trying to open that door up, with a vehicle that is less than 2 feet away from you in the next parking spot.
Tom
I’m gonna call you Jim Rockford now @treitz3. Affectionately, of course! 😉* Even though you claim to proudly maintain an ignore list — I don’t have one.
Jim Rockford had a firebird berlinetta or whatever they were called. No spoilers on those.
😉
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motorstereo wrote: »mhardy6647 wrote: »
hmm... perhaps better for the You're doing it wrong thread?
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That is just plain amazing that he could drive out of there like that.
I stand in the presence of greatness. Srsly.
