Suicide doors

["Christopher Middlebrook" <delamothe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

So far the only luxury car that comes to mind from the 30's with the suicide 
door design, are the Pierce Arrows of the mid 30's.  In particular the Silver 
Arrow.




 --- On Tue 03/23, Kerry Pinkerton < pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx > wrote:
From: Kerry Pinkerton [mailto: pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx]
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:00:23 -0600
Subject: Re: IML: Suicide doors

Some early Crown Imperials had suicide rear doors.  My 50 crown does and <br>I 
expect the same is true through through 54. <br><br><br>RandalPark@xxxxxxx 
wrote:<br><br>>That is correct. Doors that open in such a way that if they were 
ajar and the car was moving, that the wind could catch and open them, are in 
fact called suicide doors. I don't think anyone actually committed suicide in 
this way, but it could be said that opening the door while the car was in 
motion would be "like committing suicide". This was since the wind would pull 
the door off the car, and possibly the passenger along with it, if they hung 
onto the door handle. Lincolns and four door Thunderbirds in the '60s had a 
door ajar warning light for this reason. <br>><br>>In the '30s, some cars had 
the front doors opening in this way while the rear ones were conventional. Were 
any '30s Chryslers or Imperials set up this way? I'll have to take a look in my 
old "70 Years of Chrysler" book.<br>><br>>Paul<br>><br>> In a message dated 
3/22/2004 8:04:27 PM Eastern Standard T
ime, DavisADM writes:<br>><br>>  <br>><br>>>Who says that suicide dorrs applies 
only to the front doors.  So, yes, Lincolns and T-birds had suicide 
doors!<br>>><br>>><br>>>In a message dated 03/22/2004 11:45:53 AM, 
<br>>>imperial1971@xxxxxxxxx writes:<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>>The Engel-designed 
'64-'66 Imperials were never<br>>>offered with suicide doors.  And neither were 
the<br>>>'61-'69 Lincolns.  Lincoln (and Thunderbird for a few<br>>>years) used 
a center-opening design, which is rather<br>>>different than the "suicide" 
design, in which the<br>>>front door opens from the FRONT.<br>>><br>>>But, much 
like the misuse of "Kelsey Hayes" for the<br>>>Motor Wheel wire wheels, the 
misuse of "suicide doors"<br>>>has stuck.<br>>><br>>>Elijah<br>>>    
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