Posted on 12/17/2018 7:03:42 AM PST by ETL
Lincoln brought back the Continental name two years ago and now it's resurrecting a feature that’s commonly known by a name it would prefer you don’t use.
To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the model, Lincoln is offering a limited run of 80 Coach Door Edition Continentals for 2019 equipped with what are colloquially
known as “suicide doors.”
The rear-hinged rear doors hearken back to the 1961-1969 heyday of the Continental, when it was at the height of fashion.
They offer a stylish and arguably easier way to enter and exit the vehicle.
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Gas mileage was beyond ridiculous. I think I got about 5 or 6 mpg!
Sounds like the ‘78 I bought from my cousin. He was tinkering with nice Pioneer sound system but alas, something he did (along with the trailer kit the previous owner had in there) made that car completely unreliable.
Wow, was it great when it ran. But the problem was I never knew when I was going to be stranded. Mostly all electrical....hhmmm.
The original, factory installed "pimp-mobile" option.
Nonsense. Our ‘75 and ‘79 were GENUINELY large and big engined, but they got about 10-15 mpg.
“Sharp looking car but you’re right! “Suicide doors”?!”
Some pickups with a back seat have the “Suicide doors”. I imagine that they won’t open if the car is moving.
Putting the hinges on the back side of the door makes for easier entry and exit. Front doors should also open on the back side.
It's a slang term that the car companies don't endorse.
If you're getting out of the back seat on the drivers side and the door gets clipped by another car, a rear hinged door will kill you.
Frank Cannon’s car?
Back when those rear opening doors were common, it was thought that they would fly open in an accident. No one had seat belts then so a passenger could fly out through the opening, resulting in death by striking the pavement or getting run over by another vehicle. With conventional doors that swing forward, and unlatched door tends to stay closed at speed because of the force of passing air pushing on the door.
The family with the auto parts shop I used to work in loved Chrysler 300s and Lincoln Mk III. THAT latter was a stunner. I got to drive one when helping one of our old-man customers move his to his home from his storage spot.
My black ‘79 TC has a moonroof. I wish I could take care of it, but I have a hard time letting go (some contractors at my dad’s house have offered money for it).
Um, make that Kia Sedona ... Need coffee
My 28 is the explanation I’ve always heard.
Younger kid refers to the back doors of the Nissan X-terra as “Hobbit doors” because of the awkward intrusion of the rear wheel well into the area where a passenger’s feet and legs would be the most comfortable ingress point.
Perhaps Nissan should consider doing suicide doors on any future models that are designed similarly.
And the old Lincolns have beautiful lines.
But, that’s a good sign in many ways. It gave the model plenty of business.
Why? Because cars are no longer “large” and TCs were the best biggest thing cabbies could use, especially once they got rid of the real Checker cab.
It’s priced at $100K+. Out of my range.
my dad had one of those
But in a regular door, you would get crushed between the oncoming car and the open door. Don't see muck of a difference
Isn’t that Dick Clark?
My stepson bought a ‘64 white convertible to restore, but he didn’t have the space to do it and eventually lost the inclination as well. He recently sold it.
Since he was in Seattle and I was in KY, and I haven’t got my shop built yet, I had to pass. :(
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