You need to get a grip on reality! Some people like 4 doors, some like wagons, some like Buicks, some fords or chevy. Some even like mopars. Most like 2 doors on a classic car because they are more sporty and the muscle cars were all two doors. It's also easier to get it running fast with less weight. Just be happy that you like a less popular car and don't have to pay way more money for the car you want. That's one of the nice things about Buicks being under rated. Compare the price of a 2 door Chevelle with a 2 door Skylark. If you like four doors, you save even more to get the car you want.
There's a guy that rents space where I keep one of my cars. Thats all he collects- low mileage 4 door cars. These things look like time capsules too. Thats his thing. God bless him In my younger days, I would look at a 4 door as a good front clip and a trunk lid.:grin:
I don't care for 4 doors and have never owned one but do l love me some wagons! Wagons don't count 'cause they have 5 doors
Dont forget you also go all the way and get five doors - they cost as much as convert when new - didn't get any respect either for a lot of years, (they mini van years) but are starting too. I grew up disliking four doors - and wagons, even had a Toyota mini van when the kids where young which I traded and got cash besides for my 68 Sportwagon. But still wouldn't want to see comes cars as four door -- can you imagine a four door 71 boattail Riv - although a clam shell wagon version would be real neat
You forgot about extra engine, transmission and quarter panels! Rear quarters can be worth more than the cost of a very nice more door car. The only source of them critters for a 65 is an organ donor car!
The most fun is with a four door car. I had a 4 door 86 bonneville that would smoke most cars. Mind you I replaced the 3.8 buick v6 with a 350 chev., trickflow heads w headers. Ex. had muffler headers and I still had the puny 1 7/8" single tail pipe hanging off the rear. 3rd gear scratch at 65mph. All the same that car was the most fun I ever had. Ray
If you just want a daily driver or cruser you can have as much fun with a 4 door as a 2 door for a lot less money Bruce
Age may have something to do with our perception of 4 door cars. I'll soon be 50, and when I was growing up 4 door cars were seen as being stodgy & utilitarian. 2 door cars were seen as sportier and sleeker. I surmise the extra 2 doors were added after the initial design of the car was conceived as a 2 door, and the resulting look wasn't always the most aesthetic. In my eyes mid sized cars always looked awkward with 4 doors, although most full size cars could pull off the look. After 1965 my Father never owned a 4 door. I was used to climbing into the back of 2 door cars from the age of 4. Should have seen and heard the fit my teenage son pitched when he had to climb into the back of my '96 Riviera! Oh what inhumane torture and inconvenience it was for him! :ball: Someone younger such as yourself grew up in a world dominated by 4 door sedans. Mandatory child seat laws had much to do with this since buckling a kid into a car seat in the back of a coupe is not as manageable as it is if you have a large opening to work with. So while I don't dislike full size cars with 4 doors, if I had my druthers I would take a 2 door anyday. :TU:
:gp: It really is an age thing I think. It's like how most drivers today can't drive a manual. I grew up in the 80's and only sports cars got manual trans while everyday cars got an automatic. Now you can't even call them standards since the automatic is the standard trans on most cars. Even the Hi-Po cars now come as auto only. Seems like the younger generation is more open to sedans and wagons, but less knowledgable about stick shifts and carbs o No: I will say that many cars look very awkward as sedans, but many cars look very awkward as coupes too. Nevermind the cars that have nice smooth round bodies and then a very angular choppy convertible top ou:
It depends on the styling of the car. No offense to anyone - but I didn't like the look of the '54-'56 4-Dr sedan Buicks. The problem was not four doors - it was the rear wheel well. These cars needed the radiused wheel well. The 4-dr hardtops looked great with the full open wheel well. I loved the look of the early '60s 4-dr Lincolns with the rear "suicide" doors. I thought that the 4-Dr models of the '49-'51 Mopars generally looked better then the 2-Dr models. The 4-dr '55-'57 Chevys looked awkward. My Dad had a '58, then a '60 Lincoln 4-Dr Ht. I think they looked better then the 2-Dr models...
Nice to see all the 4 door lovers here. I do think its an age thing, I have yet to find an older guy who likes 4 doors. But young people seem to have no problem with them. I see so many really solid complete 4 doors in the south being parted out it just makes me being from NY sick because almost everything up here is rotted to death and we would kill for those cars!
It all comes down to the car. I've seen tonnes of 4 doors I like, and tonnes I don't. I'd echo the sentiment that it depends on the overall size of the car, the full size cars can roll 4 doors far better than the mid size cars. Big Buicks, Lincolns and Caddys look really good in a 4 door. I've seen post cars I like, and post cars I don't. I don't hate on them, but you have to admit, they aren't as sporty looking.
I learned to drive, and subsequently drove the hell out of a 74 Ford Torino 4D with a 351W 4v and it was a blast.
If you want to find 4-door lovers go to Australia. I have friends there and they love them because of their usefulness. My friend has gone so far as to help strip 2-door cars for parts. Duane
