Re: 56 concept

Posted by Leeedy On 2018/11/18 13:54:19
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Mahoning63 wrote:
Here's the prototype from Creative that we have shown before on this forum. They used the coupe's roof and probably lengthened the rear door to close the body gap when they welded in a rear section of front door to make reverse opening.


As I recall, I was told that Creative Industries of Detroit did no lengthening whatsoever to the rear door. What they did was shave off the entire top of a Patrician rear door (all of the window frame assembly). Then, if you will notice, they went further... also shaved the vertical beltline surface and structure. Because this area no longer existed, it became necessary to place the door handles on a new lower position on the door. Of course, this was never finalized. Look closely and you'll see there is no place (no structure) to attach the handles in the usual positions. So any argument about this placement is moot.

The idea here was to get a lower look to the car. Because this was basically a Four Hundred 2-door hardtop with four doors mooshed onto it there was an accentuation of the "high-pockets" look and a resulting stubbiness-both of which Dick Teague disliked.

Look closely and you will note the roof has been somewhat altered. All four side windows would have been totally new pieces-made just for the 4-door hardtop only. But the 4-door hardtop would have looked even lower than the Four Hundred 2-door hardtop.

Because of all this, the expense of making this car in production was simply not justified. So the 4-door hardtop would have to wait for 1957... but then we all know what happened to that plan.

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