Why are classic 4 door sedans "disliked"?

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I have actually owned 2 four car classic Mopars. I love the art of that 62 Dodge Dart (B body) and that 64 Ply. Bel. I got the 64 Bel in on a trade and had zero $ in it starting out. It ran good, needed brakes, and I did the body/paint. Thats what I had in it. A PO had rebuilt the front end and did some engine work. I actually lost $500 on it and took a year to get $2000 for it. Plus the buyer drove from Ne. to Tx. for it. Bottom line is love the four doors if you like, but does it make sense to build one unless you keep it "till death do ya part!?"

But building any old car, even if you do all the work, it is so easy to be upside down. People will say, it is a keeper, and then 6 months later a "dream car" comes along and something has to go!!
 
Dartswinger70 said:
There was a thing even as a kid in the 70s where a 4 door just wasnt desireable. I remember being in high school, in the 80s and a guy had a 69 Chevelle wagon. I told him "its a neat car shame its a wagon..." just the way it was...or is LOL!
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Two door chevelle wagons are COOL, and rare! Four door chevelle wagons are ho-hum. (Except for the five second one running at Irwindale).
 
33IMP said:
Two door chevelle wagons are COOL, and rare! Four door chevelle wagons are ho-hum. (Except for the five second one running at Irwindale).
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Valiant's too.

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Two doors are performance cars.
Four doors are taxicabs, copcars, and grandpa's car. I can remember five of both my grandpas' cars. ALL were fourdoors.
The only foordoors I own are my diesel pickup, and a 1933 Imperial sedan (with a pair of suicide doors in the back. Six feet of rear seat legroom.)
 
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Kern Dog said:
Oddly, I have found myself drawn to the idea of having an almost completely stock looking 4 door car that rides nice, performs well and looks basic. I'm talking no vinyl top, no aluminum wheels, nothing flashy. Wheel covers, white wall tires, shiny paint, a decent stereo and that is it. Maybe a roller 318 or 5.2 Magnum with a Thermoquad and dual exhaust. Electronic ignition too. Basic, reliable and comfortable.
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AKA, a sleeper.

And I love sleepers!

When my grandfather passed away in '84 I inherited his '72 Gran Torino. Putrid green in color, 32k miles (all of them City), perfect interior but rotted-out lower panels and rockers, 4 door, 250-6, C4, 8" rear end, plastic on the seats...you know the car. At the same time I was finishing-up building a "Clevor" engine (Windsor block, Cleveland heads, and Jon Kaase intake) that I was going to put in my '69 Mustang, but I couldn't help but listen to the Little Devil sitting on my shoulder that told me to put the Clevor into Grandpa's old car.....

I think out of all the cars I've owned, that may have been the funnest!
 
ProjectBazza said:
AKA, a sleeper.

And I love sleepers!

When my grandfather passed away in '84 I inherited his '72 Gran Torino. Putrid green in color, 32k miles (all of them City), perfect interior but rotted-out lower panels and rockers, 4 door, 250-6, C4, 8" rear end, plastic on the seats...you know the car. At the same time I was finishing-up building a "Clevor" engine (Windsor block, Cleveland heads, and Jon Kaase intake) that I was going to put in my '69 Mustang, but I couldn't help but listen to the Little Devil sitting on my shoulder that told me to put the Clevor into Grandpa's old car.....

I think out of all the cars I've owned, that may have been the funnest!
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Baddest sleeper I ever saw was a 65 foordoor chevelle. He NEVER lifted the hood or opened the trunk. Full wheel covers and white walls, and what looked like a stock single exhaust.
Heavily nitroused 540, through manifolds. Drag radials from Diamondback with the letters buffed off, and a whitewall installed.
 
Ottmundr said:
The 4 door cars have smaller doors. I'm only 5'6", and I HATE them. I can't even imagine how bad the 4 door cars are for 6' guys. I prefer the larger doors on the 2 door cars.
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That's an interesting point, the only 4-door classic Mopars I've driven have been C-bodies which obviously have longer doors. I'm 6'1" and didn't have issues with those but I could see A-bodies being kinda tight.
 
4 doors are and were and are basic transportation vehicles. But I do have a 4 door Suburban.
 
MopaR&D said:
That's an interesting point, the only 4-door classic Mopars I've driven have been C-bodies which obviously have longer doors. I'm 6'1" and didn't have issues with those but I could see A-bodies being kinda tight.
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You think our fourdoors are tight? You should see some of the little English fourdoor cars.
I was looking at a fourdoor Austin gasser for a while. Basically used the rear doors for driver access. Only problem was, it was about a foot and a half long,..... if that.
 
33IMP said:
Two door chevelle wagons are COOL, and rare!
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Hell yeah! I like 2 most door wagons - Vegas, Falcons from the '60s and 150s, Ranch Wagons, etc. from the '50s. Not Pintos though...

This one is killer. Big block tunnel ram.
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I've seen this one at the drags, it goes in the 10s.
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My first Mopar race car was a 65 Valiant model 200 4 dr sdn, with a 170 slant six. I use to tow it to the track with a 65 Valiant 4 door station wagon. At the present time I have two 64 Valiant 4 door sedans. One model 100 with a 170 slant 3 speed stick, and one model 200 with a 225 and 904.
 
There was always a stigma attached to 4 door cars when I was young. They were grandma cars, grocery getters or Sunday drivers for church. That was never true of the old 4 door suicide door Lincolns and a few other models that bucked the norm. My dad had a 65 Ford Fairlane wagon with a 289 4 BBl and to be honest I loved that old 4 door wagon. My daily driver is a 4 door Chevy Silverado with the newer Turbo 4 cylinder. It looks good, gets great gas mileage and hauls *** until it shuts down at 106MPH. It has 2 baby seats in the back full time for 2 grandchildren. The 4 doors come in quite handy!
 
jeff alder said:
There was always a stigma attached to 4 door cars when I was young. They were grandma cars, grocery getters or Sunday drivers for church. That was never true of the old 4 door suicide door Lincolns and a few other models that bucked the norm. My dad had a 65 Ford Fairlane wagon with a 289 4 BBl and to be honest I loved that old 4 door wagon. My daily driver is a 4 door Chevy Silverado with the newer Turbo 4 cylinder. It looks good, gets great gas mileage and hauls *** until it shuts down at 106MPH. It has 2 baby seats in the back full time for 2 grandchildren. The 4 doors come in quite handy!
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HA My mini van is good to 113. At least that's what I've been told. lol
 
I can say that the younger generation are turning to the 4 door cars. My son Ian (16) has several at the moment and one of them he bought for 2 breakfast tacos. That being said everyone has their opinions. As I still have a family to cart around both 4 and 2 doors have their uses and can be built to be bad to the bone as well.
 
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