"traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn" (el-peasant)
05/01/2015 at 21:10 • Filed to: None
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"traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn" (el-peasant)
05/01/2015 at 21:10 • Filed to: None | 2
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In my opinion, Deutschland isn’t the best at making the 4-door coupés look like two-doors.
Olds knew how to do it back in the day, and I’m sure there were others like the Bel Air.
Side of the 1955 Olds Holiday Sedan (equivalent of a 4-door coupe)
The ‘55 Olds Holiday Coupe (don’t ask me where they get the name Holiday, at least they got the body style right)
(It’s 1920p x 1080p, Why so small? Because Kinja.)
Remove the door panel gaps and handles, I could barely tell the difference.
The key here is greenhouse length: The longer/shorter it is, the more it looks like a 4/2 door respectively.
armandthegreat
> traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
05/01/2015 at 21:15 |
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It’s cool until you have to live with it. I have a pillar-less car from the sixties myself, and let me just say, there are good reasons why we design the way we do now. Its a beauty tho, to be sure
E. Julius
> traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
05/01/2015 at 21:15 |
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That is a gorgeous car. Pillarless hardtop, before people started saying ridiculous crap like “four door coupe”.
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E. Julius
> armandthegreat
05/01/2015 at 21:18 |
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Care to elaborate? I don’t have much experience with cars from that era, I’d love to get your perspective on it.
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armandthegreat
> E. Julius
05/01/2015 at 21:25 |
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The seal the windows made together when closed might be been airtight when the car was new. But the rubber will degenerate, and the windows will move around in their regulators. It’ll rattle, and you’ll get airflow through the car, creating sound and disturbance. And even if you fix it up it’s only temporary, as using the car will wear the seals and vibrations will eventually move the window out of its perfect, aligned track. That single pillar between the windows makes a world of difference, by sandwiching the window in metal and feeding it through a channel, it keeps them firmly in place forever and furthermore protects the weathersealing from the elements, which is essential. Ultimately, a “post car” as they are sometimes called bring more refinement and ease to everyday living and driving. But, again, you lose style points.
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E. Julius
> armandthegreat
05/01/2015 at 21:27 |
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Interesting. Thanks!
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armandthegreat
> armandthegreat
05/01/2015 at 21:27 |
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My car is pillarless, and I tend to always leave the windows down, because when they are up, it creates annoying noises from the air flow. If I am driving by myself, I don’t care, I’ll roll the windowss up. But I am with a girl, I’ll leave em down.
JR1
> traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
05/01/2015 at 21:40 |
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It wouldn’t surprise me if that was the first Harley Earl was a genius
55Buick, Oversteer Scientist
> E. Julius
05/01/2015 at 22:50 |
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He's right- the window seals are awful on my car (1955 buick super.) I actually have to use masking tape to close the gap before I wash it, otherwise the interior would get soaked. Damn if it isn't gorgeous though!
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E. Julius
> 55Buick, Oversteer Scientist
05/02/2015 at 04:20 |
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Hey my grandfather had one of those when they were new! How's the gas mileage? He always complained that it got like 8 mpg or something absurd like that.
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55Buick, Oversteer Scientist
> E. Julius
05/02/2015 at 11:15 |
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8 MPG probably wasn’t all that absurd! After the carburetor rebuild, 11.5-13 MPG is pretty normal.