Lincoln Continental Brings Back Suicide Rear Doors.

[silverkris]

Originally Posted by easy62

This is the Lincoln that JFK was assassinated in its in the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn Michigan Ford owned the car still when JFK was president so they got it back and put it on display.


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That doesn't look like his car, it looks like a standard sedan The grille is that of a 1964 model, the actual limo was a 1961 that was refitted with a 1963 grille, and it was longer (the rear and front doors don't meet).

[hbdwihdh378y9]

Originally Posted by Coldjensens

I vaguely remember the answer to this, Something to do with opening the doors while moving. If you open them while moving the wind catches them and tears them off taking you with the door?

Except that now we have seat belts.

[easy62]

Originally Posted by silverkris

That doesn't look like his car, it looks like a standard sedan The grille is that of a 1964 model, the actual limo was a 1961 that was refitted with a 1963 grille, and it was longer (the rear and front doors don't meet).

https://www.thehenryford.org/collect.../kennedy-limo/

[Veritas Vincit]

I always thought it's called 'suicide doors' because with the way they open they'd block view of oncoming traffic. Though I have to say I have never used such doors, so I don't know how true that would be and how big a risk it really represents.