# 4-Door convertibles

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/4-door-convertibles/163790>\
**Category:** The Show\
**Created:** [May 3, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/4-door-convertibles/163790 "2020-05-03T22:36:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![GordonDudley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@GordonDudley](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GordonDudley)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/4-door-convertibles/163790/1 "2020-05-03T22:36:43Z")

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Ray, Ford Model T’s through A’s had phaetons, 4 door convertibles. ‘35-‘39 Ford’s had phaetons or in ‘39 they called them convertible sedans. And then there were the beautiful’61-64 Lincoln Continenals.  
Although not convertibles, the ‘67-71 Thunderbirds were 4-doors with suicide tear doors hung on the C-column.  
Love your column, BTW.

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/4-door-convertibles/163790/2 "2020-05-03T22:48:42Z")

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Ray doesn’t post here but I thought of the same thing watching an old TV show the other night. There was a big Lincoln with rear doors that opened opposite to the front doors and I thought to myself, “There’s your 4 door convertible.”

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/4-door-convertibles/163790/3 "2020-05-03T23:42:28Z")

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Lots of pre-1930 cars were 4 door ‘convertibles’, but it was a bit involved to put the top down.

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**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/4-door-convertibles/163790/4 "2020-05-03T23:49:33Z")

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Even lowly Plymouth had a four door convertible in the 1930’s or 40’s.

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**Author:** ![ken2116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f19dbf/32.png) [@ken2116](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken2116)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/4-door-convertibles/163790/5 "2020-05-04T23:10:28Z")

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A friend restored a mid-30’s Auburn 4-Dr convertible with carved wooden bows, it has a straight-8 engine with a mechanically driven supercharger, capable of \> 100mph when new. (I get to sit in it.)