4 door to a 2 door?

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  1. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    i did a '65 Cheby wagon once...welded up the back doors and put the 2 door insides in it. they had a 2 door wagon in '64 but not in '65.

    ...:yup:...
     
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    I had the idea of using a fastback Mustang roof on a Mav. Maybe that could be the elusive Grabber2 I have seen mentioned :drive:
     
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    someday, i would like to try the idea posed in the green car pic... but has a convertible. that will be a while from now
     
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  4. 302mav76

    302mav76 Isaac Serna

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    photoshop time! I'm gonna give it a try this weekend. :bouncy:
     
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  5. 69GT

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    If Ford had made a notch back Maverick/Comet that's exactly what it shoulda looked like.
     
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    That car was a 4-door. Someone photo edited that picture it's not real.
     
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  7. Jamie Miles

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    Yep... that's the pic. That car was actually a 4 door in real life, that pic is an extremely good photoshop job someone on here did. The original pic is here.

    Unfortunately, the car was destroyed by a fire earlier this year.
     
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    I think the white photoshopped Maverick looks like a Sunbeam Alpine - only heavier.
     
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  9. Mavaholic

    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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  10. Craig Selvey

    Craig Selvey Indiana State Rep - MCCI

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    Kind of looks like a Corvette as well.
     
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    The green one looked like a '69 Camaro roof at first glance.

    Saw a round Falcon last month, took over 31" out of the wheel base, front half of the door was a 2-door back half was from a 4 door.

    [​IMG]
     
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    mavgrab302 MCCI Florida State Rep

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    I was laughing until I saw the green mav. Now I'm saying why didn't ford build it. That is One cool concept car. Great photo shop work. That person could have a side job photoshoping our dreams into reality.
     
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  13. Sam M.

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    I have always wanted to try this as well. I really like the 4-door roofline and I think it looks good with the slightly longer wheelbase. If I were doing it, I'd start with a 4-door car, remove both doors, replace the front door with one from a 2-door car, move the post back and use the sheetmetal from the back door to build the filler panel. The hardest part is finding a way to make the new quarter window.

    This whole conversation reminds me of the 2 cars pictured below. The first one is a Fairmont Futura with the "fastback" type roofline. The second one is a Fairmont 2 door sedan. I'm not sure why Ford built these 2 models at the same time but they did. Just makes me wish they had done it with the Maverick as well.
     
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    There used to be a Fairmont Futura like the first pic running around here that had been converted into a Ranchero pickup. It looked so natural, I could never figure out why Ford didn't build it themselves....
     
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    Seen a few here in Oregon too. They were called Durango's and were supposed to be fairly rare.
     
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