Ford Transit Forum

by **chunkychap247365** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:56 pm

GOTCHA!!! yeah as if.......but then..........

by **Luke** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:59 pm

i nominate .............. This van

by **chunkychap247365** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:21 am

Are you saying that catdaddies van will get lambo/sissor doors first then?

by **Luke** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:32 am

mabe one day :lol:

a few people have talked about it on the forum but as of yet i havent seen them on a transit

as with everything you get people who talk about stuff and people who do stuff catdaddys van speaks for itself

the closest we've seen is this viewtopic.php?f=23&t=10397&p=89705

by **Gurj51ngh** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:47 am

i think many people have got crazy ideas in their mind but time is the main problem and then its the money.......................

i mean my self yer lol

by **AlanN** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:53 am

The problem being, even when the door is up, the bottom of the door stops you getting in the seat... Ive seen this van from the kids show in Southend and they had to climb under the doors. There was a guy selling plans on how to make them on ebay a while back.

by **Luke** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:57 am

i like these lambo doors and i think they look the nuts on a custom van but i wouldn't want them on a day to day van - too impractical

if i was going for something trick and practical i'd do suicide doors - where the door hinges normally but in the B pillar

at least you'd still be able to get in and out ok

by **Terry** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:23 pm

Suicide doors are called suicide doors for a good reason. Though on a Transit I suspect they would have to be re-named, 'amputate at the knee doors'

by **mikke** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:29 pm

Transit in a garage with lambo doors

how would you get out :lol:

by **AlanN** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:39 pm

Now Gulwing doors in the garage, you would never be seen again :lol:

Hmmm, Gulwing doors, now thats an idea as long as you dont want to use tesco carpark

by **Luke** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:44 pm

Terry wrote:Suicide doors are called suicide doors for a good reason. Though on a Transit I suspect they would have to be re-named, 'amputate at the knee doors'

just googled suicide doors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_door and it's made me think about it in a different light :lol:

i cant see them being as awkward as i 1st thought when you approch a chair you would go from the front - its more of a natural way

i think when door locks were primative in the 50's there was a chace the door could spring open but i cant see it with modern door latches - just make sure your wearing a seatbelt :lol:

i was talking to catdaddy about these the other week and one problem he pointed out was the B pillar on the n/s might not be strong enough to hold the weight due to the sliding door space behind it :idea:

it would also be awkward to strengthen as the fuel tank filler is in that pillar too

i'm sure it could be done with a bit of thought - just not as simple as bolting a pair of hinges on :lol:

mikke wrote:Transit in a garage with lambo doors
how would you get out

transit in a garage thats a rarety :lol:

by **mikke** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 1:09 pm

by **Terry** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 5:05 pm

Well I am very surprised that the reference Luke posted seems to gloss over
the main reason they were called suicide doors. They were so damn dangerous.
Before the law was made to blame the 'driver' opening the door carelessly, there was no clear 'at fault' definition. If you think about it if someone incautiously opened a 'suicide door' stepped out and the door was struck by for instance a passing truck, the 'driver's legs would be chopped off at the shins by the door closing against the 'running board', and probably be beheaded by the door closing against the upper door frame. Doors were probably a lot heavier then than now, they had sturdy wooden frames with steel panels on + the glass, that added up and made a door quite heavy, clout that with a 10 ton truck at 25/30 mph & said door will have a hell of a lot of 'momentum' (if that's the correct 'modern' word ?). The same scenario with doors opening the 'modern' way takes all the damaging metal away from the careless door opening driver. Additionally and think this was also a major factor, opening a suicide door onto a passing cyclist pushed the cyclist into the traffic approaching from the opposite direction, now the cyclist gets 'stopped' by the door !

by **Luke** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:17 pm

i look at it this way terry........... if you are ford designing and building 1 million transits then its pritty much a cast iron certanty that at least 1 will be involved in the type of incidents you mention :!: