1931 Ford Suicide Door

by Alana Thrower

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1931 Ford Suicide Door

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Alana Thrower

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Photograph - Photography

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This nicely restored car was waiting for the start of the Festival Day in Elbert, Colorado. This is a 1931 Ford four door. This model has suicide doors.

Suicide doors were common on cars manufactured in the first half of the 20th century. The nickname is mainly due to the design's propensity to seriously injure anyone exiting or entering the offside of the car if the door is hit by a passing vehicle. Also, in the era before seat belts, the accidental opening of such doors meant that there was a greater risk of falling out of the vehicle compared to front-hinged doors, where airflow pushed the doors closed rather than opening them further. Suicide doors were especially popular with mobsters in the gangster era of the 1930s, supposedly owing to the ease of pushing passengers out of moving vehicles, according to Dave Brownell, the former editor of Hemmings Motor News. Wikipedia

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January 27th, 2018

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