The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors - Jalopnik Comments

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

HalenCadkey — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:06:34 EST

That's probably not practical, but DAMN is looks cool. I love all the clunks, chunks, and whining noises it makes, it totally sounds like a spaceship.

HalenCadkey

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

jonatbaylor — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:03:01 EDT

@Sanfam:

why not a 1998?

jonatbaylor

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

kicksonfire — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:58:18 EDT

holy shit... who need lamborghini doors or suicide doors if you got THIS... OMG im dazed right now. Im gettin this on my honda civic !

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kicksonfire

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

thechoop — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:49:32 EDT

The interior door panel is about to wrinkle and tear after about three more demonstrations. It doesn't to slick to me. On the outside, that rocker panel closes with about the same efficiency as an old garage door opener. A dumb idea executed without any regard to aesthetics. Go Lincoln.

thechoop

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

Natrix — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:00:59 EDT

Hey!

I also think the concept is quite cool, but to be honest I don't know why everyone is making such a big fuzz about this car... I saw it on a different web page just a couple days back. But there is actually a production car that offers the same feature. It's the BMW Z1 (as already mentioned)
which was presented at the IAA in Frankfurt in 1987. There was a limited number of 8000 cars built, but still it was a production car.

I Live in Germany and you can still see some driving around, even though it's quite rare and they are very expensive.

[www.bmw-z1.com]

this is a video of a Alpina RLE (a tuned up version of the Z1)

[youtube.com]

Natrix

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

iamjames — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:15:08 EDT

reserve not met at 25k! What'd this guy think it was worth with a broken driver's door?

Apparently he thinks it's worth 500k:
"In addition, I have recently been contacted by an engineer who worked on this car. He noted that this car had at least $250,000 spent (in 1995) on the development of the drop door mechanism. In today's dollars, that is approx. $500,000. This is truly an engineering marvel."

iamjames

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

Gord — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:38:30 EDT

I have a 95 Lincoln Mark VIII I bought in Dec. 2006. This is one of the most beautifully designed automobiles inside and I out I have ever seen much less owned. What hasn't been mentioned is that the 4.6 ltr. 32 valve, 4 cam, port fuel injection, V8 is stock. I can drive 70 mph and get 34 mpg in mine with 150,000+ miles on it. The auto lowering of the suspension by 2" at 60 mph is the height of cool. I confirm at 140 mph she is still pulling strong and stable. Hot Rod Lincoln...........you bet!

Gord

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

speedeep — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:37:24 EDT

[www.transmit.net]

BMW tried this with their Z1 back in the day.

[en.wikipedia.org]
(the picture above is of the Z1 from Boulder, Colorado listed in the wikipedia article.

speedeep

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

Stoatmaster — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:27:41 EDT

Do you have Peugot 1007 in Northern America?

Supermini with sliding electric door. Poor sales, due to:

1. Fear of being trapped when the froggy electrics break.

2. All the bits making it 20% dearer than its rivals.

3. All the bits making it slower, thirstier and worse handling than its rivals.

All I'm saying is, the same thinkings probably explain why there's only one of those Lincolns out there.

Stoatmaster

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

danio3834 — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:20:01 EDT

@Turboner: They have serious potential as well. In past years at the annual Southern Heavy Shootout, there were several 11sec 1/4 mile street driven Mark VIIIs.

The LT1 cars were still faster, but the Marks were still bad azz

danio3834

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

Turboner — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:50:46 EDT

@danio3834: Mark VIII's are sweet. My folks' neighbor had a black one for years. Not my taste, auto only, but still one hell of a fast exec car, despite being a Ford ;)

Turboner

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

Sanfam — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:12:57 EDT

Failure to recognize the Mark Viii as the most superbly awesome vehicle ever shoud result in instant poster execution. This just makes the car that much more cool.

I may be a hardcore Volvo fanboy, but there's something about the Mark Viii that just radiates perfection. It's too bad they're worthless and are becoming exceptionally difficult to source parts for. Still doesn't make me any less fond of their elegance. Give me a '96 LSC in either Black or Blue and I'll be happy.

Sanfam

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

lascauxcaveman — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:03:04 EDT

@goatrope: On my dad's 1973 Custon Cruiser, the clamshell gate never failed in 4+ years of driving. Even after I backed into a concrete lightpole base at signifcant speed. Dad was lucky, I guess.

lascauxcaveman

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

RoninianHoon — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:53:51 EDT

yes I would "donk" that... then laugh at the guy in his SUV with his doors over his head...

also the thought comes to mind of an ejector seat...

RoninianHoon

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

iamjames — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:49:58 EDT

YOu got to love this:

"At the moment, the drivers door is not operational. A skilled mechanic was able to get the passenger door functioning perfectly. The drivers door will require some tinkering as well as knowledge of electronics and possibly hydraulics to get it to function. It is being sold "as is.""

Wonderful!! Find a mechanic to fix the concept vehicle with parts THAT DON'T EXIST anywhere!

Dammit and I thought this car was so cool until I read that and remembered "Oh ****, if ANYTHING broke on those doors it'd be impossible to get parts for it."

Maybe the most shocking part: it's at 15k and reserve not met. With a door that might or might not be fixable.

iamjames

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

KingRoyale — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:46:36 EDT

Sweet baby cantaloupes that's awesome to watch!

KingRoyale

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

iamjames — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:41:55 EDT

oh here's one story from jalopnik:
[jalopnik.com]

about a aftermarket driveshaft for Mustangs. Ford's still using a two-piece driveshaft that's prone to vibration and breaking.

iamjames

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

iamjames — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:34:06 EDT

Those doors are really cool, but you'd be screwed if the battery died. Those doors better have their own battery-backups in the door themselves in case of emergency.

As for the 140mph claims: all crown vics, even police cruisers, were limited to ~120mph up until recently (or maybe they still are?) because the crappy drive shafts would vibrate violently and snap. There was even a story about it on jalopnik last year. Not sure if this applied to the Mark VIII but considering they're very similar (heavy V8 sedan) I'm sure they used the same drive shaft.

If you buy a aftermarket shaft the Mark VIII would probably do 140 but not stock.

iamjames

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:46:57 EDT

I don't remember hearing or reading about this baby back in the day, there's no documentation to back up the story, and it apparently has a regular VIN number and is apparently street legal. Based on all that, I'm calling B.S.

However, that is quite possibly the raddest Lincoln I've seen in months (though that could be because I haven't seen any Mark VIIIs in ages).

Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

SexCpotatoes — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:20:25 EDT

Side impact crash test ratings would probably be horrendous though...

SexCpotatoes

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

joker5638 — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:21:21 EDT

wouldn't it be more plausible to have a slightly wider frame and have it slide toward the rear of the car? It looks and sounds like it could break at any moment.

joker5638

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

smashtar — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:05:49 EDT

autobots, transform!

smashtar

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

GreenN_Gold — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:15:25 EDT

I thought the Mark VIII's were sweet back in the day, and I am anything but a FoMoCo fan. These doors are sweet too, in an impractical and potentially nightmare-of-a-headache sort of way.

GreenN_Gold

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

knute — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:53:45 EDT

I had a 94 Cougar, which was (mostly) the same, and a bigger problem than opening the doors in a tight spot was parking on the side of a hill and opening the door uphill...those buggers were heavy.

Nice car though, and I'm sure the MkVIII was even nicer.

knute

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

Daga — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:45:45 EDT

You know what? that kinda rocks

Daga

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

ZeGerman — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:44:19 EDT

My parents also drive a cream-puff black '93 Mark VIII. Perhaps I can convince them to do something along these lines.

And although I loathe the Mark VIII for its interior that loves to fall apart, it has an air suspension that lowers are freeway speeds, the engine is great, it has no speed governor, and it still pulls at over 140MPH.

ZeGerman

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

Eric Merrill — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:27:32 EDT

Piece by piece, using this gem of an idea we could in theory construct a transformer.

We have the technology.

I could see using this in a parking lot would make many people pee themselves, especially after the Transformers movie's success. I dig it!

Eric Merrill

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

junkman — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:02:24 EDT

@brandegee-balanced and blueprinted engine and trans, two-piece driveshaft, belly pans, grill baffles, 2.47 rear, narrow tires, no side mirrors, dual straight pipes, full roll cage (painted body color and leather upholstered) and automatic lowering suspension at speed to 2" ground clearance.

junkman

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

goatrope — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:35:41 EDT

lascauxcaveman: How many times did your old man have to have the gas tank pulled to get the derailed clamshell tailgate back on track? My mom's Pontiac needed that done 3 times in two years. Luckily, the car was totaled by a snow plow before the tailgate disappeared again.

goatrope

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

TorkLugnutz — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:31:10 EDT

What it lacks in reliability, it oozes in coolness.

Can't wait to see a car with lambos, gullwings and whatever the hell you call this. Linkins?

TorkLugnutz

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

brandegee — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:29:53 EDT

300+ km/h in a Mark VIII? What kind of minor modifications were those?

brandegee

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

junkman — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:04:07 EDT

@danio3834-You're absolutely right about the Mark VIII in its day. I had a prototype that Ford had built to set a stock class land speed record at Bonneville. It ran 187+mph with relatively minor but highly trick modifications. The record stood for nearly seven years.

junkman

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

Isetta — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:03:29 EDT

Rather interesting, although I suspect the cost would be astronomical. I'm sure a good designer could figure out a way to make the inner panel look better than what is close to a 1928 Model A in appearance. If one could figure out how to balance the whole affair you could actually make it work without a motor(s).

Isetta

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

biminitwst — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:57:42 EDT

Practical? no way.
Cool? Hell yes!
That's the kind of thinking that makes this such a great country.

biminitwst

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

lascauxcaveman — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:40:20 EDT

Hey! That's the tailgate on my dads old '73 Custom Cruiser wagon. Only sideways.

lascauxcaveman

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

Heep — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:32:35 EDT

@nytmare: Either way, hardly 20.

Heep

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

nytmare — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:29:25 EDT

@Heep: 15.

nytmare

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

SRekauqh — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:28:13 EDT

@osnofla: Look at the front seat...there's armrests built into the seat.

SRekauqh

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

dolo54 — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:18:25 EDT

A good reason to own the "Life Hammer"! Still I think it's pretty cool.

dolo54

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

SRekauqh — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:16:45 EDT

I love this. My immediate thought was (out loud in my office): GTFO! I want.

SRekauqh

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

KVHnik — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:08:49 EDT

It needs one of those big "in case of emergency" handles as found on the exit row of a 737. I don't even like electric windows...this makes me claustrophobic just looking at it.

KVHnik

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

danio3834 — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:07:36 EDT

Wow, that actually looks like it works really well. Reliable for a production car, prolly not.

Anyone who calls a Mark VIII lame, hasnt driven one. A hot rod in its day, a tire fryer.

danio3834

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

rgseidl — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:05:09 EDT

The '93 Lincoln Mark VIII featured both a wide chassis and two long rather than four short doors. Small wonder parking in tight spaces would be a problem.

[www.murrayco.com]

rgseidl

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

damnelantra™ — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:03:32 EDT

awesome! cant wait to see the local off-panel crxs with this system. god knows ive already seen the skizor door version

damnelantra™

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

Heep — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:02:05 EDT

How do you track a 14 year old car for nearly 20 years?

Heep

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:51:30 EDT

It would be pretty cool until the motor breaks and you're stuck inside.

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

skaz — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:51:00 EDT

It could just be me but that's rad.

skaz

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

The Thirteenth Sentry — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:50:29 EDT

Oooooh... magic doors.

The Thirteenth Sentry

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

InternationalSuperspy — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:48:14 EDT

I'll take a BMW Z1, thanks.

InternationalSuperspy

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

osnofla — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:41:51 EDT

i think that the folding action at least from the outside looks freakin awesome, too bad it doesn't allow for armrests

osnofla

The 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Rolling Door Concept Car Hides Your Heavy Doors

dylanseals — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:30:59 EDT

Possibly the lamest car ever be used as a concept piece.

dylanseals