Style Points fo’ sho!
Gullwing doors? No. Suicide doors? No. It's all about the Disappearing Door! This is actually some concept car from Ford back in the 90s that was put up for auction on eBay last month (I know I live under a rock when it comes to these things, but hey at least this time I'm only a month behind...lol). Here's a little back story about the car from the seller:
Lincoln executives were concerned about the heavy and wide doors on the Mark VIII in the early 1990's especially in large cities with tight parking spots. They were toying with the idea of a Mark VIII that had doors that disappeared beneath the car which would require no additional space for the doors to swing open in order to allow the occupant to exit or enter. Back in the day, the major auto makers would sub-contract their concept designs to other engineering firms who specialiazed in auto concepts and executions. In this particular case, this Lincoln Mark VIII was shipped over to Joalto Design Inc. near Detroit. Joalto holds numerous US Patents dealing with this vehicle chassis and body construction (see pictures of patent plaques in interior section below).
Joalto Design Inc. created this amazing, one of a kind concept car and shipped it back to Lincoln for executive approval. Be sure to click on the video below to watch the door miraculously disappear underneath the car - you will be shocked and amazed. Unfortunately, the Ford Motor Company executives did not like the design and ordered the car (and the concept) to be sent to the junkyard and destroyed. The current owner had been tracking this car for nearly 20 years and finally convinced the previous owner to part with it.
Thus is the story of this amazing Lincoln concept car. There is no documentation to substantiate the claims above but it is completely within the realm of possibility and in fact likely that the events occurred as above. Since the executives wanted all evidence destroyed, we are relying on lore in this case.
Shocked and amazed I was. Although it may work wonders when working right, when the thing doesn't who knows what kind of a pain in the ass trying to get in/out of the car could be. I say just leave the doors down everywhere you go, it'll make it that much easier to ghost ride that whip or maybe freak out your friends as you roll down the door and drift that sucker.
Check out the auction while it's still up at eBay HERE