In my opinion, the current system of opening the DeLorean's gullwing doors is absolutely remarkable. With the power of the grumman-produced torsion bar, the door gets enough lift to pop up all the way and be held in place by a single tiny strut. The door opens normally, without the need of huge pumps (air or otherwise) to lift the doors up. Many people have tried to get the gullwing door right, and only DeLorean did it correctly. Ive been in million dollar Mercedes race coupes with gullwing doors (present day models) and the doors are no where near as nice or impressive as the DeLoreans. If you are going for show trickery with remote opening doors, Rob Grady of PJ Grady is developing a remote door actuator which will allow the door to pop open remotely givin that you dont have weak door struts. In the end, the DeLorean door is simple, easy to use, and rarely do we have too much trouble with them. Sure the door might jam shut from time to time but that usually doesnt have anything to do with the strut. When you compare that system to that of the Bricklin which uses all of the mechanics you were interested in, the DeLorean system is much safer, more reliable, and easy to use. Just my two cents. Justin 5172 Houston TX