[DML] Re: New Gullwing

[Lee <support@xxxx>]

At 12:56 PM 11/17/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> Although a new "DeLorean" may be a myth more than reality, it does appear
>> that our friends at Lotus will in fact be coming out with a gullwinged car
>> in the next year or so.
>> 
>> The following is a quote from Autoweek 11/9/99: "The big detail change 
>> revealed at London is a pair of scissor doors. Lotus designed a compound
>> angle door hinge, placed above the front wheel."
>>
>> Sounds interesting, no?
>
>The scissor door is quite different from the gullwing door. While opening,
>the scissor door rotates about the compound angle door hinge and ends up 
>mostly forward of the door opening rather than above it. Unlike the gullwing
>door, which is hinged at the top, the scissor door is hinged at the front.
>However, like the gullwing door, the scissor door, when opened, remains much
>closer to the car body than does a "conventional" door. When the gullwing
door
>is open it rests somewhat perpendicular to the plane of the roof. When the 
>scissor door is open it rests mostly parallel to, mostly forward of, and
>slightly elevated above the door opening, with the leading edge of the door
>pointing at an angle downward. I believe the Lamborghini Countach, among
>others, used the scissor door.
>
>Regards,
>Ed Thompson (#6419 since 1982)
>
reply:


Having owned a Lamborghini Countach (bright yellow!) I can confirm the
door arrangement. The scissor door is not remotely like our DMC gullwing
arrangement, not even close.

It is worth mentioning that there have been several concept cars with True
gullwing arrangements, but only the 300-SL and DMC-12 were ever in
production...oh forgot the other one, Bowhinky, Burtromed, or was that a
scared Nash rambler, well some thing like that had a very leaky gull wing
as well.

Lee

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