Whe the low love for the 4 door mopars?

[thomas93254]

When I purchased my 66 Coronet last week, the guy told me that he had several friends that were Mopar only guys. Now this car had been for sale for months but nobody was interested in it, not even his friends. $1500.00 was the asking price. Now I asked him why his buddies didn't snag it for that price and his answer was simple: "It's a four door." Understand that the body is flawless, paint is nice, interior needs minor work, and it has 60,000 documented miles on it and the family owned it from new. They even had the original sale's contract with it!
Don't get me wrong I was very happy to take it off his hands, but why the low love for the four door cars? To me they are getting harder to find and have been stripped of parts for the 2 doors, which I think (maybe I shouldn't) would increase there value. Some in site would be welcomed since I'm new to Mopars

Thomas

 

[65belv]

Thomas,

Don't feel too bad because the four door models being less popular extends to all different makes with sedans being less popular than hardtops. It's just a matter of personal preference with most preferring to look at two door models. However, the four doors are much more practical and user friendly if they are really used in the real world. I am one of those who happens to really like a four door hardtop.

 

[WileE]

Back in the day, you wouldn't be caught dead in a 4-door. A 4-door was for dads, taxi cabs, and police cars.

 

[Hemi Rebel]

Yeah, I cant do the 4 doors. 2 doors and long backs(wagons) are where its at.

 

[charliesharp]

4 doors are under the radar nobody pays attention to them until they fly by them

 

[64BEL]

I'll take a 4 door Mopar over a 2 door GM any day.

 

[Greg Ducato]

I really like the lines of the 1966 and 1967 Mopar B-Body 4doors in both HTP and Sedan, they look very well proportioned to me compared to some of the later models.

 

[roadrunnerh]

I like 4 doors. I used to drive around a 4 door '68 318 Satellite as a daily driver for a couple years back in the mid 90's. I wish I kept that car....

 

[Gpuller]

I'll take a 4 door Mopar over a 2 door GM any day.

Absolutely!!!

 

[Richard Cranium]

I'll give you $150.00 for it.

 

[Cranky]

Yup, 4 door cars are associated with being a family car. My first car was a 66 Belvedere 4dr 'hand me down' that I really didn't want but it was better than nothing so I drove it and later dropped in a mild 383 and then it became a sleeper. I wanted a 66 2 dr sedan as a sleeper back then and have one now. Just have to put it back together.

 

[Kern Dog]

Was there a 4 door Road Runner? A 4 door 68-70 Charger? 4 door Mustang or Camaro?
4 doors were not usually associated with sportiness or muscle. Many of todays Mopar enthusiasts are into the hobby for the cars that they lusted after years ago. I agree that 4 door cars can be cool, but who lusted after a 4 door Belvedere I ?

 

[cruizer88]

Some guys look down their noses at 4 door cars. But some are getting so rare they deserve a second look. Its the old ... "two slams too many" theory. If you have a four door and love it, good for you and be proud you saved any old Mopar car from the crusher. I am building a 64 Dodge Polara ( 2-door HT) super-stock tribute car, but I love all old cars regardless of doors or no doors.

 

[62MAX]

Don't have a problem at all with four doors !!

 

[Ryguytoodry]

I have a 4 door '65 Belvedere II, and I love it. I like the look of the 4 doors a alot better, it's a sleeper. Everyone thinks the 4 door's are way heavier, but not really. Also, their lower $$ tags are awesome.

-Ryan

 

[Bruzilla]

As others have mentioned, four-door sedans were built for one primary purpose: families. Mom and dad in the front, kiddies in the back. Easy entry to the rear seats also made them desirable for police, taxi, and general transport work. They were a car a dad bought, while a single guy wanted a two-door coupe since they were smaller, tighter, and didn't scream DAD when you drove it.

Most of us guys who grew up in the 60's and 70's all share the horrid memory of that moment in time when you drove your Dad's car over to pick up a date, and you're trying to impress her that you have access to some wheels, and the first thing she mentions is something like "I like your Dad's car". No amount of revving the engine, tuning the radio to a rock station and cranking up the volume, or striking a cool pose with your arm out the window, can cover up the fact that car had four doors. You're striving to proudly display your independence, and there's those two extra doors standing out like a neon sign proclaiming "THIS GUY DOESN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BUY HIS OWN CAR, SO HE'S DRIVING HIS DAD'S CAR". That's a tough memory to shake, which is why most guys have little interest in sedans.

 

[62MAX]

I have a 4 door '65 Belvedere II, and I love it. I like the look of the 4 doors a alot better, it's a sleeper. Everyone thinks the 4 door's are way heavier, but not really. Also, their lower $$ tags are awesome.

-Ryan

Like this !!

 

[Bruzilla]

Those cars look better once you put the Magnum 500s on, but the problem is this is how most of us who grew up with them remember them. This is how they were marketed, this is how they were used, and this is how they looked for all those decades before someone put the 500s on.

 

[Ryguytoodry]

Yeah, I'm not in any of your age groups, I'm 18 haha. 4 doors are the normal thing now-a-days.

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[pabster]

I really dig certain 4 doors. I'm trying to come up with a super cheap way to expand my Mopar stable, starting to focus on early 70's Coronets. As a daily driver, I think they're super sweet. And since I grew up riding in Volvos, I don't have the bad memories of Mopar sedans as a dowdy familymobile.

Just posted in the WTB section, anyone got one of these they want to sell to a fellow Mopar fanatic?