My brother-in-law drove a 64 Continental with "suicide doors" (the front doors were forward mounted design).

I don't deny the increased danger of having a suicide door open while in motion, but I don't see the design giving any special inclination to open one... unless, of course, its occurance was caused by primitive (faulty) latching technology combined with a "twistable" frame structure.

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It's been some time since we bounced a few auto-driven words around:

Remeber the *controversy which roots "rumble seat" as defined by the sound and feeling of sitting on the axle -vs- it anticipating "a rumble" to take place under the stars?

Sincerely, Leadfoot Louie