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A vehicle canopy is a rarely used type of door for cars. It has no official name so it is also known as an articulated canopy, bubble canopy, [1] cockpit canopy, [2] canopy door, [3] or simply a canopy. [4] A canopy is a type of door which sits on top of a car and lifts up in some way, to provide access for passengers. It is similar to an ...
Swan doors or swan-wing doors are a type of door on performance cars or concept cars. Swan doors operate in a similar way to conventional car doors , but they open at an upward angle. [ 1 ]
This is a list of cars with non-standard door designs, sorted by door type.These car models use passenger door designs other than the standard design, which is hinged at the front edge of the door, and swings away from the car horizontally and towards the front of the car.
Often called autolocs, or autoloc doors, after a popular manufacturer of such doors. Shaved doors are popular on hot rods, street rods, muscle cars, tuned cars (mostly Japanese), trucks, and mini trucks. It is also a traditional modification on many lead sleds, dating back to the 1940s. A solenoid is used to open the door. This solenoid can be ...
It acts directly on the levers and interconnecting rods that operate the door, completely avoiding the complexity of dealing with the lock mechanism itself. The hooked end of the tool is slipped between a car's window and the rubber seal, catching the rods that connect to the lock mechanism. With careful manipulation, the door can be opened. [1]
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The first production car to feature the doors was a Lamborghini, Gandini's Countach; the sports car's wide chassis created similar problems to those found on the Carabo, calling for the unusual door configuration. This sports car was quite impractical for real life, as due to unusual design it was impossible to backup without doors open wide ...
The Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale was the first car with butterfly doors.. Butterfly doors were first seen on the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale in 1967. [2]These doors were commonly used in Group C and IMSA GTP prototypes, as they preserved the aerodynamic shape of the canopy while allowing the driver to enter and exit the car more quickly than conventional and gullwing doors.