"Disappearing door" Lincoln concept turns up on eBay
Written by Alex (nedge2k)   
Thursday, 12 July 2007 03:23

 There were a lot of cool concept cars in the early to mid 90s. One that sticks in my mind had a feature that allowed it to be either left-hand drive or right-hand drive - the steering wheel could be moved from one side of the car to the other. Very cool. Unfortunately, like the Lincoln below, that concept and countless others never saw the light of day. Sad :(

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It's not often we cover fourteen year old cars 'round here, but it's also not often that a rare concept vehicle with crazy "disappearing" doors turns up on eBay. That's what happened to this one-of-a-kind Lincoln Mark VIII, which narrowly avoided the scrap heap back in the day and apparently went on to make one owner very happy all these years. As the story goes, Lincoln commissioned Joalto Design to modify the car after worrying about its ability to fit in tight parking spaces. Joalto's solution was to have the door slide under the car, a process that turned out to be surprisingly graceful (check out the video above). For some unknown reason, Lincoln turned 'em down and ordered the vehicle destroyed. Needless to say, that didn't happen, and this piece of automotive futurism could now be yours for the right price (Iast we checked bidding was around the $19,000 mark with the reserve not yet met).
[Via SlashGear]

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"Disappearing door" Lincoln concept turns up on eBay
Donald Melanson
Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:17:00 GMT