https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/ctd/d/1980-chevrolet-chevy-corvette/6729647656.html I Bring this up because of the Talk of a new 4-door Mustang in the Future. Quality Conversion, but I have to ask Why? Just never made any sense to me. Terrible High Quality Pictures in the ad, I seem to remember it having 4 T-Tops, but it does show the fold flat rear seats. I can't Imagine hoe it performs to well with the stock 1980 350 putting out 180HP in California spec & stock Brakes.
I remember this one from back in the day. Styling exercise. Interesting...but nowhere near $200+K interesting.
For $200k+ I'd better be able to say something better than "eh, it doesn't look as bad as I thought it would".
It's unique and fun to look at and talk about, but I don't think there is anyway it's worth 200K. That's just ridiculous.
http://www.superchevy.com/features/18458-1980-chevrolet-four-door-corvette/ https://www.ebay.com/itm/Road-and-T...h=item4688eb3b7b:g:MNwAAOSwnQhXphdM:rk:1:pf:0
Porsche did indeed build a couple 4-door prototypes. Here, the 989: And before that, a 928 was built with suicide doors. It wasn't produced, because the missing B-pillar caused the construction to be unstable: From this angle, it nearly even resembles a wagon:
More like a British shooting brake. But an interesting design. However, the lacking B-pillar should not have been of any consequence; as Saturn designed their Ion Redline to have suicide rear doors that trap with the closing of the front doors, thereby enhancing structural, and more importantly roof, integrity. Keep the doors from flying open in a collision or a rollover, and the roof and sides resist crushing in.
The show I was watching it on sort of explained it somewhat self-contradictory. First they said that Porsche just has gotten a manager change, during development of this prototype. The new boss wasn't interested in the ongoing project. Then the claimed structural weakness caused it to be cancelled altogether. Like you wrote, it wouldn't have taken that much to stiffen it, like they do with convertibles. It would have just made the vehicle heavier. On the show, they showed the interior which really looked tempting. Unfortunately, I couldn't yet find images
If you look closely at those last Porsche pics, you will see that there are actually two different cars there. Most of the pics show a vehicle with a mostly 'wagonish' back end, but the second and third pic up from my post here definitely show a modified 928 with more of a fastback / hatchback look, like a production 928.
The third image looks like an attempt to stiffen the body through wagonizing it. In which case, I think we can judge that particular one as being a genuine 928 wagon Four doors, however, doesen't seem to suit the 911
