Customs Show us your 4 door hardtop!

We enjoy our 57 4 door hardtop. It has alot of room for hauling friends on cruise night, lawn chairs and coolers when going to car shows and a big trunk to haul home stuff from the swap meets if I'm not there in my pickup. The longer roof line balances out the long body lines as well. Plus they are alot cheaper to buy. All it takes is a good color combo, a little lowering, and some cool tires and wheels to get started. I'll start with a photo of our car. Feel free to post your hardtop as well.

 

These is one I have just done, I am now doing a 56 for a guy

 

Very nice. I thought you guys down under would have some of these cars.

 

I am wanting a 4 door h/t 63, they have more character than the two door 63s.

 

Heres my dads.

 

very nice, I dig the fender skirts and dual mount antennae.

 

Old pic of the Byooik.

 

Heres mine. Not much has changed since I got it. Actually nothing has changed!!

 

Here is my old '56 More Door plus my '66 Rambler, my '58 Chevy Nomad, my '52 Kaiser Manhatten and the '57 Ford I got my first drivers license in back in 1961.

 

Do we need to explain the not so subtle differences between sedans and hardtops for some of you? I don't have a pic on my 56 4dht, but it's just like the one in the Danchuk catalog with the gold 55 Nomad on the cover

 

Low budget just reminded me, this was my first car I ever owed I got it when i was 14

 

My Dad's 60 348 tri power,he's owned it since 62.

 

My 64

 

My old 'Rauder. Owned by my youngest brother now ( useless tit that he is)

 

lol I was thinking the same thing.

a 4 dr ht is the same thing as a sedan, wagon, nomad, convertible....right?

 

Isn't EVERYTHING with 4 doors and a roof a 4dr hardtop??? HAHAHAHAHAHA

I think a h/t 4dr can be just as cool as a 2dr... 'cept a couple extra doors make it a bit more usable.

 

Here ya go!

 

This is our '62 Impala. Obviously, some of you don't know the difference between a 4dr sedan and a 4dr hardtop. No pillar, no door frames, hardtop. Center pillar, door frame around the glass, sedan. Not to nitpic, but there is a difference...

 

Good idea Pov ..... Pillarless = coolness ....
Johns caddy .

 

I'd like to thank everyone who did not post a photo of their sedan on my thread about 4 door hardtops.

 

I usually actually prefer the looks of a 4dr HT over a 2dr Sedan.
But, it's all in the roofline though. Not all 4dr HT cars have a good looking roofline.


Here's a '57 4dr HT Plymouth Belvedere project-car which I recently bought,




'64 Chrysler NewYorker Salon, 4dr HT




Can I slip in my '62 NewYorker wagon, it's a 4dr HT ya know

 

Here is a '61 impala I owned about 20yrs ago.And yes its a 4dr ht

 

heres our four door sport sedan on the left.

 

Nice car I have always wanted a 59 or 60 flat top!

 

4 door 53 ford customline. Since dropped it 4" in the back and have drop spindles and lowering springs for the front that will take it down 3"+ up front.

 

Yeah-Chevy screws us up, calling the 4dht a "Sport Sedan". No wonder people are confused.

 

I would like to suggest you go right ahead.
Obviously the term 'hardtop' has lost it's meaning to some I guess...

 

Not technically a hardtop (yet), she's been on the back burner for a while, sittin' in my garage warm, dry, and freshly straight! Another 40 hours of prep and it's black/candy/'flake time...