Original Video Credit: IG/_deb_b_ Instead of opening like a conventional car door, the doors on this 1954 Kaiser Darrin slide forward and disappear almost completely into the front fenders. The unusual design gives the sports car one of the most recognizable entry systems of its era. Each door travels along a track built into the body, allowing it to retract into a pocket inside the front fender. This eliminates the outward swing of a hinged door and allows occupants to open the car even when there is very little space beside it. Designed by Howard “Dutch” Darrin, the Kaiser Darrin was introduced for the 1954 model year and became one of the earliest American production fiberglass sports cars. Its distinctive sliding doors were among several unconventional design choices that made the short-lived model stand apart from other American cars of the 1950s. No copyright infringement intended. Content is shared for educational purposes only. Full credit goes to the original creator. For any questions or copyright concerns, please dm or contact us via the email listed on our page. #shorts #science #education #learn #invention #interesting #tech #facts
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I love it, I just wish this video had a better view of the whole door
Aesthetically? So cool, so unique. Cleverly made. In terms of safety and practicality? Horrific. Imagine this trapping you after a wreck - or having to fix it after a side collision...
Thanks for the goofy camera angle. I didn't understand what I was supposed to be seeing.
For translation purposes, this text is also posted here alongside the video description 🧠: Instead of opening like a conventional car door, the doors on this 1954 Kaiser Darrin slide forward and disappear almost completely into the front fenders. The unusual design gives the sports car one of the most recognizable entry systems of its era. Each door travels along a track built into the body, allowing it to retract into a pocket inside the front fender. This eliminates the outward swing of a hinged door and allows occupants to open the car even when there is very little space beside it. Designed by Howard “Dutch” Darrin, the Kaiser Darrin was introduced for the 1954 model year and became one of the earliest American production fiberglass sports cars. Its distinctive sliding doors were among several unconventional design choices that made the short-lived model stand apart from other American cars of the 1950s.
Only car ever built with a sliding door! Fiberglass too!
Engineering the OG style
Thats the same car they used in fallout as Cooper Howard’s car before the war
Someone down the block from our house had a turquoise one, I always that it was cool.
Until you get the latest tap from any car and you can’t open your doors anymore
As seen in the Fallout TV series. Beautiful work of art.
Precision engineering. Most people dont realize the craftmanship and the engineering involved in doors sliding into the fenders with minimal clearance and minimal effort.
corrosion nightmare
Overly complicated mechanical device that gets completely jammed up when even slightly out of alignment. Brilliant!
So he is magician?
I'll take your word for it
Tbh, if you flared that fender outward a bit more and turned it into a rear facing vent, you could have the door just slide in and out of that and it would look sporty even with the little snap to make the door flush with the body
At nine miles to the gallon, the doors better be cool.
watching more than 2 Times 😃🙋😊
Some other compabies used this idea through the years ob theyr prototypes, but all of them abbandobed it due to side windows reason. If you had them, you needed always slide them down before opening the door and it needed some more time back then. If the doors doesn't had them you couldn't leave a thing in your car