[FC] Re: Corvan versus Greenbriar and more

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 "Paul Steinberg" <noahsarkinc at earthlink.net> wrote;

      I once saw a FC/Greenbrier that had the side doors reversed, so the 
third side door would have to be opened before the middle side door would open.  
I was confused as to how this was accomplished at the time, but after seeing a 
8 door van, I realized that they had swapped the left side doors for the 
right side doors. 

   

       Paul,now that's really odd to say the least. All early 8 door vans I 
ve seen(Dodge,Ford,GM) use the same doors for both sides and even the rears so 
all are interchangeable. That means they open differently when installed on 
the drivers side, ie; the rear door opens first on drivers side only. In other 
words,it's always the right hand door that opens first. I realize Corvair vans 
have a smaller rear door setup so those cant interchange with side doors.
        Perhaps GM figured out their obvious production error with that 8 
door Corvair van option and corrected it when they produced the new Chevy/GM van 
lineup in 64 which pretty much mimmicked the Ford lineup as did the Dodge's. 
Granted both GM and Dodge improved on Ford's version but they had 3 years to 
figure out the improvements too. Then Ford improved on both of those with it's 
68-74 engine forward models and that's basically the same style van most 
companies still make today only with longer hoods, but that's another topic all 
together.

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                                                       Tim in Ky
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