No.
I'm not trying to offend anyone here but come on man, it's a 4 door sedan which (at least in my book) is probably the most pedestrian form of automotive transportation in existence. If car pooling, transporting prisoners or picking up fares is your thing that's OK but none of that is relevant in my world. 4 doors just do not speak to me on any level. Again, I can understand their appeal especially if it's a secondary toy but if I have to choose, I'm opting for a 2 door every time.
But also - where's the fun in taking things at face value? Hot rodding is all about putting your own stamp on something. Sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't but if you don't try you'll never know if an idea has merit. Taking a car like a '70's 4 door sedan that no one (generally) cares about seems like the best possible scenario to try something like this.
I'm also not suggesting this idea should be taken to some extreme end by reshaping the car into something else. Turning a 4 door Coronet into a 2 door still leaves 95% of the car as-is so what's the big deal? I said I liked the grille, fenders and roofline so none of that would change. I'm not sure why the factory didn't offer a 2 door Coronet in '72 but they should have. That rendering I posted looks totally right to me and I believe it would be a good looking car.
Everyone knows the story about the end of the muscle car era - horsepower was down across the board in '72-'73 due to rising insurance premiums and the first gas crisis. Theoretically, if a 2 door Coronet idea would have made it into production in '72, it probably woudn't have been some high impact color Scat-Pack gee gaw machine but rather a Slant 6, 318/360/400 2 bbl with a ton of smog crap, column shifted automatic, 8 1/4" rear with highway gears, basic vinyl bench seat interior and little else. In other words, the perfect blank canvas for a subtle, street sweeper sleeper.
Like everyone I have specific tastes but I know my eye is good. I've studied these cars for my entire life and can articulate exactly why I like certain aspects of them and/or why I don't like other things. Do you only like your car because it's a 4 door or do you like it for other reasons?
Again, I do not own a Coronet 4 door nor do I have any intention of going out and buying one for the express purpose of turning it into a 2 door. If FMJ decides he wants to cut up Leroy Brown in the name of science, I'm a willing participant in that experiment. Until then, it's just an idea in my head.
I won't hold my breath but perhaps this thread will inspire someone to try this out some day. That one little picture I found certainly got my wheels turning, why wouldn't it do the same for someone else? Maybe that someone has a 4 door Coronet out in a field or parked in a shop corner taking up space. Rather than parting it out or junking it, why not make something cool and unique out of it? What's the worst that can happen, a couple left-for-dead Mopars are revived and enjoyed?
