Four-Door Thunderbirds

It’s certainly no secret that yours truly is in love with cars that have suicide doors.  There’s just a curiosity about them to me, especially on newer cars (Later than 1960, if you will) that catches my eyes.  This may have started with the 1960s Lincoln Continentals, but the cars that I dream about most in my driveway with center-closing doors are these four-door Thunderbirds.

HKS Zero-R

While writing about the R32 range, specifically the BNR32 Nissan Skyline GT-R, I went to gtrusablog.com and soaked up all things R32. One of the entries showed pics of various silver machines called HKS Zero-R. I’m familiar with HKS, a prominent tuning company with a plethora of aftermarket performance parts. Not only did they cover the BNR32 Skyline GT-R, they sponsored one in Japanese Group A racing category. So they were no strangers to GT-Rs. With that in mind, it made sense that HKS would venture into selling their own spin on the GT-R the same way companies like Alpina did with BMWs: even if the car’s basis comes from elsewhere, it’s been reworked to such an extent that it’s an entirely different animal in legal terms.