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Old 01-07-2015, 04:42 PM
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None of the OBS have rear-hinged doors.

The rear-hinged doors on later EC trucks are NOT suicide doors. They cannot be opened independently of the front door (which [contrary to what twitti-pedia says] is what defines a suicide door).
 
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Originally Posted by madpogue
None of the OBS have rear-hinged doors.

The rear-hinged doors on later EC trucks are NOT suicide doors. They cannot be opened independently of the front door (which [contrary to what twitti-pedia says] is what defines a suicide door).
Thanks, ive always refered to them as suicide doors, because thats the way most people grasp the concept. And to make sure i understand, if i were to want rear hinged doors i would have to fabricate and convert the side panels myself?
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Lol ^^^ ...









Nope dude.it was the 90s
 
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^^^^ From the standpoint of the cab design, it was the '80s....
 
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Yep...only minor facelifts


Honestly if they had done to the obs the half baked crap secondary doors from the SD extended cabbs that would be tragic.
Them things absolutely suck! That was the worst design.
 
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Originally Posted by BoomerTexas70's
So im judging by some of what ive read, that the obs ec are only 2 door. There is no model that came with a 3rd or even 4th suicide doors?

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Nope. Not in an OBS. The only way to get more than 2 doors is to get the big daddy - Crew Cab.
 
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Originally Posted by DIYMechanic
Nope. Not in an OBS. The only way to get more than 2 doors is to get the big daddy - Crew Cab.
I want a CC, but my wife has a EC and getting pur 3 daughters in and out of the back is an extreme hassle for us. So was looking for options.
On another note, if anyone here has the answer... the OBS duallys, did they make ANY 4x4? If not anyone do a conversion?

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No OBS dually 4x4 _pickups_ from the factory. Some aftermarket converters would either 4x4-ify a dually, or dually-ify a 4x4.

There were 4x4 dually C&C trucks.
 
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Mine's a converted dually 4x4. I did it last winter. You can get dually fenders aftermarket, but I found a complete box and went that route, with a true dually axle, and not just spacers on a srw axle. Use cab and chassis front hubs like madpogue mentioned.
 
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