What causes the "ping" when closing a 911 door?

[sky1jord]

Originally Posted by Tippy

You've never closed a door on a '57 Chevy Bel Air hardtop.

Sounds nearly identical.

It's more of a "blap", then a "ping".

Closing the door of my '56 Chevy Del Rey Coupe NEVER sounded like that of my '88 Targa - at least insofar as I can remember from 50 years ago.

As I said in another post, the 911's door is more like that of a battleship's hatch.

[74-911]

Originally Posted by Tippy

You've never closed a door on a '57 Chevy Bel Air hardtop.

Sounds nearly identical.

It's more of a "blap", then a "ping".

I think I fixed it for you

Admittedly the last time I closed the door on a '57 Bel Air hardtop was in 1968 but I definitely remember it as being more of a "clunk" with maybe the window rattling a bit. and yes, I owned both a Bel Air 2 dr hardtop and a 210 2 dr sedan.. and sure wish I had either one of them now.

[JV911SYDNEY]

why it is the machine that goes ping of course

http://youtu.be/wshyX6Hw52I

[Tippy]

You guys have to understand my dad's resto shop did tri-5 Chevy's. Everyone of them were fully restored.

Maybe y'all remember the sound with mileage?

[RFP]

I just checked the "pings" from my '87... the driver's side is A# and the passenger side is F#... howzzat for absolutely useless information?

Rob

[Tippy]

440?

[Kraftwerk]

When someone said: "God is in the details" They where referring to the door closing, just like that.

[BE911SC]

Originally Posted by Tippy

You've never closed a door on a '57 Chevy Bel Air hardtop.

Sounds nearly identical.

It's more of a "blap", then a "ping".

Whoa, you're right! My '55 Chevy's (post coupe) clicked shut with a very similar sound! Forgot about that.

[christiandk]

Hmm....the doors on my 912E has not got the ping like my 911s had......hence it must be a cylinder thing!?

The W124 has a similar fullfilling sound when closing the doors - but more of a "whaaapp" than a "ping".

[LJ851]

It's the sound of money preparing to leave your wallet.

[grando]

I love this thread. I love hearing the door close with ever so light the effort. I have to remind my children when they close the door to do so with respect. I also love the smell of my 911. I have an 87, had a 83 and a 82. They all smell so similar. It really is something and when I have to explain it to the wife, I realize she doesn't quite get it.

Cheers,

Grand

[bike2ride95]

Originally Posted by Dueller

What I hate is when someone who apparently is used to a domestic full size SUVgets in and rears back and slams it shut like they're trying to rip it off the hinges.

I always tell my passengers NOT to even dare slam my door or I will kicked
them out!! No joke!! ...and that infamous comment, "Porsche didn't build cars
for you to have Hulk Hogan's arms to close my door"
Its almost the same as watching someone backed in to you

[Tippy]

Quote de Tippy

You've never closed a door on a '57 Chevy Bel Air hardtop.



Sounds nearly identical.



It's more of a "blap", then a "ping".

Whoa, you're right! My '55 Chevy's (post coupe) clicked shut with a very similar sound! Forgot about that.

Thank you. I know I'm not full of *****!

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by BE911SC

Whoa, you're right! My '55 Chevy's (post coupe) clicked shut with a very similar sound! Forgot about that.

56 Chevy 210 - 4 door. 39k miles when I bought it in '79. Grandparents of a girlfriend.

Sound not identical but in the same family. Little flex, well built.

I did like to open and close the door. "It's a good door" does describe it.

My 81 Targa does not have the coupe ping, but is still a reassuring sound.

[Coastr]

I can confirm through testing today that if you flick the door latch from inside (just pull and drop before it starts to unlatch), you get the 'ping' noise without opening and closing the door.

Therefore I hypothesise that the sound is related to the door catch mechanism.

[74-911]

Originally Posted by Tippy

Thank you. I know I'm not full of *****!

but you have to admit there is quite a difference between the sound of a 2 door hardtop and a 2 door sedan... the sedan sounds very solid, the hardtop ?? not so much.

[Dueller]

...oops

[group911@aol.co]

Winner.

Originally Posted by Coastr

I can confirm through testing today that if you flick the door latch from inside (just pull and drop before it starts to unlatch), you get the 'ping' noise without opening and closing the door.

Therefore I hypothesise that the sound is related to the door catch mechanism.

[BE911SC]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

56 Chevy 210 - 4 door. 39k miles when I bought it in '79. Grandparents of a girlfriend.

Sound not identical but in the same family. Little flex, well built.

I did like to open and close the door. "It's a good door" does describe it.

My 81 Targa does not have the coupe ping, but is still a reassuring sound.

Well put Bob. Yeah, my Cabriolet doesn't ping so much as it makes a solid, well-crafted click. It's a delight to the senses.

[BE911SC]

Speaking of interesting sounds, I first saw this ad 30 years ago in a book that I still have, "Corvette! Thirty Years of Great Advertising." In this '66 ad for the new 427 they used the word "snick" to describe the sound of the shifter moving into first gear. Snick! That's what it sounded like! (A buddy had a '65 327/300 coupe and I had a '67 Camaro SS with an M-22 that I added.) Porsche doors have a similar unique sound to the snick of a shifter moving into a gate.