Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Multiple C-Pillar Windows…or something.

By Peter Tanshanomi Jan 19, 2015

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Today’s Hoonatica entry was suggested by fellow Hooniverse staffer Kamil Kaluski. who wants to know about “Vehicles with two C-pillar windows. This is tricky, as window usually is a division between the C- and D-pillars.” He included the above photo as an illustration.
Now, if his suggested characteristic is not crystal clear to you, you are not alone, as the resulting staff E-mails indicate. Robert Emslie replied, “Huh? What the hell are you talking about?” Alan Cesar attempted to clarify the question by asking, “Are you talking about the window ahead of and behind the C pillar? That this car is an oddball because it has 2 in that sense? Or do you mean just the little bitty triangle window?” Unfortunately, like the Greek oracle, Kamil’s replied was equally cryptic: “Yes, exactly!” Not a helpful answer to an either/or question, Kamil.
Rather than pursue this further via messages between staffers, it’s more fun (and slackerific) to simply pose Kamil’s original question to the Hooniverse hivemind and let all of you try to sort this out. So, post whatever vehicles YOU THINK fit his, um…C-window…D-pillar…very tricky criterion, and we’ll see what sticks.
Difficulty:
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The part that possibly makes the most sense: Read the comments first and don’t post duplicates. Adding photos with standard HTML is good, but shrink the big ones with width="500".
Image Source: You’d have to go ask Kamil, he’s the one who E-mailed it to me.

By Peter Tanshanomi

Tanshanomi is Japanese [単車のみ] for "motorcycle(s) only." Though primarily tasked with creating two-wheel oriented content for Hooniverse, Pete is a lover of all sorts of motorized vehicles.

0 thoughts on “Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Multiple C-Pillar Windows…or something.”
    1. The "c-pillar" wording would limit this to 4-door cars, but if what we're really looking for here is cars with split quarter windows (and I think we are) then it opens up to a bunch of 2-door cars
      <img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-89_6DbN9fA0/T-AqQ-eOMKI/AAAAAAAACEQ/kv4NM8mnMQE/s1600/nissan_pulsar_nx_se_sportback_blue_1988.jpg”/&gt;
      Not the Pulsar from yesterday but maybe where this train of thought started?
      <img src="http://trialx.com/curetalk/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/03/cars/1986_Nissan_Pathfinder-1.jpg"/&gt;
      Original Pathfinder

      1. I also thought there might be a pillar under that glass somewhere, because it seems like at least part of it is moveable.

    1. No, that's just a single C-pillar window behind the rear door.
      We're looking for multiple C-pillar windows, with one behind the door and another more rearward one by the rear window. …I THINK.

    1. I don't think so. The windows are in the hatch, not between any pillars.
      Also, if I understand how pillars are labeled, this doesn't have a D pillar, only A, B and C.

      1. Which is c then: the diagonal or the last one?
        Disclaimer: I never thought through these definitions… and do they apply for buses?

        1. The diagonal one (in the Pulsar) is the last one. The vertical "pillar" at the back isn't really a pillar as it's completely in the hatch and doesn't' support the roof at all.
          My understanding is you start at the front with the A pillar and assign every pillar a letter as you go back. Things do get weird in the cast of cars like the Bolt or the A class up top. They would seemingly have A, B, C, D & E pillars.
          The bus question is a good one, I'm not sure if the label pillars in the bus industry. I kinda doubt it, but maybe.
          EDIT: OK, I'm wrong, at least according to Wikipedia:

          Pillars are implied, whether they exist or not; where a design's greenhouse features a break between windows or doors without vertical support at that position, the non-existent pillar is "skipped" when naming the other pillars. Thus a two-door hardtop or a three box designed coupé could have its rearmost pillar called the C-pillar even in the absence of a B-pillar. Conversely additional doors, such as on limousines, will create additional B-pillars; the B-pillars are then numbered, B1, B2, and so forth.

    1. I think what Kamil was getting to is the reverse diagonal pillar and the windows on either side that seem to join in to the side glass on one side and the rear glass on the other.
      Maybe.
      At any rate, these don't seem to match to me.

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