In a message dated 6/25/03 10:43:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, wilden1@JUNO.COM writes:
> The barndoor is the engine lid ONLY, of the early Splits (1949-1954 > > or so). > > -- > > Andrew Grebneff > actually andrew is correct - "Barndoor Buses" are those made from 50-54 with the monsterously sized engine decklid and no rear hatch. the side doors are simply referred to as "cargo doors". at any rate, finding a set of solid splitty side cargo doors is not a easy thing to do these days. chris |
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