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Date:         22 Jun 1995 11:20:34 +1000
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From:         "King, Robert" <king@tanelorn.aod.dsto.gov.au>
Subject:      Advice: Would this be a wise purchase?

>It's a 67 standard microbus, complete, walk-thru, small amount of surface rust >in problem areas only (floorboards, etc.), body straight, except for crinkles >on LH side/rear, due to its skidding on its side. (it sounds worse than it >actually looks!)

Hmmmm. Its sorta quite easy to bend or *twist* (urk!) a bus after an accident like this and they are *very* hard to get straight again because of the way they are built with 'enclosed boxes' in the rear end (not saying it can't be done but it will require a competent professional with an appropriate jig and $$$ to get it close.....).

One rough way to judge whether it has been *twisted* is to check the gaps around the rear (engine and cargo) hatches - if they are not a regular width (i.e., perhaps run from wide at the top to narrower at the bottom) something is bent big time.

That's not to say you can't live with it - it depends on whether you're looking at it with a view to transport or restoration or whatever...

Rob K


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