Hi All,
This is my new 73 double sliding door panel.
Just got her today and i thought i'd share with you all.

1600 tp engine, but could do with lowering...

It's been hard finding info on double slider walk thru's so if there is anyone who wants to enlighten me, please feel free.

Mike

Cool as mate, looks solid !

it is doug, there is no rust at all, and pretty straight... just needs a good tune and a few suspension items for rwc.
I was actually very surprised how dry the car was for its age.

Ya get lucky some days, what amazes me is that there are still so many good'uns out there !

Welcome. Very cool bus

Thanks for the welcome Matberry,

Im looking forward to spending some time getting it just right from a mechanical point of view and then clocking up some km's.

What I'm really interested in is finding out more about this model configuration...
Does anyone else on the forum have a double sliding door bay?

Mike

Pretty solid looking bus. Any mechanical bits are easy to tune.

welcome to here
nice bus
not many double doors about
looks good stock too
just drive it

Howard Mitchell Has a 72 or 73 Double Sliding Door that was a pannel van originally. Would you like his phone number? im sure he would be very interested you have one.

From Dylan

That would be great Dylan, please PM me.
The more infor I can scrounge the better..

Here are a couple more pics..

Thanks Mike

Welcome aboard!

You have a very tidy bus there, can't wait to see what you have planned for it, anything interesting?

Hi Sebastien,

plans are at this point to get her roadworthy items done to be safe (shockers, bushes etc) then drive and enjoy her.
At this time apart from a good set of speakers and a new head unit she will stay just like she is.
Maybe in time she need to be lowered 3-4 inches so the rear wheel arch is just at the top of the rim... but thats it mate... just enjoy being out on the road.

Regards,
Mike

Beautiful, that's what I like to hear!
I was hoping it was going to stay in an un-molested state and it is.

Good luck with the roadworthy, keep us updated.

The patina is perfect!! Very nice bus!

that is nice!

well things have been moving forward slowly with the panel.
We went off to get the roadworthy stuff done only to find out that the cylinder head was damaged and needed to be replaced.
The finned section of head that the stud tightens down onto was cracked and it made it impossible to torque down ... this explained her rough running.
We also found some rust..... LOL one hole about the size of a 5 cent piece... i was shocked that we couldn't find more.

A new head, tie rods, a windscreen, master cylinder, a full set of brakes and some tlc and a good tune from the mechanic and everything was going great.
I put some new tyres on all 5 wheels on Saturday, and with the work thats been done, its a completely different bus... and quite good to drive, so i did, a long drive in the hills yesterday and it went pretty good :-)
Needless to say I'm very happy with my sight unseen purchase, it's not "everything" it was claimed to be in the add, but hey it you get that...

Now on to RWC and full registration.....

some pictures of the rusty body... lol

The other side...
It has body pans underneath for the double doors.