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 deedee
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| posted on December 16th, 2012 at 08:53 PM |
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This is deedee
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
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Doug Sweetman
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| posted on December 16th, 2012 at 09:09 PM |
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Cool as mate, looks solid !
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deedee
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| posted on December 16th, 2012 at 09:15 PM |
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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.
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| posted on December 16th, 2012 at 09:44 PM |
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Ya get lucky some days, what amazes me is that there are still so many good'uns out there !
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| posted on December 16th, 2012 at 09:46 PM |
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Welcome. Very cool bus
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
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deedee
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| posted on December 16th, 2012 at 10:08 PM |
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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
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| posted on December 16th, 2012 at 11:04 PM |
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Pretty solid looking bus. Any mechanical bits are easy to tune.
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| posted on December 17th, 2012 at 07:01 AM |
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welcome to here
nice bus 
not many double doors about
looks good stock too
just drive it
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| posted on December 17th, 2012 at 08:37 AM |
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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
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deedee
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| posted on December 17th, 2012 at 10:13 AM |
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That would be great Dylan, please PM me.
The more infor I can scrounge the better..
Here are a couple more pics..
Thanks Mike
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| posted on December 17th, 2012 at 10:15 AM |
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Welcome aboard!
You have a very tidy bus there, can't wait to see what you have planned for it, anything interesting?
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deedee
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| posted on December 17th, 2012 at 11:29 AM |
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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
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| posted on December 17th, 2012 at 01:19 PM |
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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.
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| posted on December 19th, 2012 at 02:14 PM |
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The patina is perfect!! Very nice bus!
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| posted on December 19th, 2012 at 02:21 PM |
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that is nice! 
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| posted on January 29th, 2013 at 03:13 PM |
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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.....
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| posted on January 29th, 2013 at 03:17 PM |
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some pictures of the rusty body... lol
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| posted on January 29th, 2013 at 03:19 PM |
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The other side...
It has body pans underneath for the double doors.
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