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A type of clear plastic material used for corner windows in Barndoor era deluxe buses before glass was used.
Buses made before mid-1955, whose major characteristics are the oversized engine lid and the lack of a rear cargo hatch. These also did not have the ventilation eyebrow above the windshield/windscreen.
Special model of the bus , based on the Standard bus , first available in 1951. The most notable feature was the smaller engine lid than the previous Barndoors , and a rear hatch hinged at the bottom, which allowed stretchers to be loaded into the interior of the bus . The gas tank and spare tire were moved in order to accomodate the rear hatch.
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- Re: What's a Barndoor?
Historical mailing list · 26 Jun 95 11:13
>I've seen sliding side doors on late-model buses, dual side doors on >microbuses, but what does the term barndoor term refer to...
- Re: Barn Door P/U (was 23-Window Whore Story)
Historical mailing list · Fri, 15 Dec 1995 01:25:10 -0500
...They didn't have the big engine lids, like their bus counterparts, but were nevertheless called barndoors, and have the other barndoor features, ie...
- Barndoor Page Update
Historical mailing list · Fri, 10 May 1996 21:58:23 -0700
I copped 2 barndoor pix from Sami Dahklia of a ver early panel that used to belong to his grandfather. I think its a...