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Body and interior
Machine-assisted source-grounded glossary draft

A type of clear plastic material used for corner windows in Barndoor era deluxe buses before glass was used.

Bus terminology

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.

Original Vanagon Dictionary; author uncredited
Bus terminology

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.

Original Vanagon Dictionary; author uncredited

Gerry community context

Related mailing-list messages and current discussions from Gerry. These are community context for the dictionary term.

  • 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...

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