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Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:40 am

Can anyone tell what this extra handle was used for..?

Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:37 pm

Reserve gas tank? Ejector seat? I will have to look into this further...

Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:02 pm

Never seen that before, i wonder what its for.

i was thinking ejector seat too. :D

Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:10 pm

looks like the E-brake in my 52 chevy. :?

Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:09 pm

that handle is the actuator that controls the rear thrusters. the raised portion on the right of the dash is where the flux capacitor is mounted ... :P

Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:12 am

Is it possible your bus used to be a radar car? I can just make out the mounting plate in place of the clock mounting position as seen on radar buses. No idea what the handle would have been for though. Although you have a deluxe dash my guess is that your bus isn't a deluxe?

Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:48 am

I just talked to my friend Bengt who knows pretty much everything about barndoors that is worth knowing. The van must be a barndoor taxi. They came with the deluxe dash and the handle is for controling an extra foot step under the loading doors. Pull the handle and the foot step slides out so that the passengers get a nice step in to the van.

:)

Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:55 pm

I saw the dash pod bracket and handle on a BD in Thailand. Dont' know the purpose of either item.

Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:06 pm

I think Nize has the correct answer, cause the bus has sliding glass divider, rear hatch and the first paint is dark blue, as many taxis was back in the fifties.. Maybe the pod was used for the Taxameter..
Thanks for your help!

Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:54 pm

now all you need is a nos step and taxi meter!!! 8)

Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:08 am

Ah, this bus! Have you bought it? Yep, its a '53 taxi, congratulations if its now yours! Have you managed to get it out of the woods okay? 8)

Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:28 pm

What bus..? Tell me more! It's a friend of mine that own this one..

Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:37 pm

You have a pm. 8)

Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:11 pm

It´s a 54 Barndoor Taxi!
53 they have 2 fuseboxes in the delux (taxi) panel

Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:57 pm

A few years ago I spotted a hand brake accessorie that I`ve never seen again. It was chome and clamped onto the brake lever had a T handle that came back to the seat. The way it worked was you picked up on the T handle and pulled it back and then let go. That way you didn`t have to reach as fare to pull the E-brake. Should have bought it. 8)

Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:56 pm

bengt nyberg wrote: It´s a 54 Barndoor Taxi!
53 they have 2 fuseboxes in the delux (taxi) panel

As I said... Bengt knows alot about barndoors!
Cheers mate!
:D

Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:17 pm

Thanks for all help! :D

Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:32 pm

that is so interesting! makes perfects ense with the taxies as well

Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:49 pm

Anchovy wrote: I saw the dash pod bracket and handle on a BD in Thailand. Dont' know the purpose of either item.

hmmm.... the M code special, what a bus! :wink: