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Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:00 am

Okay, is this just a RHD thing or are the pictures reversed or what?
It looks like this SC has the gas door on the left side?

from this ad: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=892939 the link to more pics has pics that show it more clearly

Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:35 am

Cool spotting that. Are all right hand drive buses this way?

Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:07 am

This is supposedly the oldest RHD single cab. Same deal

Mon Dec 21, 2009 8:23 am

I got my hands over some panels from a 55 barndoor pickup. This is NOS panels (not the treasure chest door) that got fitted and painted just before the the truck got stored away. Both have the gas door opening. The opening in the short side is blocked of.

Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:47 am

To add to the mix...

Danish, LHD, RHS chest, RHS flap

Swedish, LHD, LHS chest, LHS flap

Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:41 pm

Here is another picture of a 54 RHD SC that I borrowed from the gallery. It's a RHD thing Clara.

Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:28 pm

Why would there be the need to change the fuel door location from one side to the other? Originaly they had to choose one side or the other of course but why switch the location just because its a right hand drive vehicle?

Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:33 am

tasb wrote: Why would there be the need to change the fuel door location from one side to the other? Originaly they had to choose one side or the other of course but why switch the location just because its a right hand drive vehicle?

My guess is because of the traffic driving on the left side with RHD vehicles. In Sweden we had LHD vehicles but we drove on the left side until 66-67. Maybe that can explain swedish trucks having the gas door on the left side. Maybe there were gas taps just beside the road at that time?

Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:22 am

my rhd 54, got this nos panel with it. also have a hinged flap underneath the bus, looks like a cut down section of floor :? is that from the factory?

Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:24 am

do all bd single cabs come with this?

Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:44 am

I have not seen that hinged piece before. Is it protecting the fuel tap? That could be an add-on for Australia or other "dusty" areas.

Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:49 am

she came from new zealand originally.. yeah it just folds up and protects the fuel tap. one off then?

Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:51 am

I would say 1-off unless other people with Barndoors from your area have the same "accessory".