Rubber bumpers on cargo doors

Bret Young · Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 11:57 pm Post subject: Rubber bumpers on cargo doors

Okay, I have a big favor to ask of you bus gurus. When my bus was in the body shop getting painted, the knuckleheads filled in the four threaded holes for the rubber bumpers for my doors.

Do any of you guys have access to a bus that has the rubber bumpers removed for some measurements? I would be SUPER grateful. I dont really know of anyone around here with another bus that I can use as a template, so I am kinda SOL.

Its the last thing i need to do on the exterior of my bus before calling it finished, and then I can finally put the interior door panel on the passenger door. I left it off in preparation of installing these bumpers.

Not sure if different years had different placement? My bus is an early 64 (Nov 63). Still has ice pick front doors and has the front cargo door without the indent.

Also, does anyone have an idea on what the thread size/pitch for those four posts in the doors?

Thanks all. I greatly appreciate it!

volksaddict · Samba Member Joined: August 19, 2003 Posts: 1724

Well they are centered on the cargo doors, that should be easy to find, the body and front door ones match up to those when the cargo doors open. Threads are 5mm x not sure of the pitch.

flemcadiddlehopper · Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:40 am Post subject:

On my late '67 they measure 11 7/8" from the hinged edge on the cargo doors, 13 1/2" on the front passenger door (measured from the same spot) and 13 1/2" on the rear quarter.

Not sure if it would be the same on a early '63 bus, but there you go.

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Big Bill · Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:42 am Post subject:

Can they be seen from the back side?? (since the door panels are off) I wonder if they welded them or bondoed them up.

EverettB · Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:08 am Post subject:

Bret Young · Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:42 am Post subject:

joe56vw · Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 12:04 pm Post subject:

them filling in these holes and doing it with bondo really would have me questioning the quality of the paint and body work that they did on your bus

since they filled them with bondo you are going to have to drill them out and run a tap thru them to clean the threads
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swivel'n · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 5:53 pm Post subject:

Did a bit of measuring for you today (As you already know). Tried to be as specific as possible….

I measured the far rear hole to the body line near the vents, it came in at 1ft 2 5/16".

The rear cargo door measures at 11 25/32" from the rear side of the door to the hole.

The front cargo door is the same as the rear cargo door.

The front passenger door, from the hole to the rear support pillar (between the driver door and the cargo door) measured at 1ft 2 5/16"

The hole is 1 9/16" down from the top of the belt line on the rear three. And 1 3/8" down on the passenger door.

I took pictures of all the measurements. Let me know if anyone wants me to upload them Very Happy

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