Thoughts on the cut down barndoor...

QWKDTSN · Samba Member Joined: June 26, 2003 Posts: 26

Sorry for flooding the gallery with images... Check them out and let me know what you think. I'm not the owner. I personally think it's pretty cool. There are a few cut down busses nearby me and I bet they're fun to drive and own. But if I had a choice, I wouldn't cut the roof off of a barndoor. There is the potential that the roof was completely rusted through and it was an operation done to save the bus's life, in which case I'm all for it. Mostly what I'm curious about is - can anyone here tell what kind of barndoor this was before it was cut down? Is there any way it could have been a 23 window?

I'd better go leave a note that the Barndoor Mafia is now aware of its prescence Razz

Ian · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 9:21 pm Post subject:

I don't know much about barndoors, but the dash would suggest that it is just an early deluxe. Question

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type877 · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 10:24 pm Post subject:

QWKDTSN - it appears that you have stumbled upon Brendan's bus. Let me guess, did you see this one too?

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Tribalbus · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 10:31 pm Post subject:

i have some good news for you guys:no barndoors were hurt in the making of that bus.i repeat no barndoors were hurt.that bus is a imposter.i thought that was a real barndoor when i saw it too.that bus is a later model split with barndoor parts on it ie. deck lid,dash pod? ect.had you fooled didn't it....
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Tribalbus · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 10:34 pm Post subject:

oops no barndoor dashpod.that tells you right there thats NOT a barrndoor.sorry Brendan the cats out of the bag.
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BUCIOBATISTI · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 10:41 pm Post subject:

Well, yes, actually it is fun to drive. We have less invested in it than some guys have in rims and tires and we definitely get more reactions per block than you can count. If you guys were REALLY good Bus detectives, you could determine EXACTLY what the Bus is. All of the answers are right there before you. You just have to REALLY be a Bus Pervert, like me and my closest friends.
Yeah, there are some others running around the beach areas here in San Diego but I can guarantee you that this was the first of any of them that you will see. We cut the roof off this thing 10 years ago already. There is a guy on my street, 2 blocks from my house, that liked the "Roadster" so much that he wanted to buy it. When I wouldn't sell it to him, he went out and made his own. Of course, his is nothing in comparison, seeing as his is just a '67. I'm sure he likes it a lot but he wouldn't know the difference between a pre 1953 "Large License Light" Barndoor and a 1967. Seemingly the same but there is a small 14 year difference between them.
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QWKDTSN · Samba Member Joined: June 26, 2003 Posts: 26

I haven't seen that second bus, no! I live over on Tourmaline St next to the Mormon temple. I am glad to hear that no barndoors were destroyed in the making of the bus - that just makes it cooler to me. Is anyone here aware of a white cut down split bus around PB? I used to see it all the time. There is a cut down bay window that I've seen a couple of times, but he left the windowframes on the doors and put in a rollcage around the cockpit. Interesting.

Anyway, cool! Glad to hear all of this! I want to be a bus pervert too Cool

Tribalbus · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 11:10 pm Post subject:

i haven't seen a white one,but have see the yellow one{i think its a 67?]thats owned by Cheap Rentals.their logo is onthe side.it sits in p.b.
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QWKDTSN · Samba Member Joined: June 26, 2003 Posts: 26

That is true, I have seen that one and forgot about it. Just inside Mission Beach, right? On Mission Blvd.

sixfootdan · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 11:32 pm Post subject:

I don't think I could do it but I think it's cool.
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Tribalbus · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 11:35 pm Post subject:

yea thats the one,i hoped that "thing " was roll Rolling Eyes

ed before they hacked the roof off......... Rolling Eyes

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mr. warehouse · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 12:19 am Post subject:

Erik G · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 12:31 am Post subject:

yea, I was about to say a 60

damnit people, quit showing me that bus. I get a sudden urge to look for busses with roof damage everytime I see that thing.
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BUCIOBATISTI · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 12:39 am Post subject:

Greg knows his shit! He is VERY VERY warm, in fact it was a '60 Panel. The cargo doors came from a different Bus which opened the window to late 1961 Panel. The cargo floor with no seat hold downs and no rear heater tube makes it a Panel, no other model. The dash with the sharp edged speedo pod and the long "crooked" shifter makes it post 1959. So, the moral of the story is this...
Take a junky 1960 Panel and cut the roof off
then put a 1952 Barndoor Decklid on it
Add a set of early Deluxe Trim
Add a pre 1958 Front Bumper
Shave the bullets
Paint it something close to Sealing Wax Red and Chestnut Brown
you will fool more people than you could imagine that you cut the roof off of a Barndoor Deluxe. It's like people see all of the "major" components of Barndoor Deluxe and they just jump to conclusions. We did it to piss off the purists, of whom we are at heart, and we are just poking fun at them and ourselves all in one.
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FrenchBus · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 12:49 am Post subject:

May be a 58 if bumper are correct and taillight too!
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BUCIOBATISTI · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 10:08 am Post subject:

I gave the answer and people are still guessing. Too damn funny.
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FrenchBus · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 10:13 am Post subject:

I saw too late Cool

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EverettB · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 10:55 am Post subject:

I think BUCIOBATISTI is lying.

I heard the creator cut the roof off his grandfather's original owner Barndoor Deluxe.

Now he's covering it up because the Barndoor Mafia got word of it and was in the process of putting a hit out.
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BUCIOBATISTI · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 11:14 am Post subject:

Everett is right. I am lying. The truth about the Roadster will never REALLY be known. I must have been confused since I have heard so many stories as to its history. And as far as being worried about the Barndoor Mafia, I guess you have a point. However, Bobby Hollywood, the Mafias main Hitman, is like my brother so I don't think I have to worry about the family offing me, or should I???
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john walker's workshop · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 11:28 am Post subject:

there was one like that in seattle in the 70s. it said "kraut mountain goat" across the back. always thought it looked cool.
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