Panel bus inner cargo door handle?

[T3man]

I have a 64 panel bus. It has no inner cargo door handle on the primary door that opens to the outside. I have seen on the window bus inner door handle that is connected to a longer shaft. Is there an inner door handle that will fit or must I get a new handle, inner and outer from another vehicle? If so what years will fit? Do I have to get the hold door mechanism? I live in Killeen TX and early busses are hard to come by. Pictures can be seen at http://www.geocities.com/ima62vw_1999/buspage1.htm or check out my type 3 homepage at http://www.geocities.com/ima62vw_1999/

[Fish]

Do you know why there's no cargo door handle on your panel???



Because you don't want cargo getting out unless you want it too.

Get another longer outer handle and inner from another bus. You don't need the mechanism.

[T3man]

Yea your are right, but I putting a folding bed in the back and I want to make it easier to get out. Human cargo!

[britrock]

My '63 11 window standard doesn't have one either, which I find very strange. I mean, it makes sense in a panel, but this is a passenger bus.

[Nitty]

There is an extension you can use with a short shaft exterior handle that makes it possible to attach an interior handle using a longer bolt.

[norcalmike]

[easy e]

If you have an extra ratty panel handle... cut the square stock off & drill a hole down the middle... uh, I think it already has the hole though... just make hole bigger.

Metric bar stock probably isn't carried by your local steel shop... but maybe. If so, measure the width of cargo handle square stock, buy piece, drill hole.
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[Dustin B]

Gabe the vw key guy has them. Here's a link to his profile. Shoot him an email and he can set you up. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7058
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[Big Bill]

This is a photo of my 63 panel bus, it has the inner handle on it already. Iam thinking it is OG to the bus because all of the locks on the bus work with one key. Anyone have a photo of their panel with no inner handle?? The key code is marked on the square shaft that runs thru the locking part of the handle.

[Big Bill]

Here is another shot of the handle itself.

[cru62]

Here is the ad refered to above-

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1119585
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