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A superb opportunity. I spent 5 years and 1000's of hours restoring this bus. All the bodywork has been repaired to a high standard and mechanically everything down to the smallest clevis pin was inspected and repaired or replaced as required. All it needs now is paintwork and an interior in...

Since posting this topic I've discovered that these escutcheons are now available new so I've just bought a pair from Custom and Commercial.

I'm after a pair of interior door escutcheons for my bus which I've just got back on the road. It came with a lovely pair of chrome ones in amongst all the bits but they are the late single-lever type so don't fit.

Hi I'm after a RIGHT-HAND side front bumper step. Needs to be in usable condition but minor rusting or dents acceptable. I'm sure I had both when I started restoring the bus a few years ago but can only find the left-hand one now! Cheers

I'm actually trying to repair it now. The bottom had been treated to masses of filler and was standing at least 15mm proud at the bottom! I've cut the lower part of the skin off and also the inner flange up to 15mm below where it steps in. After playing with adjustments for hours and hours I've...

Hi I'm having trouble with my sliding door. No matter what I try I can't get the rear edge to fit nicely. It's in at the top and out at the bottom. If I manually push it in at the bottom it lines up beautifully. What adjustments can I make to achieve this? Nothing I've tried makes any real...

I can't remember if it was exactly the same problem I had but it sounds similar. I took the lock off and looked inside and found one of the lever pivots was seized. Lots of penetrating fluid and carefully working it backwards and forwards gradually released lots of rust and freed it off. Works...

Must admit that I hadn't even realised that the later smaller badges are mounted lower! Nor did I notice on Bay Trippers pics above that the badge wasn't central over the plinth. I'm still sure it doesn't notice much with the plinth there but it is another reason for it being better to get rid...

Having spent another 4 hours on it last light cleaning up and lubricating the mechanisms, I've now come to the conclusion that it doesn't matter which direction the levers face as long as one faces in and one out as they both operated by the same parts of the unit. The left-hand door slides and...

Have just discovered the cast aluminium bracket at the bottom of my sliding door is broken so I'm after a replacement. It's the right-hand door for a left-hand drive bus. If you've got one please let me know price and postage to West Sussex. Ta.

Hi Guys Got a bit of a problem on my '72 twin slider I'm restoring. Am investigating the sliding doors which don't really slide smoothly, sometimes jump off the runners and don't close neatly. So far I've found several bits that are missing (including a cam for one of the centre hinges (ITEM...

Having read all the replies and seen the pics, I think I would have been happier if I had ditched the raised plinth and certainly would do if I were to do the job again. That said, I think it only really shows if you look for it and let it bother you. I'm certainly not going to change it now...

Thanks for both of your replies. After George's reply it suddenly all made sense to me and now it's been confirmed that my understanding is correct. It wasn't obvious to me before as a) the spade terminal at the bottom of the outer column had broken off. I can now see where it was once...

Hi I did exactly the same job a couple of months ago on my own '72 crossover. The JK panel kit is definitely the way to go and seems a good price. When I fitted the front panel I found I couldn't get it to fit the A-post properly. It was too far back and the pressed lip prevented me from...