1967 doors

[Roger D]

I have a 1967 bay i'm restoring but i keep hearing different info on the front door locks and i just wondered if anyone out there knows which ones i need as it came with later doors. A picture would be great. I'll put pictures of it up in the end but have got to learn how to upload them first.

 

[67westy]

68 doors are different. The locks are the push button type rather than having the little lever behind the handle. There are some pics of a 68 door I have for sale here:

http://forum.earlybay.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=40874" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

EDIT: Also some pics of the handles in case thats what you meant

 

[burt]

hi 68 doors have a round hole where the handle goes in to the door where as the 69 on wards have a slot hope this helps

 

[creationblue]

Here's a '68 near side (shamless for sale plug)

Just

 

[67westy]

These doors are like buses If you were after one I had the other side door off Justin to replace the one that I have for sale and it was spot on.

 

[creationblue]

These doors are like buses If you were after one I had the other side door off Justin to replace the one that I have for sale and it was spot on.

And good ones are soooo hard to find, ends up costing you as much in prep work, trust me I know!

Just

 

[Doris]

Iirc as well,the inner door handles are in a slightly diffrence place so the pull rods are a bit shorter.

 

[Clem]

The lock pulls ups are a bit different to later ones too. And on mine, the quarterlight catches are slightly different too.

 

[67panel]

but i think the Q was "i have later doors fitted ,what locks do i need" so the answer is are they 69-71 or 72-79 ?if its just outer handles then 69-79 all the same.

 

[Roger D]

Cheers guys, you lot are amazing. i post 1 little question and get all the info i need. My later doors are like brand new but i would like my bus to look as original as possible so i suppose the next question is can i fit the 68 door handles to my later doors, with a bit of fettling of course. Changing topic slightly, i undone all the bolts to drop off the front suspension yesterday and it's still on, couldn't budge it so now going in the garage to see if i can lever it off with small jack, tyre lever or something.

 

[67panel]

not sure if the recess for the handles the same,but worth a shot 8) lots of wd40 on front beam and block of wood and a large lump hammer,suport it with a jack in case it goes sudden :shock: they jam so side to side tapping .

 

[Roger D]

Cheers bud, did exactly what you said and it's off. Stripped off steering arms and shocks. Loosened off 3 of suspension ball joints but the forth popped loose before i could undo the nut so more fun and games tomorow.