split panel van....??

[71dormy]

My old 64, wish i had never sold it.

i'm 6ft 2" and never had any issues, preferred the driving position than that of a bay

stance :shock:

 

[faux]

This was mine, and the bay next to it!

 

[faux]

And I did this one too!

 

[mjknight71]

no matter how much i love earlys i always seem to find myself looking at early split panel vans :roll:
anyone got any sweet pics i can carry on staring at? Just the price of a pre 57 split panel :lol: hmmm what the future will hold :msn4:

anyone else or just me :shock: ?

You are normal......Go on go on go on...you know it makes sense .......I spent so long looking at them on the net and showing the better half the ones I liked....she got so fed up she made me get one only driven it (well steered it as it rolled of the low loader) 10m soooooo excited...

....move on 18mths...sold the bay to pay for the work on it....hopefully the van will be running mid next year.

there is nothing better than a small back window, bullet indicator, ribbed bumper, double door, dove blue panel :msn4:

 

[moler]

siiiickkkkk

more pics?

There's a few more here

there is nothing better than a small back window, bullet indicator, ribbed bumper, double door, dove blue panel :msn4:

Until you wanna stick an 8'x4' sheet of ply in the back :lol: :lol:

 

[dubscum]

Just playing I love all vehicles as long as there over 15 years old and slammed.

 

[blondiedread]

A mate is selling this.......

.........You know you want it :msn4:

 

[geenjay]

this sweetheart is my mates van ive told him 5 no,s on the lottery and this babys mine ...thing is i keep forgetting to buy a ticket....thank god the long haired colonel remembers.. :lol: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21956404@N05/6239877737/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[krusty]

Its not just you mate!
I loves a splitty panel van, mind you I love a eb panel van.

Faux & Analog, do you mind if I ask why you dont have yours any more?
Just wondering if earlybays are more practical etc?

 

[faux]

Its not just you mate!
I loves a splitty panel van, mind you I love a eb panel van.

Faux & Analog, do you mind if I ask why you dont have yours any more?
Just wondering if earlybays are more practical etc?

Yeah, not very practical and not great to drive at all. There is more space and light in a bay and you sit further from the windscreen too. The build is a lot more sturdy on a bay with an all round nicer feel. My wife hated the splits but loves the bay.

 

[flynster]

Its not just you mate!
I loves a splitty panel van, mind you I love a eb panel van.

Faux & Analog, do you mind if I ask why you dont have yours any more?
Just wondering if earlybays are more practical etc?

Yeah, not very practical and not great to drive at all. There is more space and light in a bay and you sit further from the windscreen too. The build is a lot more sturdy on a bay with an all round nicer feel. My wife hated the splits but loves the bay.

your wife has great taste john..........that last picture of your old bus is now residing 10 minutes from me and still looks as good now, Mitch takes care of it , got best of show last year at Alive n VDubbin... 8)

 

[Analog]

Its not just you mate!
I loves a splitty panel van, mind you I love a eb panel van.

Faux & Analog, do you mind if I ask why you dont have yours any more?
Just wondering if earlybays are more practical etc?

I wish i still had it, when i sold i was moving to the states, had a snowboard instructors job lined up and everything, then a huge change in plans, by which time i couldn't get it back.

had a chance to get it back last year before the current owner now,
(who, sorry if you/he/they read this, in my opinion, ruined it :msn4 but funds where just a bit too stretched

hope to get it back again one day maybe

 

[john the horse]

Its not just you mate!
I loves a splitty panel van, mind you I love a eb panel van.

Faux & Analog, do you mind if I ask why you dont have yours any more?
Just wondering if earlybays are more practical etc?

careful krusty, you are sailing close to the wind with statements like that :lol:

i do love a splitty single , not sure about an eb single!!! :lol:

john the horse

 

[mjknight71]

there is nothing better than a small back window, bullet indicator, ribbed bumper, double door, dove blue panel :msn4:

Until you wanna stick an 8'x4' sheet of ply in the back :lol: :lol:

Double door...you just leave the doors open! :lol: obviously hoping the wind resistance doesn't slow you down too much :msn4:

Yeah, not very practical and not great to drive at all. There is more space and light in a bay and you sit further from the windscreen too. The build is a lot more sturdy on a bay with an all round nicer feel. My wife hated the splits but loves the bay.

divorce

 

[Commercial Phil]

I went from a few Earlybays to a Split Panel van....

This is mine

Not to bad to drive but I've done a steering rack conversion on it. Still running reduction boxes, love it and had great fun it. Still a soft spot for Early bays though!

Off to lurk in the for sale section now... :msn4:

 

[Analog]

there is nothing better than a small back window, bullet indicator, ribbed bumper, double door, dove blue panel :msn4:

Until you wanna stick an 8'x4' sheet of ply in the back :lol: :lol:

or you could just use the roof rack (even though it was a fat hatch)

 

[Commercial Phil]

I'd consider a trade on mine if anyone was looking for a Split.

 

[71dormy]

What you got mate? :mrgreen:

 

[Commercial Phil]

Uhhh the one above /\ /\

 

[flipflop67]

You should just get both, then it's the best of both worlds. Here's my 57 panel and 70 deluxe