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• Re: What's a Barndoor?
  Historical mailing list
  26 Jun 95 11:13
  >I've seen sliding side doors on late-model buses, dual side doors on >microbuses, but what does the term barndoor term refer to...
• Re: Barn Door P/U (was 23-Window Whore Story)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Dec 1995 01:25:10 -0500
  ...They didn't have the big engine lids, like their bus counterparts, but were nevertheless called barndoors, and have the other barndoor features, ie...
• Barndoor Page Update
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 10 May 1996 21:58:23 -0700
  I copped 2 barndoor pix from Sami Dahklia of a ver early panel that used to belong to his grandfather. I think its a...
• Re: Looking for support...
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 06 Jul 1996 18:24:21 -0700
  ...I've never heard of a walk-thru barndoor. Barndoor engine vents are 3-4" wider than norrmal, and they have one fewer vent...
• Re: (I know I'll hate myself...) 1955 Barndoor Kombi for sale (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 2 Jan 1995 21:03:54 -0800 (PST)
  ...BTW, I though barndoors ended in 1954... Barndoors ended mid-way thru '55. I wish I had the cash - I want a barndoor real...
• Re: Barn Door P/U (was 23-Window Whore Story)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Dec 1995 01:20:55 -0500
  ...They didn't have the big engine lids, like their bus counterparts, but were nevertheless called barndoors, and have the other barndoor features, ie...
• RE: Finally, my '52 barndoor parts want list
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Wed, 7 Feb 1996 12:28:47 -0600 (CST)
  That reminds me, I forgot to post my '52 barndoor parts want list: Item 1: '52 barndoor Thanks! Joe! 8) ---------------------------------------------------------- Joseph F. Fournier II...
• Re: the term "barndoor" bus..
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 9 May 2002 15:53:06 -0600
  ...the term "barndoor" bus.. > > www.vintagebus.com/barndoor
• Re: the term "barndoor" bus..(was:Re: Sheryl Crow in a Bus
  Historical mailing list - Toma Keller
  Thu, 9 May 2002 22:38:27 -0700
  ...Early 60's barndoor? > > > > > > > > > > the term "barndoor" only refers to the '50-'55 bus. they were nicknamed > > "barn door buses" because the rear engine...
• Barndoor bitz wanted...
  Historical mailing list
  2 Jan 96 11:22
  Hi all, A friend asked me if I knew anyone who has the following Barndoor parts: NOS Rear 'T' handle for barndoor NOS Side...
• Barndoor Page Update
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 19:53:22 -0800
  Ok, I've added some more cool pix to the barndoor page: A picture of Eric S's piano-hinge vent-wing- '52 and...
• (RE) Barndoor Aler tfrom claralw@aol.com
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 14:37:56 -0400
  --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: Re: Fwd: Re: (fwd) Barndoor Alert!
• Re: Barndoors, Splitters, Breadloafs, etc
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 May 96 09:07 CDT
  ...This is a problem for certain restorers in Phoenix where there is little snow, but barndoor impressarios are never daunted (and also barndoors never...
• FW: Other Volkswagens
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 15:58:03 -0600
  ...Pressed bumper buses were both barndoor & 55 thru 58 buses. In 59 they went to the bigger/heavier bumpers w/ overriders. The "barndoor opened...
• Barn Door P/U (was 23-Window Whore Story)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Dec 1995 13:30:22 -0800 (PST)
  ...They didn't have the big engine lids, like their bus counterparts, but were nevertheless called barndoors, and have the other barndoor features, ie...
• Re: Barn Door Registry.
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 29 Jul 1996 09:28:49 -0700 (PDT)
  And Klaus Jacobsen thus wrote: > > I any of you out there owns a Barndoor (pre-55 type 2, not a real barn = > door). And...
• Re: What's a Barndoor?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Jun 1995 13:23:07 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The engine lid was the same size as the later bus hatch, but a barndoor doesn't have a batch. Essentially, the engine lid...
• Bus Web Pages Moved
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  Thu, 8 Feb 1996 19:26:18 -0800 (PST)
  ...http://www.calweb.com/~thom/vw.html Barndoor Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html Thanks for your understanding... Thom -- > When puns are...
• barndoor roof chop...
  Historical mailing list
  7 Mar 96 15:35
  All you buffers will be pleased to know that i've decided not to go for the barndoor roof chop on my new single...
• Re: (fwd) Barndoor Alert! [
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  6 Oct 1995 09:16:56 -0700
  RE>>(fwd) Barndoor Alert! [f] 10/6/95 Who's going to carry the suitcase - King Kong? --------------------------------------
• Barndoors in Dumb Blondes and Hokey VW's
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 10 May 1996 19:58:55 -0700
  ...Thom Fitzpatrick thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Web Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
• Web Page Update/Stats/Listserv Help
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 14 Aug 1996 19:53:25 -0700
  I have added pix of Sacramento's Mystery Barndoor. Its a '54 panel, purchased in Washington for $1700, bringing the Sacramento barndoor population to...
• What's a Barndoor?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Jun 95 09:53 PDT
  I've seen sliding side doors on late-model buses, dual side doors on microbuses, but what does the term barndoor term refer to?
• new web pic
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 19:48:06 -0700
  ...Its a RHD 23-window (non-barndoor) thats been "chroma-keyed" - still kinda cool. I have a full sized scan of it if anyone...
• the term "barndoor" bus..(was:Re: Sheryl Crow in a Bus
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 May 2002 11:32:17 EDT
  ...Early 60's barndoor? > > the term "barndoor" only refers to the '50-'55 bus. they were nicknamed "barn door buses" because the rear engine...
• Re: gas tank...
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 19 Jun 1996 08:57:29 -0700 (PDT)
  ...one thinks > that it may be from an early Barndoor.. The reserve valves were used up to the early 60's (61/62?) A...
• even more '54 RHD deluxe progress!
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 26 Jun 1996 21:12:58 -0700
  ...These center pieces are different between barndoor and non-barndoor busses, but its very close. Basically its a matter of opening up one of...
• Re: the term "barndoor" bus..(was:Re: Sheryl Crow in a Bus
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Thu, 9 May 2002 10:46:37 -0500
  Karl---- Give me the guy's phone number you "heard" this from ---- I want to talk to him---- Chris is most positively correct---- Barndoor...
• Re: '53 Deluxe for sale (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Thu, 04 Jan 96 12:44:30 -0500
  There are some great pictures of this Deluxe at Thom's barndoor page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html Tom F. buncha VAG...
• New Barndoor Page
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 19 Nov 1995 03:27:39 -0800 (PST)
  ...I have started a barndoor page! Check it out, and if you have any pics handy you'd like to add, or any trivia...
• Re: the term "barndoor" bus..(was:Re: Sheryl Crow in a Bus
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 9 May 2002 15:42:20 -0600
  Guess me and Karl will have to start our own barndoor club. :) Wouldn't the big decklid be more of a "garage door" bus...
• Copy of: American Quilt and a VW Bus
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  03 Jan 97 10:23:32 EST
  ...all '56 up buses are NOT Barndoors. Quite a few people improperly call all splitties "Barndoors" because of their dual cargo doors. The cargo...
• Re: Barndoors in Dumb Blondes and Hokey VW's
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 11 May 1996 09:37:06 -0700
  ...Thom Fitzpatrick thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Web Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
• CA, WTD, BARNDOOR, PROGRESS, 1954, DELUXE, BUS
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 20:11:13 -0700
  ...Thom Fitzpatrick thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Web Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
• Re: Barndoor Madness
  Historical mailing list
  4 Sep 95 18:53
  ...do it :) hey I might even let you have the fully dimensioned drawing I've done of those Barndoor safaris I had so you...
• Re: Found 6 Splitties in a barn!
  Historical mailing list
  26 Sep 95 24:34
  and Mike wrote: >And there they were: > >'54 Barndoor >'55 Barndoor >'66 Sundial Conversion (camper) >'60 European Kombi (W/ Semaphors), >'67 Kombi, >'62 Double...
• Re[2]: Barn Door P/U (was 23-Window Whore Story)
  Historical mailing list
  15 Dec 95 10:45
  >actually, the whole 'barndoor' thing is a misnomer. Anyone seen a >barn door that opens up? Duh. Someone told me it was like a...
• Re: the term "barndoor" bus..(was:Re: Sheryl Crow in a Bus
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 9 May 2002 08:36:02 -0700
  ...Early 60's barndoor? > > > > > > the term "barndoor" only refers to the '50-'55 bus. they were nicknamed > "barn door buses" because the rear engine...
• Barndoor Trivia
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Oct 1995 21:52:19 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The barndoors had emblems that mount with 3 studs intead of 4, in a trangular pattern. The _early_ barndoors (50/51) had a cast...
• Re: the term "barndoor" bus..(was:Re: Sheryl Crow in a Bus
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 9 May 2002 09:44:21 -0600
  ...Early 60's barndoor? >>> >>> >> >> the term "barndoor" only refers to the '50-'55 bus. they were nicknamed >> "barn door buses" because the rear engine...
• Barndoor Page
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 18:56:12 -0800 (PST)
  I added a couple more pix to the barndoor page, thanks to Dave Easterwood. If you get rejected by the server, just try again...
• Barndoors, Splitters, Breadloafs, etc
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 May 1995 19:20:25 GMT
  Would someone give me a brief description the following so that I may recognize one when I pass it in my Westy? Barndoor Splitter...
• Re: Splittie VW Emblem Anti-Theft Device
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 03 Apr 1996 07:04:30 -0800
  ...Strangely enuf, barndoor emblems were always threaded. (and have 3 posts, not 4) Wanna accentuate the split? Ever seen the barndoor attennas that mount...
• Re: Sunroof Question: Part II
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 14:31:15 -0800 (PST)
  ...Thom Fitzpatrick thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
• Re: the term "barndoor" bus..(was:Re: Sheryl Crow in a Bus
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Thu, 9 May 2002 14:52:12 -0700
  ...Early 60's barndoor? >>> the term "barndoor" only refers to the '50-'55 bus. they were >>> nicknamed "barn door buses" because the rear engine...
• FS: 54 Barndoor Panel, pics on web
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Wed, 3 Jul 1996 14:21:19 -0400
  Tom Bennett sent me some pictures of his 54 Barndoor panel for sale to scan and put on the web. If anyone is interested...
• Re: Barndoors, Splitters, Breadloafs, Bull (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 May 1996 09:05:23 -0700
  "Mr." Hooper said: >A barndoor is <snip> powered by a 3.5 hp Briggs & >Stratton lawn-mower engine which was cooled by shoveling Teutonic...
• Re: Safaris?
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 21 May 1996 19:19:15 -0700
  ...http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
• Re: the term "barndoor" bus..(was:Re: Sheryl Crow in a Bus
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 9 May 2002 13:44:37 -0500
  ...Early 60's barndoor? > the term "barndoor" only refers to the '50-'55 bus. they were >nicknamed "barn door buses" because the rear engine...
• Barndoor Page Update
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 20:36:48 -0800 (PST)
  Ok, A tip of the barndoor derby to Pim van Loon for his contribution of a pic of an interesting barndoor fire bus. I...
• Re: Found 6 Splitties in a barn!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 1995 11:18:33 -0700 (PDT)
  ...following yesterday: > > 6 Busses! 2 are Barndoors!!! So any way to pry 1 one of the barndoors from his cold, dead fingers? Thom -- > A...
• Re: bug o' rama report
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 28 May 1996 13:58:27 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Thom Fitzpatrick thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
• bug o' rama report
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 27 May 1996 06:49:55 -0700
  ...Thom Fitzpatrick thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Web Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
• '65/'56 single cab
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Feb 1996 12:21:07 -0800 (PST)
  ...Thom Fitzpatrick - tfab@netcom.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom '54 RHD 23-Window Deluxe - '56 Sunroof Kombi Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Web...
• Re: Bus FS central NC
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 17 May 1996 18:25:56 -0700
  ...Thom Fitzpatrick thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Web Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
• VW Bus Hall of Shame - URL!
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 20:50:26 -0800
  ...http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
• '54 RHD Deluxe Update
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 08 May 1996 21:28:58 -0700
  ...It is different, barndoor to non-barndoor, I already tried that by looking at the '56. This is important because it will affect how...
• funny swap meet story
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 19:36:54 -0700
  ...This guy had these little model barndoor busses for sale, $15 each. Being the math whiz I am, I offered him $40 for the...
• Re: air cooled? : non van
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 26 Apr 1996 07:19:08 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Thom Fitzpatrick thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
• Re: (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 3 Jul 1996 14:08:39 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Thom Fitzpatrick thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html