And an interesting bit from vintagebus.com:

"Note that pickups, which were first built in August of 1952, and Ambulances
, which were first built in 1951, are still referred to as "barndoor" even
though they lack the characteristic large engine lid. If you look at the
construction of the pickup and ambulance engine lids, however, you will
notice the same construction as the barndoor engine lid, just "cut down" to
fit the smaller engine compartment."

Now, back to my "guillotine door vanagon".....
bmc  :)
"Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."

> From: JordanVw@AOL.COM
> Reply-To: JordanVw@AOL.COM
> Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 12:38:32 EDT
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: the term "barndoor" bus..
>
> www.vintagebus.com/barndoor