van rear door fastening bar pics needed

Post by **alex_holden** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:32 pm

Sue me!

Post by **aupickup** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:34 pm

hello sue i thought your name was alex

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:40 pm

i'm finding it hard to decide what's funnier:

the conversation
the photo
or the fact that holden *saved a copy* of the effin photo (i knew he would!)

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:57 pm

Useful pic posted by a LCV forum user, hope he won't mind me reproducing it here.

Seems we'll need to work out a system unique to this van.

Russ where are you??!!??

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Post by **alex_holden** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:11 pm

Do vans have bolts on just one door or both? What does your van have where the bracket is in the photo?

Post by **aupickup** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:56 pm

production civillian vans only had the one up and down bolt on the drivers side door

the post office and gpo had the up and down bolts on the frivers side operasted by the rear door handle, also gpo had an extra top and bottom bolt on the passenger side rear door, post office also had a locking bar on the outside

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:21 am

lol - since you asked, holden....

alex_holden wrote:What does your van have where the bracket is in the photo?

Nothing. Just an unbroken expanse of top door surround. No sign we've been able to discover so far of anything having been removed or welded over. Quite odd, really.

Post by **alex_holden** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:30 am

It looks like if the bracket wasn't there, the bolt would still be up against the lip of the surround, thus preventing the door opening outwards. The door seal should stop the door opening inwards. Perhaps the bracket was a later modification to locate the bolt better and reduce rattling when the seal wears out?

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:35 am

hmmmm cunning

Post by **alex_holden** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:55 am

The other possibility is yours once had a bracket but the spot welds broke and it fell off.

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:05 pm

yes that has been my working mypothesis

(I like that typo and I am keeping it. It's, like, a very short-sighted person's hypothesis.)

Post by **alex_holden** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:19 pm

If only you knew someone who could fashion a small piece of wood with a hole in it and glue it where the bracket should be... ;)

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:53 pm