Previous owner says it was a factory thing with the vents
Buggered if I know.
Thanks for the info guys
Tonz. Cheers mate. Been a long time coming thats for sure.
Yep,the guys on the luft (you should know who. The usual protagonists) are giving me a bit of stick.Deservedly so though,I give them enough.Good lads
Congrats mate, I thought that must of been your new bus when you drove past my house the other day. good one mate
DOKA Dave wrote:
I think you will find it is an English spec bus (Euro spec RHD) built between 64-67, so it would probably have been privately imported or specially ordered. The lower vents are factory, the upper vents have been grafted in from a 67, and inverted because I imagine whoever did it wanted to match the lower vents, which are always inverted on 64-67 Non Aussie spec models.
I could be wrong, but I am willing to bet if the paint is removed you will see some welding marks and probably a little bit of filler around the upper vent area. If you look at the positioning they are a little high, as well as being inverted. Looks like a good bus to start on though, Good find.
The last of the aussie built splits had the euro lower vents, but these were blocked off ( must of been an imported panel). and the upper vents were the same as all the other aussie late splits, the only difference was the vents were in 2 sizes insted of 1 long vent. don't know the reson for this but I imagine it would be some thing along the line of using up parts from germany and pressing the vents into the already formed panels, as production of splits lasted into 68 here when in germany they were making bays.
it’s got nuffin to do wiv yer “vor sprung Durch technic” ya know!
Ta Dave
Yeah,had to do a drive by. Was working round the corner for 10 minutes
We're not doing ECH work anymore (thank f#@k) so I'll drop in for a beer soon and annoy ya with dumb questions and see what bits I can rob off ya bus
