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drover original half doors...... interior looks like any standard full door.....

foolsp33d wrote:drover original half doors...... interior looks like any standard full door.....

So really besides no window they are just normal sized door? Cause mine look just like that

There is no window frame or slot for the window to come out of
Other than that they are are a normal door

Drover half door with canvas top.

fool_injected wrote:There is no window frame or slot for the window to come out of
Other than that they are are a normal door

Is spot on.. removing the 'weather strip' on the top part will give acsess to the innards of the door..how little there is of it..

basically I think holden payed an apprentice $5. a week to cut the frame off the door, gave him a length or 1/2inch tubing and was told to go hack... they certainly arnt the prettiest of door mod jobs..

real PITA finding a safe spot to park... although im yet to lock my keys in

Phantom.. do you need a rear hoop!???

Nope, they were a suzuki made item. 1.0's were also available in Japan with full canvas doors like an LJ 50.

Steve.

farkeh. well there ya go... i stand corrected. do the zips open from the front to the rear or from the rear to the front originally!?:D

Dunno, never owned any and the ones I have seen tended to have stuffed zips anyway.

Steve.

Putting this in the bible

Layto....

just thought id mention that they dont have to nessecarily be "your" half doors, any cool/useful pics you find that could be helpful/motivating.
Tube doors work too!

So the only real benifit with drover doors is the weight saving, lame. I like the tube doors above but with canvas instead of checker plate to stop the splashes.

less talk more pics

MORE PICS OF THE ORANGE RIG ABOVE!^^^^

bit off topic so heres the link...

http://www.izook.com/features/big/big.htm

dont make a mess...

GRPABT1 wrote:So the only real benifit with drover doors is the weight saving, lame. I like the tube doors above but with canvas instead of checker plate to stop the splashes.

i think perspex is a good idea for the toob doors, keeps splash out but still gives good vision............my 2c

hmm perspex does sound like a good idea! (until it gets splashed with mud tho)

Only thing with the tube door idea, is anything that can make it thru the door.. IE, sticks and what not... Could end up quite painfull in a flop.

I agree. I have flopped onto a log and few sticks with my doors off, was quite interesting, luckily I came out unscathed.

foolsp33d wrote: do the zips open from the front to the rear or from the rear to the front originally!?:D

Front to rear. The plan is to extend the canvas down 100mm or so after a cut down similiar to Dee's orange doors

here is some soft doors from the 70s and you could drive with no doors then .yes i know their dogs but it was the 70s

boner59 wrote:here is some soft doors from the 70s and you could drive with no doors then .yes i know their dogs but it was the 70s

you can drive with no doors now

MADZUKI wrote:Only thing with the tube door idea, is anything that can make it thru the door.. IE, sticks and what not... Could end up quite painfull in a flop.

So expanding on the perspex idea and using lexan would be the go

this is how I have done mine, not finished though. trimmed the stock latch to get them this low to match the lines of the tintop. And Im usin the stock lock-knob to open the doors
And I will make some upper halvs for them, kinda simular to those holden half doors

GRPABT1 wrote:MORE PICS OF THE ORANGE RIG ABOVE!^^^^

Do you wish you never asked now

A show truck sierra - now there's a contradiction in terms!

Gwagensteve wrote:

GRPABT1 wrote:MORE PICS OF THE ORANGE RIG ABOVE!^^^^

Do you wish you never asked now

A show truck sierra - now there's a contradiction in terms!

yeah a bit distasteful i know, still a lot of work in it though.

what is involved in making a half door. What cutting/welding/fabricating needs to be done?

It can be done with no welding - you'll need a grinder to cut the door down, and some way of finishing the top off, which could be riveted, screwed, or whatever in place.

It all depends on how nicely you want to finish them off.

Steve.