What's the legalities of soft half doors?
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:18 pm
Been perusing ih8mud.com for the um tech advice, not the 40-porn
and I've noticed a lot of these soft half-doors on the Septic machines.

What's the go, are these legal here in Aus? I'd normally answer my own question and say no, but Toyota released canvas soft tops for a 40 back in the day and some came with 2-piece soft doors - just a tube frame with canvas over it.
I'm not overly worried about the safety aspects, having driven a 1942 GPW Jeep from Sydney to Cairns with no doors and just a webbing safety strap. No roll bar either - but in MOST instances you have to actually have some speed up on the open road to flip it, something that's not really an issue in a stock WWII jeep.


What's the go, are these legal here in Aus? I'd normally answer my own question and say no, but Toyota released canvas soft tops for a 40 back in the day and some came with 2-piece soft doors - just a tube frame with canvas over it.
I'm not overly worried about the safety aspects, having driven a 1942 GPW Jeep from Sydney to Cairns with no doors and just a webbing safety strap. No roll bar either - but in MOST instances you have to actually have some speed up on the open road to flip it, something that's not really an issue in a stock WWII jeep.