Bc12-65

[r webster]

Are the doors on a 1941 BC12-65 interchangable with those of a BC12D?
Ron

[Pearson]

Re: Bc12-65

No!

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: Bc12-65

Only with a lot of modification. There are several types of door from the early wood ones (like I have on my 41) to the tube type on my 45 to the sheet metal ones on the 46 to the Patrol doors with the transparent lower section. The trick is you have to have the door that fits the frame.
I have rebuilt the wood ones and the tube ones and helped a friend get the sheet metal ones to fit (not as easy as it looks if anything is bent).
If you have a 41 BC-12-65 it would probably be easier to build a wood door than change ALL of the frames and parts to try and get a metal 46 door to fit.
I have the drawings for the wood door but would have to dig them out. The only thing I would change is to add some Carbon Fiber strips under the plywood and over the framework around the window frame. That area is prone to cracking when "Ding-Dong" passengers slam the door three times while it is blocked at the top (which is why I know how to build a door). You also DON'T want to use wood screws for the hinges. Machine screws in T-Nuts are MUCH stronger for much longer!
Hank

[Larry Lyons]

Re: Bc12-65

Arn't T's wonderful! My 41 has the steel tube frame aluminum skined doors and they fit fine. By the way I believe they are lighter then the ones on Tim's 46 but very strong. I am guessing on the steel frame but a magnet has a bit of pull around the edges of my doors with no pull else where. Larry

PS: They fit well too!

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: Bc12-65

Forrest once told me the steel tube and fabric doors (like the 45 ones I have) were the lightest they ever made but the all aluminum ones were a lot cheaper to build. My wood ones are light, but no where near as light as the tube ones and VERY complex to build. You kind of have to assemble the parts in the door frame to get a good fit.
I wonder if someone "metalized" your tube door. It would be easy to do and eliminate the noise and damage risk of fabric doors for very little weight.
Hank

[r webster]

Re: Bc12-65

Many thanks to all of you for your information. I saw a pair odf doors on Ebay an thought they might fit our 41. I believe the doors on BC12 -65 are metal tube that have been skinned. Ron

[astjp2]

Re: Bc12-65

The original metal frames are actually a roll formed J section. Tim

[jmvolpp]

Re: Bc12-65

My BC12D1 has a sliding glass window on the left and fixed window on the right. I would like to replace the right with a sliding window - does anyone have one in his stash that might be available?

Better yet, would it be legal to replace both with awning type windows such as were installed on (I think) the prewars?

Mike V.