M38 Doors
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 2:21 pm
Picked up some M38 doors off Fleabay last week (advertised as M201 Hotchkiss), so I thought I'd share some pictures:
External side
Internal side
Exterior door handle
Folding door frame
These doors have the top half of the window able to be opened. I think this is a later addition; the window trim is vinyl, whereas the door edge trim is canvas. Not sure if this is a military mod or one of Bubba's finer moments.
Some turnbuckles have been added (female half in the top corners and the corresponding male half about two thirds of the way down), which seem to allow the complete top half of the door to be folded down (to convert into half-doors?
I'll need to check this assumption at the weekend). Again, not sure when this was done, why or by whom. Where turnbuckles have been added, a black vinyl reinforcement piece has been added on the internal side.
The exterior door handles (third photo) have been modified, and fitted with a Bakelite knob. The workmanship seems very un-Bubba, but maybe he got a professional to do this.
Finally, while the door frames (folding type) appeared to be OD, where they fit under the canvas they are Strata Blue (4th photo).
External side
Internal side
Exterior door handle
Folding door frame
These doors have the top half of the window able to be opened. I think this is a later addition; the window trim is vinyl, whereas the door edge trim is canvas. Not sure if this is a military mod or one of Bubba's finer moments.
Some turnbuckles have been added (female half in the top corners and the corresponding male half about two thirds of the way down), which seem to allow the complete top half of the door to be folded down (to convert into half-doors?
I'll need to check this assumption at the weekend). Again, not sure when this was done, why or by whom. Where turnbuckles have been added, a black vinyl reinforcement piece has been added on the internal side.The exterior door handles (third photo) have been modified, and fitted with a Bakelite knob. The workmanship seems very un-Bubba, but maybe he got a professional to do this.
Finally, while the door frames (folding type) appeared to be OD, where they fit under the canvas they are Strata Blue (4th photo).