essexpete wrote:Were the sliding doors sported by the Bedford and BMC vans of that era dropped for safety reasons? People carriers still have them?
Pete I believe they were originally offered by the manufacturers of vans for the purpose of multi-drop delivery the idea being that the driver could quickly and easily enter and exit the vehicle by the sliding door, they were an option that was why some of the vans had conventional opening doors. I think they were thinking of the likes of milk floats where the driver is on and off the vehicle for much of his round.
Jeremy