Splitscreen roof on a Bay cab?

Discussion in 'Mech Tech' started by Airheadboxer, Nov 15, 2022.

  1. This is on eBay at the moment (nothing to do with me), and the roof over the cab is interesting – it’s a Bay with what looks like a splitscreen roof at the front with its windscreen overhang. The photos show it front-on, side-on (a bit dark though) and from inside.

    Looks nicely done too, although must have been a challenge (?). I quite like it but the windscreen looks like it could be a problem to change maybe.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/37435423...kORHVxC0ZGw/MwEHEdYq+yBlg=|tkp:Bk9SR-LA8s6PYQ
     
  2. Baysearcher

    Baysearcher [secret moderator]

    That looks odd!
     
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  3. Poptop2

    Poptop2 Administrator

    It isn’t the entire roof, is it just the front bit added?
     
    Last edited: Nov 17, 2022
  4. mikedjames

    mikedjames Supporter

    Could almost be a fibreglass moulding grafted over the front of a standard roof.
    It looks more like its a sheet a few mm thick so the screen seal will still be easy to access, theres a gap for spiders up there..
    In the side view you can see the slight bulge as it meets the stock roof, where the reinforcing ridge sort of vanishes under it..
     
  5. matty

    matty Supporter

    I think it’s a home made visor stuck on. The front gutter is all flat and wobbly
     
  6. Looks like a really nice van other than the appendage stuck on the front !
     
  7. scrooge95

    scrooge95 Moderator and piggy bank keeper

    Strange. And pointless.
    Not even mentioned in the description either.
     
  8. Faust

    Faust Supporter

    I once saw a whole splitty front put onto a bay at Great Malvern dub fest years ago ,it was well fitted and the guy was been congratulated for his efforts .
    I wish i took a photo of it . But it was years before i got involved with the bus scene ...it will probably be still around or maybe reversed to T2 or maybe its a pile of brown dust and 4 wheels lying next to it .
     
  9. Ugly and weird and also a bit wobbly, and how is it finished underneath? Can't see the top of the screen. no idea why anyone would do that, what benefit do you get? And no mention of it in the description? No thanks.
     
  10. mikedjames

    mikedjames Supporter

    Its an alternative to the sun shades bolted to the seams on the door pillars I suppose.

    I have even more of the screen covered than that with a sun shade.

    The gaps in the edge are for water to drain off.
     
    Last edited: Nov 16, 2022
  11. That’s that run down then!:)
     
  12. Baysplits used to do kits for this conversion. They are horrible things!
     
  13. Just searched for Baysplits and this piccy from 2007 came up:

    T2 splitty roof.jpg

    It was described as a "fibreglass peak from bay splits "
     
    Last edited: Nov 16, 2022
  14. And a piece of fibreglass :)
     
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  15. looks like a bay wearing a baseball cap
     
  16. Poptop2

    Poptop2 Administrator

    I actually like the cap!

    There I’ve said it :oops:
     

  17. That looks lke one of those Commer/ Dodge vans/

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  18. matty

    matty Supporter

    It could be worse I saw this a few years ago. It a stuck on fibreglass panel

    upload_2022-11-18_18-22-1.jpeg
     

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