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Ncrover725
03-11-2012, 11:33 AM
Looking at the Oxford and Cambridge vehicles they had an escape hatch on their hard tops. Does any one know if this was a factory modification or came standard on some tops? Has any one built one on their ii, IIa, or iii hard top?
morgant
03-11-2012, 11:38 AM
I did see a hatch on a hardtop on Craigslist in MA a year or so ago. That said, it looked custom.
yorker
03-11-2012, 11:40 AM
Do you mean a shooting hatch?
Ncrover725
03-11-2012, 01:53 PM
I am sure it can be a shooting hatch. I was just going off some of the videos commentary.
stomper
03-12-2012, 03:18 PM
According to the book, They expedition members built the hatch to allow them to film the journey from a different vantage point. There was a replica of one of the trucks built a few years ago, (i forget if it was Cambridge or Oxford) and they built a similar hatch from the existing photography from the trip.

In other words, this is not a factory option, nor is it a special vehicles one off. it was a do it yourself execution.
TedW
03-12-2012, 03:22 PM
Looking at the Oxford and Cambridge vehicles they had an escape hatch on their hard tops. Does any one know if this was a factory modification or came standard on some tops? Has any one built one on their ii, IIa, or iii hard top?

Might come in handy after the zombie apocalypse...............
Ncrover725
03-12-2012, 04:21 PM
TedW,
I agree. The hatch would allow you to zazz up zombies while the wife drives!
TedW
03-12-2012, 04:48 PM
TedW,
I agree. The hatch would allow you to zazz up zombies while the wife drives!

Yup. I'll be hosing the perimeter with lead while she is grinding her way into second gear...............:D
yorker
03-12-2012, 06:12 PM
Someone on here or G&R had a roof with a shooting hatch in it for sale. I just don't see the point though?
Ncrover725
03-12-2012, 06:45 PM
I was very curious to it's origin and how wide spread it was.
yorker
03-12-2012, 08:46 PM
I was very curious to it's origin and how wide spread it was.

Go on the UK forums and ask about "shooting hatches" and you'll see a few. Also military 110s have some sort of "escape hatch". I guess if you wanted to add one you could cut the escape hatch out of a school bus and install it. Other than for cinematography though I can't see the point.:D
RoverBob
03-14-2012, 08:28 PM
I purchased the one off of Craigslist last year.Definatley a homemade contraption. I can take pics in the Am if anyone is interested.

My plan is to use it as a donor to convert my 88 top into a safari top.
Andrew IIA
03-15-2012, 08:30 AM
http://images.wikia.com/tractors/images/a/a1/Two_Canadian_Forces_G-Wagons.jpg
luckyjoe
03-15-2012, 09:26 AM
I am finally installing a 3'x3' folding fabric sunroof in my 109. I always wanted and access hatch and this seemed like the most functional way to execute it (no large door/panel to flip open).
KingSlug
03-15-2012, 05:04 PM
On my POE D90, after a scaffolding shackle flew thru the sun roof at 70mph on the 5 FWY, I got a MOD sun-roof panel. You turned the knob and pop out the panel up, then lifted and turned it to drop it inside. After I sold the D90, I bought another to put in the ambulance, but to this day it sits in the garage.