Seen some car based van conversions with small "porthole" non-opening windows in the fibreglass sides.
How straightforward is it to blank off these so that from outside at least you wouldn't know they had been there?
Tia
Jim K
Erm, why? Brian
Merely because I prefer them without :-D
Jim K
fairly easy if you are handy at DIY and car spraying.
The obvious answer would be to not buy a van with.
Anyway, what "car-derived van" are we talking about with glassfibre body sides?
It _does_ have a full complement of wheels, right, Rodney?
Jim K
Did they do a van version of the Scimitar, then?
+1,
but it does depend a bit on how they have been made and how invisible you want them to be.
For example, if they are perspex in double-U channelling, and you want to lose the channelling then you are going to have to have a lap joint at the back for strength.
There was always the Kitten, of course.
Yes I wondered about that as well. I once saw one of those with what I can only describe as stabilisers. Two like castors poking down just below the front t each corner. Brian
This little round window was all the rage for a while. I seem to recall Peugot were quite fond of those. Brian
Why not just find a really nice bit of artwork, and fit that over the hole? Brian
That circular painting, The Memory of Trees was always quite appealing when I could see. a kind of vertical view up through the trees. One on each side as a print would look nice. grin. Brian
What, like the g***se man... might work best with the porthole left in place tho :)
So what do you fill the hole with? Fibreglass body so shurely more fibreglass?
Can you buy it in sheets to cut to size and bond in?
If not what does one do?
Jim K
Glassfibre mat plus resin.
Poor carrying capacity though.
NT
How do you get a smooth outside finish after the matting? Body filler?
Jim K
If you're doing the laying-up from the inside, then you start with a gel coat which'll form the final finish, against some kind of a mould. That _could_ be pretty much ready-to-go.
Mmm so if the panels with holes to fill are vertical how do you hold it all in until set?
Jim K
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