Plywood lining in a Peugeot Van

[Adrian Brentnall]

HI Folks

Finally decided that the Moggie Traveller needs a bit of R&R (particularly sore replacement on the rear timbers) - so she'll be off the road for a few months.

In the meantime - have acquired a 2nd-hand Pug Partner van. It'd be nice if the rear of the van was lined out in timber (?plywood?)

- make it easier to strap stuff securely & stop it all rattling about.

The steel pressing seem to be designed to accomodate infil panels - and have a variety of round and oval holes ready-punched...

So - is there some kind of a plastic fixing that snaps into these holes to accomodate a screw or somesuch - or do people generally just whack self-tappers into the inner panels ?

Anybody done this before & have words of wisdom to share ?

Thanks Adrian

[Owain]

AIUI "cage nuts" allow you to use bolts into holes

Owain

[Mark Bluemel]

A quick look at cage nuts on a website took me to this:-

?intGroupID=918&strProductID=efbnvrkbcm&strWebTemplate=Cwhich may be closer to what Adrian is looking for.

[The Natural Philosopher]

years ago I kitted out a bedford CA using a drill and self taps.

[Laurence Payne]

I've seen manufacturer's option lining kits, generally plastic, that fixed prettily into the existing holes.

But every wood-lined van I've driven has been fixed with self-tappers. If you want a neat job, there will be a local specialist who can do it in a day.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Adrian Brentnall saying something like:

I've done it with STs before and it works ok, but beware of stressing the mounting points too much if you're hanging gear off the lining.

FFS, don't screw the floor down without carefully checking clearances underneat. A screw through a fuel, brake line or fuel tank can ruin your day . For this reason I decided the next one I do will be lined with plywood glued in place with gobs of polyurethane foam.