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

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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

Merely because I prefer them without :-D

Jim K

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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

fairly easy if you are handy at DIY and car spraying.



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On Thu, 24 Apr 2014 11:02:38 -0700, JimK wrote:

Merely because I prefer them without :-D

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?

4 wheeled thanks trig ;-)

Jim K

On 24/04/2014 20:52, JimK wrote:
4 wheeled thanks trig ;-)


Did they do a van version of the Scimitar, then?

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On 24/04/2014 19:08, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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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

fairly easy if you are handy at DIY and car spraying.



+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.

On Thu, 24 Apr 2014 20:56:43 +0100, John Williamson wrote:

4 wheeled thanks trig ;-)

Did they do a van version of the Scimitar, then?

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.
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2014 11:02:38 -0700, JimK wrote:

Merely because I prefer them without :-D

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?

This little round window was all the rage for a while. I seem to recall
Peugot were quite fond of those.
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Why not just find a really nice bit of artwork, and fit that over the hole?
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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

fairly easy if you are handy at DIY and car spraying.



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diminishing number of producers.

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.
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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

fairly easy if you are handy at DIY and car spraying.



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of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded
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diminishing number of producers.

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Why not just find a really nice bit of artwork, and fit that over the
hole?

What, like the goatse 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

On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:15:51 -0700, JimK wrote:

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?

Glassfibre mat plus resin.

On Thursday, April 24, 2014 4:12:26 PM UTC+1, JimK wrote:
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?

Poor carrying capacity though.


NT

How do you get a smooth outside finish after the matting? Body filler?

Jim K

On Sat, 26 Apr 2014 08:50:00 -0700, JimK wrote:

How do you get a smooth outside finish after the matting? Body filler?

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

On Sat, 26 Apr 2014 09:09:28 -0700, JimK wrote:

Mmm so if the panels with holes to fill are vertical how do you hold it
all in until set?

Roll the van onto it's side.

Or fix some kind of a mould/backing to the side of the van.

Hehehe of course!:-)

I remember seeing A Car is Born or similar, where that Lucky git got to build a glass fibre racer kit thing. He tried (and failed dismally) to glass fibre a strut to the inside of a grp panel whilst it was vertical....


Jim K