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N.Daynes
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Van rear inner structure

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Hi all,

I have managed to get a van rear body that I plan to restore and use instead of the pickup bed.
The van body i have has the support bars missing (marked in red in the below picture)
Does anyone know where I can get these from?
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below picture is my van body with the missing channels
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Thanks

Nick
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Re: Van rear inner structure

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Yours seems to have a bunch of alternative channels ?
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Re: Van rear inner structure

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I dont know anywhere that sells them off the shelf. However when i restored my van a couple of years ago i got some j shaped gutters and the much more complex inner gutter section ( just below the roof) made by an engineering firm whos name i cant remember. They are next door to bj kenny concrete colley lane industrial estate bridgwater somerset. They were only a fiver for about a 1 m section as i recall. They just pressed the shapes to measure.

Or try your local precision engineering firm
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Re: Van rear inner structure

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Hadrians sell a a floor panel that looks like it has the same profile....

http://hadrian.dominohosting.biz/hadria ... nt&Ret=UBP

would just need cutting in to strips. Maybe try some car panel places, it might be a general pressing.
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Re: Van rear inner structure

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If this hadrian panel is the floor strenghthening panel for a van then ive checked with some old off cuts and they are slightly bigger though similar profile, so prob not suitable
Best get some made methinks!
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Re: Van rear inner structure

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Fairmile Restorations sell inner framework rail for vans & pickups. Is that the sort of thing you're looking for? See here (under 'Latest News') : http://fairmilerestorations.co.uk/


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Re: Van rear inner structure

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Thanks everyone, I have contacted fairmile's & they do do them.

Nick
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