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Traveller Panel Replacement
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:42 pm
by bloodyank
I have always wanted to replace the alum. panels with wood ones, and being a fairly handy chippie, I decided to have a go, and to refinish my wood at the same time.
After getting the panels out, I can see it's going to be hard to bend the plywood to accept the outward curve of the forward panels, and to attach them, as the curve is "below deck" there.
Will I have to remove the entire side from the car to do this? I don't see any other way, and I'm dreading that job, mostly from the horror stories I have read about refitting the gutters on the roof.
Help!
Thanks-
-Dave<br>
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:16 pm
by bmcecosse
It's certainly not easy. Just keep the aluminium!
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:39 pm
by jonathon
You can take the back off in one piece , no need to remove the rear roof and guttering. So long as you brace the wood once its off then re paneling should be quite straight forward.
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:39 pm
by aupickup
use bendy ply
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:51 pm
by bmcecosse
I thought all ply was 'bendy' - to a degree!
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:55 pm
by aupickup
there is a special ply that is called bendy ply
9mm thick and can bend it round a 6inch tube
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:42 pm
by MGFmad
You can get some amazing vinyl type graphics done - what about a vinyl print of wood grain that is stuck onto the aluminium panel?
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:52 am
by bloodyank
You can take the back off in one piece , no need to remove the rear roof and guttering. So long as you brace the wood once its off then re paneling should be quite straight forward.
Wow, great! So I'll brace the side well, and then slide the bottom out first? Should I prop up the roof as well? I think I'll just do one side at a time...
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:54 am
by jonathon
You unbolt the roof remove, the screws fastening the wood to the wheel arch flange, the B post bolts and the bolts into the boot floor and the whole assembly will lift up and off. Its a two person job. Once its off brace side to side to stop it pulling the roof joints and doing the splits
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:02 pm
by maroon
hi it may be to late but on mine i made new pannels i had a large sheet of allieminiom that i found and could not leave on a pile of rubbish it was the back of a sign like in bus sheltors, train stations , out side helfords ect they have a frame round the out side then the glass and the picture and the back is a big sheet of ally just the right thicknes
i cut mine out with a jigsaw and they are the best part of the car<br>
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