My CHOPPED FB wagon project

[NoMAD]

Nice work there as always Ed... When you going to get an fb/ek for yourself?

As for Kirin... Nice! Mate got me onto that in Darwin a few years back... I am a fan

Got to be happy hey Mark?

Cheers
Nathan

[Lilly Oriel]

We will not be able to breath in dad's new wagon. .....lilly

[parisian62]

Hi Lilly,

Welcome to the Forum! Just tell Dad to cut a hole in roof to make a sunroof. That should fix it.

Stewart

[Devilrod]

We will not be able to breath in dad's new wagon. .....lilly

Hahahahahhaah good one Lilly..

[minifb]

We will not be able to breath in dad's new wagon. .....lilly

Hahahahahhaah good one Lilly..

Good on ya's.. You will be allowed to breath in it lilly BUT NOTHING ELSE.. so get use to it(remember what happened in the yellow and white wagon????)...

[oldnek]

Nearly a week Ed, No action of late.
You need to get out of the lab and back in the shed. There is more important work to be done there instead of finding viruses.....for the Human Race

Regards John

[minifb]

LOL the lazy bugger has gone over sea's for a holiday.lol
It will be worth the wait for the outcome when he comes back.........
Cheers mark

[Ed]

...back and already working!

doing rust repairs now so not alot to report. pics coming over the next day or so.

throw some pics up Mark...Im playing catch up and havent had time to upload pics etc.

Cheers

Ed

[Ed]

ok some progress...
So the drivers side doors and tailgate have now been chopped.
At the same time some fairly involved rust work had to be done on the front screen pillar, and around the rear door.
Panel gaps were fine tuned by cutting teh edges, welding then filing to shape.
the gap at the top of the upper front door looks bad in the pic, but it's OK. a skim of filler should be OK. there was alot of factory lead here.

now to fix some of the usual rusty bits, and drop the side glass in.
Cheers
Ed

[Harko]

Is the back tailgate going lexan or glass

[Ed]

Harko,

Glass... according to Smooth Customs, it should be OK to cut. Mark gave me some glass, maybe I should try cut it slowly using a sanding disc on a grinder.

Lexan wouldn't get thru engineering, my last time, the engineer checked all the stamps on the glass.



Cheers
Ed

[mrs ratbox]

doesn't the tailgate glass have a curve and it's toughened and i didn't think you could cut or grind toughened glass but if it is curved maybe it's so small that you'll get away with flat

there used to be a way around the approved glass/lexcan perspex thing don't know if it's still there and you have to deal with engineers etc that aren't pedantic when i found out the loophole it was actually the engineer that put me onto it

[EK283]

Guys

You can grind / sand toughened glass. It is however a slow, tedious and expensive excercise and you need a special machine.

If you look at the edge of some screens you will see sand marks from the factory.

I remember a story that Rod Hadfield wrote many moons ago on the process, couldn't find it now though.

Regards Greg

[Harko]

Harko,

Glass... according to Smooth Customs, it should be OK to cut. Mark gave me some glass, maybe I should try cut it slowly using a sanding disc on a grinder.

Lexan wouldn't get thru engineering, my last time, the engineer checked all the stamps on the glass.



Cheers
Ed

Hmmm its not ok to cut but a screen in laminated that is the same curve will work ,from memmory its fairly flat at one end probably the top and fairly curved at the other.
When I did the FC Nomad I was considering either sinking the glass into a channel (which wouldnt work for me) or using a rubber that lipped from the tailgate onto the glass and modifying the inner portion of the lower tailgate to suit.

My ute went through the loophole "If there is glass it has to be safety glass" It was a windy ride down to rego

[Ed]

I'll just weld it all up and make it a blind wagon

I dunno, will give it some thought.. Im just relieved now, and my brain is on coasting mode.

Cheers

Ed