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Classifieds => Wanted => Topic started by: Bren on August 04, 2008, 12:31:55 PM

Title: rear doors
Post by: Bren on August 04, 2008, 12:31:55 PM: Does anyone in WA have any rear doors for sale?
Mainly the right one.
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Post by: Bren on August 06, 2008, 02:00:36 PM: what about anyone not in wa then? are these doors all as rusty as mine?.
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Post by: obsession on August 06, 2008, 03:18:42 PM: might have 1 let me check :)
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Post by: ben on August 06, 2008, 04:03:14 PM: just repair your ones fella.. how bad can they be??

ben
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Post by: Bren on August 06, 2008, 05:10:29 PM: hahaha repair it.. if theres any actual door left to repair id consider it, but my right hand one is so bad i
cant even work out how the last guy managed to get the bog to stay in a door shape so well.

hopefully i can get a repairable one. otherwise i really dont have the energy to make a new one up.
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Post by: ShaneJ on August 06, 2008, 05:16:49 PM: The rear doors on the back of the van below were re manufactured. Maybe I should ask how much he would charge to make some more.
Is there anyone already selling replacement doors?

(http://www.buga.com.au/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=49&g2_serialNumber=2)
Title: Re: rear doors
Post by: Bren on August 06, 2008, 05:35:28 PM: They wouldn't be too hard to make, but for my van anything thats got more than 90% of the metal left will do. Its intended purely to be used as a work van, so as long as it looks ok on the outside
thats all im worried about at this stage.

I think making a glass frame with a steel skin might be the best idea. i bet someone has made a mold for rear doors somewhere at some stage..... i cant really make one because you need a fairly good one to start with. mine are totally rotted out, and have been modified.
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Post by: makoman on August 06, 2008, 05:51:07 PM: I've got 2 but they would cost afortune to ship to Oz!!
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Post by: Bren on August 06, 2008, 05:57:05 PM: "a fortune" definitely puts it over the budget... :)
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Post by: ben on August 06, 2008, 06:29:03 PM: well i have doors around here but again im sure it would cost a small fortune to send over..
oh still got to take photos for you too bren sorry.. will do it soon..
ben
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Post by: shaginwagin on August 07, 2008, 06:29:23 PM: Hi Bren. With my chev (avatar), both back doors where damaged and half full of bog, that had cracked. The panel beater who did the conversion had two new skins made for the bottom half (waist rail down) at a local metal fabrication factory. That was in Warrnambool in Vic,You should be able to find someone in WA to make a couple of skins for you. They weren't that expensive from memory. We cut the old skin off and took the door frames to the factory and they made them to fit. They had the lip on the edges to fold back over the frame to secure it to the frame and then some spot welds to secure them. Weld the join at the waiste rail just under the window.
This might be another way. could be a bit cheaper than freighting a couple of doors over to WA.
Hope it helps. Julian
Title: Re: rear doors
Post by: Bren on August 11, 2008, 02:02:25 PM: Hi Julian,
Thanks for the info, although i was hoping there would just be a good door somewhere that i could just throw on and be done with it. they must all be rusted out by now im guessing.
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Post by: Dano on August 25, 2008, 12:11:25 AM: Ive had some panels pressed up to suit beddie doors, side and rear, will post some photo's this coming wednesday, from memory i think there 75mm high , all you need to do is tack , weld, dolly the corners,etc. The profile is real good too