Ben's fiberglass bedford bits - Q & A in here please

[ben]

over the next few days im taking moulds off stuff..


i have front doors that im going to be supplying just outer skin for so then replace your banged up/ rusty outer skin with fibreglass to refurbish your old door.. so dont chuck out your old front doors!!


barn doors (without window)

window surrounds for cargo door

standard bonnet.



i got some real good glue for gluing fibreglass to metal too.. pretty darngood stuff i tried it out. glued a chunk of fibreglass to a hand wood saw. when it was dry i bashed it around about 10 times eventually the fibreglass was destroyed.. nice stuff..

you could also use it in places where you didnt was to weld because of warpage and just glue metal to metal:)

also going to put up for sale some old stock i have here once my digital camera i bought on ebay arives in the mail.

cheers
ben

[beddymad]

front door skins sound great,are the barn doors just the skins or complete doors?and can the glass be made to fit them ben?cheers furio

[ben]

yeh barn doors will be full glass + you can fit glass in no probs:)

[beddymad]

heres the big question,how much benny?

[ben]

dont know

[ben]

ok so ive sold my white van:)

so im gunna be buying another 44 of resin to make

1. clance shower tray..
2. bonnets i owe people, like rocket, morgan, dude from cranbourne, eddy


after that im gunna build a tilt front end..

do you think i should build it with flares moulded in? or standard guards? or make a lip on the mould so i can do both..

probably not worth doing the flared bit is it cause youll have to line it up with the rest of the guard anyway..

i think ive decided ill build it to fit the ford xc grill..

any thoughts?

once ive done this i can sell off another van i have here.. yay mum will be real happy:)

ben

[Bedfordcrazy]

hey ben congrats on the sale. I like the idea of a tilt front end, if i was you i would make provision for the flares and none flare version, that way those that want flares can buy the more expensive one. As for the grill, dont lock people into one grill design, if it is at all possible, i would do a grill in a blank, that way people can get a tilt front and and have 3or4 grill/light options, and just cut out what is needed. I know for me i would not buy one if it was for xc, only because there are so many xc grills around, i do like the xc front, thats just me. But a blank grill that can be cut to suit more than 1 type of insert would be a big seller. If i get to do my next beddy then i will be up for a tilt bonnet and blank grill.  Hope you go for the tilt, we need to see more custom out there, being different is what turns heads.
george.

[ben]

thats cool george.. thanks.

http://www.buga.com.au/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=2&topic=1240.0

like this?

[Marishka]

i recon tilt fronts look great and give exellent acess 2 ur engine etc,
BUT u know that there is a lot of structual strength in a standard steel bedford front?
 by cutting all this out and fitting a fiberglass front ur loosing all your protection.

tilt fronts are great on a show van but im not so sure on a daily driver.
also check with your insurance company nand ur local rego check station first before commiting 2 a fiberglass front.

[Rogue Trooper]

I was thinking exactly the same thing Marty. They were quite a novelty years ago but these days with all the engineering certs required getting the fibreglass front made up is probably the easiest part of the battle. There would be an awful lot of reinforcing and framing required to make it roadworthy.