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

[Mark B]

Benny bro, that barn door looks a treat! Keep 'em coming bro 

[ben]

just wait till you see tilt front:)

[Bedfordcrazy]

Thank god we have ben and his glassing, hey ben have you considered doing roofs. You could do a lwb high roof that fits swb van. or roofs like ian has got on his van. Roofs could have single, twin or no sunroofs in them. Thoughts.

george.

[atk1]

George, the 6-8K was for making the moulds. There might be a few investors on this site??? I would...

[Bedfordcrazy]

ok, misunderstood. as i said above though you would have to also align the chassis guy, and make sure they keep up with the glass guy. My guess is to do it properly you would need at least $500,000 to set up, and have a massive publicity splurge to the hot rod industry. I suspect it would probably be a bigger success in NZ then here, as you guys seem to be more into custom then here in oz.

Hey ben, have you thought about doing front guards. I do look forward to the tilt fronts, they are going to be awesome. Will they be just stock, or custom with flares and so on.

 george.

[Rogue Trooper]

I suspect it would probably be a bigger success in NZ then here, as you guys seem to be more into custom then here in oz.

I think it's just because we can get away with a bit more here but they're tightening up on it all the time. To be honest I don't really think I'd like to be in a fibreglass vehicle if it should be involved in an accident.

[Bedfordcrazy]

True rogue, but look at all these hot rods, most these days are fibreglass, some from the factory were originally glass, i mean if you are going to drive, say a cobra, they are glass bodies, power to weight is fantastic, if they have a mishap, imagine. But as i said from the begining, part of the set-up would have to be getting an engineer to sign off, that would be the structual side as well. At the end of the day one of us on here will need to win 2million bucks for something like this to take off, so for now we can settle for the bits benny is turning out. I can't wait to get my overhead console fitted.

george.

[ben]

already have a roof mould of a swb roof george but i dont advertise it cause its a real pain to makethem. its massive. wont fit in my shed. got to have the right day to make otherwise i stuff up the job..

yes i could make a swb roofto fit lwb. but its so much work!! it took me 12 hours to make the mould and its way to thin. but cause i dont plan on making many it is sufficient.

sorry george but im happy selling my hz spoilers for100 bucks.. take me an hour to make and i churn em out:)

ben

[Bedfordcrazy]

considering the size of your garage you are doing well, big is good, but quality is better. Keep doing what your happy doing mate.

Tell me ben what do yor HZ spoilers look like, do you have a pic in your gallery. I ask because my mate was here the other day and he and his son are doing up a hz ute, and he was asking about a certain spoiler, may get one off you, will show him a pic of yours to see if its what he is after.

george

[MaTTe]

hey ben, thats good to hear about the doors, i'll definately keep it in mind.

In terms of cornering a few more markets, have a look at the front lower spoilers on HZ era cars, wheel flares for toranas(screw on type), and if you can be bothered look into BA-BF falcon front spoilers - the FPV typhoon and GT spoilers, you could have a couple of moulds so you can do the XR cut away lights, or the standard flat lights.. these sell for $500 odd from memory, and theres always someone wanting to make up a faker. Easiest way would be to buy one, use it to make a mould, then sell it.
Also look at side skirts for late model falcons (you could probably do commodores too)
Also BA XR8 bonnets are very popular, and surprisingly enough, standard boots without spoilers are very popular with the turbo boys

a few ideas to keep you going..