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

[John Abbott]

Stumble no more George!!! You have found your second home here....cheers,,johnno

[Warren]

Hey George

Yes this is an Ozzy site, but we have members from all over the world, predominately Oz and NZ.

We don't exclude other vans, but it's primarily about the CF Bedford.

We are not a club, but a loose association of people with an affliction of the bedforditis.

We share our experiences to help keep the Bedfords alive.

Warren   

[penguin]

so whens the next beddy gathering as id like to meet you guys and girls in person and have a look at some of your machines up close and bring my dad for reminising purpouses as pics are great but up close is better

[Marishka]

Hey George

Yes this is an Ozzy site, but we have members from all over the world, predominately Oz and NZ.

We don't exclude other vans, but it's primarily about the CF Bedford.

We are not a club, but a loose association of people with an affliction of the bedforditis.

We share our experiences to help keep the Bedfords alive.

Warren   

who,s we ?
well i dont know about anyone else but the day other vans ie/ transits, hq-wb pannel vans etc become part of here im deleting buga from my computa,

i like the fact its just bedfords


whats other members view on it?


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[Warren]

There are a few on here without CFz (transits and CAz) and I certainly don't hold it against them, but I did say it was Primarily a CF site.

Warren

[Bedfordcrazy]

I'm with you Marty, lets keep this a strictly bedford site/club. There are plenty of panelvan clubs out there, if beddy owners want to visit then hey  it took a long time to find this site, lets keep it genuine bedfords. When you go to other van sites, it's a game of spot the beddy  I remember a post just as I was signing up here, about only members being able to access certain areas, I agree, when we have members dropping phn # & rego #, maybe some security would be nice. What do others think ?
Regards
           George.........

[Dave]

For my 10cents worth

I wouldnt change anything as the site is working well now, if the mix of posts starts changing too much we might need rules to maintain bedford van focus but I dont think we do right now.

I dont mind non-bedford owners being members as long as the chat is "primarily bedford van". 
I particularly dont mind non-CF bedford topics & members, for me CA's topics are just as welcome as CF's, I like them both nearly as much.

As for other vans some transhit owners share a love of bedford and should be welcomed unless the conversation begins to veer away from beddy too often (a nice Transit turns up at the odd WA bedford run and is welcome by all as far as I can tell)

cheers
Dave

[ben]

you think the ca is almost as good as the cf dave eh? well your crazy!!!!!!!!!!  cant stand to look at the CA but anyone out there who likes them, each to their own dave:)

panelvan owners wouldnt want to be on this site anyway. everything is backward for them. everything is custom:) 

im happy how things are:) not so happy my fibreglass post is being hijacked lol. oh well.

happy new year!!!!!!!!!!

ben

[Bedfordcrazy]

Hi Ben, I'm sorry I helped to hijack you post, hehe so tell me, do you work in fibreglass, or is it a sideline ? What sort of gear/panels do you build ? do you have a photo cattledog for us to look at ? As someone who loves 4x4s back in the 80s I saw a lot of bonnet, roofs, and front guards on our fj cruisers crack and fail because of the shake rattle and rolling, have things improved with strength since then ? Do the beddy panels have the problem with cracking ?
Regards
          George.........does this bring your post back on track ben lol....genuine Qs. though...

[ben]

hey george,

fibreglass is something i have got into for an alterntive reason other than beddys, but its been good all the same. have a look at the start of this post and you will see a lot of photos of stuff that ive got moulds for.

regards cracking im not exactly sure what your talking about products glassed onto steel or just products in general, but it sounds like 4x4 fj cruisers would be pretty hard on fibreglass panels which i would not expect such treatment from a beddy,

ive been told just recently if epoxy resin and microfibres are used to stick fibreglass to steel it will last 20+ years with no rust forming and no  cracking occuring. so i think things have improved:)

cheers
ben