Hay Guys, Thrilled to have found the forum! Im looking into getting a Panno to restore. Pref windowless, if I get one with side windows is it possible to "fill in" the side windows with metal? or doesnt it not work? any help at all would be grouse! Ta.
Rico
Vanners do it better!
Yeah it is, but its a big job.
Rico also look into Uerathane as an option. This was discussed over the weekend and as yet I don't think anyone has done it.
Rico
this might help, this Van is finished, and we have seen it and you would not know the windows had been filled in...great job...
http://www.mysandman.com.au/forums/showthread.php?t=9
HZ Jasmine Yellow Windowless Sandman, now being driven everywhere and is finished!
HZ Madeira Red Windowless sandman now Sold to Bigrob
HX Mandarin Red Sandman Ute finished, and club registered
1979 HZ malachite windowless van with 308 5spd, all chromed up and shiny finished and named "The Player"
Married to RodneyHZ253
i may do it to my injected van faster than u think..that is of course that i can find someone who can do reverse curve rolling as well as stepping the edge all the way round....Originally Posted by Blocker
Urethanes may have improved no doubt, but the ones gluing the bonnets together on my old hilux farm utes have all separated over time leaving the bonnets and their supports no longer joined together.
yeh but you have also beaten the crap out of them on dirt roads..and standin on em dont help either...:Chin:
How did you know that.......... I cant actually shut the one on the old 77 model as the battery is too big and it shorts out on the inside of it!
Should put a pic up of it to show how some one owner vehicles really are not a good thing
The biggest problem with urethane is that you have to lap the panels to join them. You get different expansion rates at the lapped areas when the area is in the sun and gets hot you will see the lapped area. Even welded and bogged lapped joints will do the same. Sorry if I upset anyone but I can't say I have ever seen windows filled in that don't look like crap after a few years especially if the van is driven. It's just such a flat in your face panel.
Cheers Dave
Its quite clear that this is a devisive subject, I thought one way to do it might have been to remove the entire panel by basicaly unpicking the welds down the sides at the major seams, the seam at the top of the roof cap and the one down the side where the rust tends to begin, and hand fab a panel to suit. A lot of time and money I know but in my thinking was these joins would then be where the factory seams were, a big job yes, but would it give the desired finish?
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