PumaWestie
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| posted on 28/9/11 at 07:45 PM |
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Fibreglass van roof
Looking for the fibreglass roof panel from an old van. Havent seen any for a while as most modern vans have steel roofs these days.
Have seen plenty on Scrapheap Challenge which look like they could be converted to a make a boat or raft  but cant find anything suitable at the
moment
PS - I dont want it for a boat or raft 
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motorcycle_mayhem
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| posted on 28/9/11 at 08:08 PM |
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Would make a great boat! In fact, that's what I've been planning to do with the high top from my old rusty smiley Transit (ex-White
Aroow). Take roof off, add wooden transom, and off you go.
It's not GRP, by the way, on these. It's a compressed ABS Fibre... might be important if you intend polyester to bond to it.
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PumaWestie
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| posted on 29/9/11 at 07:23 AM |
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Thanks for the info. more info on what type of vans these roofs were fitted to would be a help to help locate one. I actually want to to make a roof
on a covered trailer so material isnt important other than it not being steel
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 29/9/11 at 08:43 AM |
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hi-top smiley transit, mine was P reg
tony
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motorcycle_mayhem
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| posted on 29/9/11 at 09:51 AM |
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Hi-top 'Smiley' MK5 Transit is what you need. You could have the roof from my fine example, but not quite yet, the van is still being used
as a parts-donor for the existing rotten device (a mid-top 190 version, roof is steel). Eventually, that too will dissolve back into the earth.
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PumaWestie
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| posted on 29/9/11 at 11:04 AM |
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Would one of you kind gents be able to please measure the width and length of such a roof at its base so i can tell if it will suit my requirements
please?
Am I also correct in thinking that Iveco used this type of thing in the past as well?
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