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Post by mjwcookie on May 29, 2015 1:23:13 GMT 10
Hi All. I am in victoria and am new to van restos and planning the rebuild of a glass van and notice that there are curved glass windows on the front. i have spoken with a couple of suppliers who are not able to sell or manufacture them. Does anyone know about a supplier who can do this in Australia? I expect it will be a custom job. also what are the regulations around windows in vintage vans, or new windows in vintage vans? do they have to satisfy ADRs etc? Thanks all advice gratefully received. mark.
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Post by eddieegg on Aug 19, 2015 21:36:33 GMT 10
Hi Mark What kind of van do you have? I'm restoring a Sunliner with curved perspex windows which I need to track down.
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Post by JBJ on Aug 21, 2015 3:30:05 GMT 10
Hi, I believe that if look thru our section " Technical", you will find many references to Sunliner curved windows. I know they are there One reference on page 40 refers to a company in the liverpool area of Sydney that have supplied a few sets I know of, but the last reference I had was a few years back now. I also remember someone in Melbourne that had a set of bubble ones moulded, again a few years back. So why not try to use our reference library in "technical". I normally start at the oldest page, & scroll thru looking into individual threads about what I am looking for. Not real quick or scientific, but it works if you are patient. No point trying to reinvent the wheel. JBJ
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Post by cobber on Aug 21, 2015 8:39:17 GMT 10
As JBJ has suggested there has been lots of information posted on the forum over the years, the trick is to find those posts. A good way is to use the 'search' facility that you can find right up the top of this page, takes a bit of practice to make it work but it is handy. Using it I came across this thread on 'bending perspex' And THIS ONE searching for 'curved windows' ( that thread also gives you a helpful hint when 'searching' Personally....I reckon anybody selling Perspex should be able to direct you to somebody who can bend it. AND ..... You could do worse than looking at Observatories index to the work he is doing on his van HERE ... ( go down to page 8 ) Cobber.
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Post by Mustang on Aug 24, 2015 17:15:23 GMT 10
There is a plastics guy in Caloundra that can supply bays, see my thread, scroll half way down. link
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