rayboy
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Post by rayboy on May 22, 2010 23:03:44 GMT 10
i have to do some repairs to the sides of the van but as the walls are 12 ml thick and there is only a small amount of inside frame work ,if i was to replace the outside timber walls i would almost have to take out all of the internal cupboards.is there any other way around this problem. not being very good at carpenter but willing to have a go.
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Post by Franklin1 on May 28, 2010 11:49:51 GMT 10
Crikey rayboy, 12mm thick walls??!! That Franklin guy sure spared no expense when it came to building quality vans, eh??!! And what's it like pulling 3 tonnes of timber around with the car, eh?! 12mm thick!...there must have been some sort of special price going on for plywood in the late 1950s. Without actually seeing the job up close, it's a bit hard to give you useful advice, so let's just "shoot the breeze" about possible ways of doing it... Overall, less is best. The least amount of ply taken off the van, the lesser will be the extent of the job. I think from seeing photos of your van on the forum, the worst damage is along the bottoms of both sides, so you're really only talking about repairing these areas, am I right? And you say you're not very good at carpentry, so simple fixes are required. Hmmm...yer not making this easy rayboy! 1) 12mm thick ply might be able to be bogged up? Tear out all the rotten bits and then bog back to the original shape of the ply? 2) 12mm is the same as 3mm ply skin + 6mm frame + 3mm skin. Could you do something by gluing thinner bits of ply into position? 3) Put a match to it. No wait!, sorry, I remembered it's a Franklin, so that's not an option. Gees, rayboy, not doing too good here, am I??! Do you have any photos of the sort of damage you've got to deal with? Maybe that'll help with some other ideas. cheers, Al.
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Post by jenniewren on May 28, 2010 20:45:15 GMT 10
Whoa...12mm thank goodness ours doesn't have any rot/damage cause I would not know where to begin...I think the sides of our franklin is just as thick somehow. Cause when we tapped the sides it seemed as solid as a rock! There was a minor repair in one corner that looked like 3mm ply that had been "doubled up" "stuck on top of one another" had been used to repair the damage when I finally cut the bed in 4 to get it out to check out the underneath cupboard!! Don't know if that is useful information for you or not! At least you have an original rear window! Ours is a sq ugly looking thing (that I will have changed at some stage!) but it doesn't leak...phew regards Jennie
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Post by tenoroc on May 30, 2010 16:36:57 GMT 10
The 12mm ply was common on Franklins and Coronets and probably many others in the fifties and sixties. I know Coronet purchased theres from a Sydney mob and it came in 30 foot sheets so the side of the vans could be made in one sheet and therefore very little framing was needed. Depending on the size of the area needing repair you should be able to cut the offending area out and patch it. Because the side was made in one sheet it should keep its strenth.
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rayboy
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Post by rayboy on May 30, 2010 20:48:20 GMT 10
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Post by cruisindoug on Mar 4, 2011 15:10:44 GMT 10
hows it comming along Ray?
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