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Technical => Buying a Bedford => Topic started by: jetman on August 23, 2010, 11:17:02 PM
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hey everyone finally am able to start my resto got a fair bit of rust on the gutter and roof and been chatting to a few people and they reckon I should grind the gutters off and mig them I'm not so sure. any advice would be welcome also does anyone know of a panel beater who doesnt run to the hills when you mention bedford vans
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This will change the look of your van.
Some people love the look, but others hate it.
But there is no doubt that gutters are a pain when it comes to holding water.
Mine are quite bad in places, and I'm wondering about deleting them and welding the roof on too. :-\
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i quit like the look of them have had the whole front of the roof cut out and replaced and have had the gutter replaced.
cheers Paddy
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It's a very big job. The roof actually overlaps the side of the van so that has to be shrunk back and I think you are also dealing with three different edges. The roof, the gutter which extends inside the van and the side of the van itself.
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My gutters were shot when i got the van, i have taken some of my gutters off, but when i redo the body this time round, i am going to look at ways of loosing the water better then the original set up. But the roof is a while off, i need to get the rest of the body mods done first, and i will need to run some ideas past my sheet metal guy as we go. This probably does not help you now, but i will be reducing the amount of gutters i have, i guess, look at where the water is standing the most and loose that section.
george.
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The one on the back of my van was removed when the bobtail and new rear panel was fitted and I also had the one on top of the windscreen removed and had it redirected down the sides of the windscreen. Best thing I ever had done and stops water being blown through the front door seam when you're driving if your door seals aren't all that watertight.
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Hey Rouge, do u have any picture of this?
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This is about the best I can do here at work. I can take some when I get home tonight if you want a bit more detail.
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d16/Rogue1234/Rear.jpg)
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d16/Rogue1234/Front-2.jpg)
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Thanks mate!
I see what you mean about the redirection.
Cheers
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i had often thought of leaving the front gutter on but , snipping the gutter across the upper windscreen qtr and continuing it down the ledge and doing the same at the rear. about 50mm so you get run off front and rear.
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Hey MarkB, have a look in rogues gallery, he has mega amounts of pics in there. Hey rogue sorry about the [rogues gallery] lol ;D ;D Roguetroopers gallery mark.
george.
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Sorry mark, i thought rogue gad an album, but there is not. sorry.
george.
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I was going to say I'd be interested in seeing that. ;D
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cant say im a fan of the no gutter look. looks bald. check out strez gallery. now my van has no gutters. im gunna either weld some more on or make some out of fibreglass and glue them on.
ben
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yeh sorry rogue with all the pics you provide us, i was thinking you had one. ooppps. lol
george.
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Jet man, first things first pleeeese up date your profile so we know where you are.Now in my personal opinion the Beddie looks much better when the front and rear gutters are removed, but it looks a bit lost when the side gutter are removed but there is an alternative. Remove the gutter a couple of inches at a time and give it a good tac weld as you remove the gutter, once you have done this get some 5mm steel rod and tack weld this on every couple of inches to prevent warpage, once you have finished fully welding the rod get some fiberglass impregnated bog and blend the rod to the body, once thats dry roughly smooth then put some normal bog on and smooth out well, now you have got rid of those nasty gutters but have retained the "beauty line". If you look at the photos from the events page at Rockingham Repco there is a blue hot rod that has had this done, good luck with it all
Regards
Petrolhead
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nice idea petrol head thanks!!
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nice idea petrol head thanks!!
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