Nope but which one you after ?early ,late panel van cut, or bus as it does make a difference ? There are tw on flea bay that need a little work but quite easy fixes for sensible money Good luck
Mines a 74 camper, window recess! I’ve got one on my project but the monkey that done the lower 6 inches must’ve been drunk...I’m thinking of taking it to another welder to re-do the repair....but not sure it’s salvageable!!
There is one on eBay. But think it’s a late bay £99 needs a bit of work but might be easier than yours
I personally have never seen a sliding door lower repair that is not perfect .Most seem to jut out at the bottom.It is easy to weld a panel onto the door but getting the alignment correct is another thing.
These are the panels I had to choose from. It doesn't help! The answer lies about halfway between the two.
I had some absolutely flawless welding when my repair sections were put in and it looked 100% but come aligning the door it was not right ! satisfactory but not right !
That door will have been on and off quite a few times during that simple repair. Once it goes wrong it stays wrong. If you look hard enough at my finished pic it's not perfect.
What do you think the answer is to a great job ? .The correct repair panels ? I can weld a panel on but I am no sheet metal worker .If someone could get this right and achieve a decent repair it would be a nice little sideline earner for them.
I’ve been impressed with all the bits I’ve had off Autocraft. If you follow them on Instagram they do a weekly glimpse of panels they make, lots of them are finished by hand and compared to NOS panels before they leave the shop. Mine came out ok, although with it painted and on with the seal it sticks out a bit in that corner. Might need adjusting again! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
It's been a while so I wouldn't like to say. That almost flat one made me laugh though - then order that other one - which had too much bend. Sometimes you just can't win but the curved one was easier to make right.
I don’t want a perfect bus, it’s going to be toured in (if ever things go back to normal) but when I pay someone to do something it should be done well or even tried to be done well, surely?!!
Exactly ! My bus when I finish it is there to be used and not a show bus .The guy that repaired my door really done his best and I am happy with his effort .
Do you have a link as I’m literally stunned if that’s true. OK and I mean that with ‘high in the sky Apple pie hopes’ levels of optimism on the OK ones, were going for £400 a few years ago. I bought second hand one from ‘bigger than large’Bug, a company I’ve only ever been happy with that was bent as hell, the whole door for around the £300 mark maybe 10 years ago.
He has 3, 2 are bad the third is not good https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volkswag...=333477031971e35b00aa19a5401f98075ba8379c3c5b
Not what's wanted but £60 no bids for a panel Van uncut RHD advertised as LHD. Not great but cheap. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vw-Trans...884572?hash=item2893e3ff1c:g:1HcAAOSwLdtesHkf Glad mine's done. I saw one for £800 that had been previously repaired and needed doing again. Even LHD are expensive - £80 was the going rate not that long ago.
Realistically a decent unnrepaired door will. Fetch up to £1000 ion the open market I sold one on here to a member for just under that and dealers were asking for up to £2,500 for doors nowhere as good Must be a market for reproduction ones now surely