Practically Classics Forum

That are manufacturing & retailing poor quality parts to the classic car market - This is a repair section for the VW bay window camper that I currently working on proudly applied union jack / made in UK logo - no where even close to fitting - I have had to alter the flange and I will still have to piece a section to it to make it good I think we have got to the point where a national quality standard for classic car parts should be instigated but how it could be applied and policed is another thing

they could send you round to the manufacturer's to give the quality controller a good arse kicking?.. saying that ive bought genuine parts that have been a pain to fit...

That extra gap is for improved ventilation
Is it the new panel that's pants or the existing panel on the van?

And you thought that you had problems, Chris. It's going to take a bit more that a bit of heating and bashing to fix this:

If Carlsberg made bridges.....

TerryG wrote:If Carlsberg made bridges.....

thats why i drink leffe...

Is it the new panel that's pants or the existing panel on the van?

Existing panels on the van are original so it's categorically the replacement panel that is the problem

That sucks, I've never worked on a dub, is it a compound curve or a panel you can make yourself without too much difficulty?

Terry - It's a compound curvature panel - they were £9 each and I thought for the money that is was not worth me messing about making up the panel from scratch although I could have done - I am going to have to spend as much time altering what they supplied to fit now - I always expect a little bit of adjustment with new panels even OE stuff rarely fits without some modification but these are nowhere near - I shall certainly be advising the supplier of the failing

That sucks.
I feel your pain with fettling panels, I don't think any off the shelf ones I bought for the RR were the correct size / shape and all needed some modification to fit.