Body Swap

[bantamallan]

Two simple (?) questions for you all; 1. will a van body fit a car chassis and
2. what do you use to stick the window catches to the glass, nothing I have tried lasts more than a couple of days.

 

[malcolm]

The F6 van chassis is 6 inches longer than the saloon, but the F4 is the same (I think).

Araldite is good for sticking the catches on the windows, and it's soft enough that the glass doesn't crack.

 

[Steve Hennessey]

Loctite Glass bond - have used it for years with 101% success!!

 

[malcolm]

101% ?

Did you accidentally drop a fixing onto a pile of glass scattered around the garage floor and get lucky?

Specialised stuff is probably a good idea. Glass is tricky to glue to being very smooth and averse to stress. And the araldite takes too long to dry and doesn't have enough initial tack (my success rate is only 50%. First attempt was in situ and the fixings slowly moved doewn the glass under gravity).

 

[Steve Hennessey]

I'll still go with the 101% Glass Bond is cured by ultra violet light but I have used a lead lamp with success as well. Both surfaces must be ultra clean and you just pop a drop of the bond on the metal surface of the fixing and hold it there without moving for a couple of minutes - then let it go off for a couple of hours before exerting any pressure on it. Best to do it on a warm day and in the sun. If you've got hay fever, get a friend to fix it!!!!!

 

[bantamallan]

This is Wales in winter, we do not have warm,dry days. My van is 1985 is that an F6?

 

[malcolm]

Possibly - You'd have to compare your van with some photos of an F4 in the gallery and an a F6 for sale to see which one it is. The F4 wasn't imported into the UK after 1982 ish, but kept on going in France until much later. Of course if you still have the badge on the tailgate then that might provide a clue.

 

[angel]

Look at the oval plate. R2370/R2430 are F6 (van and estate respectively) so the body will not fit a saloon chassis. Any other type (R2106-R2109-R2391-R2392) will fit.