Yesterday, 11:11 AM
Hi Steve
Glad to see you making good progress on the van.
The AD Chummy, which I assume is the base vehicle for your van, had doors with edge beading. The door timbers were 3/4” thick and fitted flush with the bodywork. A T shaped 3/4” half round bead was fitted to the door edge running all around the sides and bottom of the door. The aluminium skin folded over the top of the door but I’m not sure if it folded over the sides and bottom.
I built two new doors for my AD van and talking with Dave Prior I think my construction accorded with theirs. I pinned the aluminium to the face of the door with the pin heads covered by the beading. My van in no way resembles the Startin van on which, I guess, the Heath van is based but I think the doors are identical to AD Chummies.
IMG_4428.jpeg (Size: 111.04 KB / Downloads: 62)
It may well be that the Heath van had overlapping door skins on a wider frame.
Cheers
Howard
Glad to see you making good progress on the van.
The AD Chummy, which I assume is the base vehicle for your van, had doors with edge beading. The door timbers were 3/4” thick and fitted flush with the bodywork. A T shaped 3/4” half round bead was fitted to the door edge running all around the sides and bottom of the door. The aluminium skin folded over the top of the door but I’m not sure if it folded over the sides and bottom.
I built two new doors for my AD van and talking with Dave Prior I think my construction accorded with theirs. I pinned the aluminium to the face of the door with the pin heads covered by the beading. My van in no way resembles the Startin van on which, I guess, the Heath van is based but I think the doors are identical to AD Chummies.
IMG_4428.jpeg (Size: 111.04 KB / Downloads: 62)
It may well be that the Heath van had overlapping door skins on a wider frame.
Cheers
Howard