Something I have been looking at was whether new valances could effectively
be made out of ABS plastic. I found a supplier on the net. If that would
work how hard would it be to make some other items such as glove boxes and
such, all they are are flat pieces of cardboard folded and attached to fit?
Has anybody looked at this before?
Patrick Bowen
At 11:21 AM 8/24/98 -0400, Richard Ceraldi-ERC004 wrote:
>Sauna types,
> FWIW the side valences from Victoria British are manufactured in
>England
>and do have the metal rail at the top. From what I can tell they are the
>same
>as my originals (less the crud). My only suggestion is to repaint the
>metal
>and pressboard with several coats of epoxy paint to make them more
>waterproof, last longer, and easier to keep clean..
> I have to agree with Barry about the one in front of the radiator
>collapsing. I installed a batten from an old sail on the inside of mine
>to
>keep this from happening. If I still had access to sheet metal tools it
>would
>no longer be pressboard.
>Richard Ceraldi
>71 GT6 MKIII KF166L
>71 Spitfire MKIV FK9365L
>Austin, TX
>http://www.exact.com/~gt6mk3
>
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