Canvas doors?

[crankin]

Are you guys just leaving the hinges on the door post?

[scott]

Are you guys just leaving the hinges on the door post?

i am. i just pull the pins and loosen the door side of the top hinge

[Momo]

Same. I just pull the pins and leave the hinge halves alone.

[thixon]

I ask, because I saw them use a sealant-type stuff in a write-up about re-skinning the doors in an old issue of LRM or LRW. I just don't know if the factory did this on the original doors. If so, it'll probably have an impact on the re-usablility of the old skins.

Safeair,

Its basically just body sealer, and won't impact the re-usability of the door skins at all. In fact, when you re-skin, you should use a body sealer of some type anyway.

Also, you mention that door skins are cheap. I can't find any anywhere. I bought the last one I could find a couple months ago. If you have a source, share it please. Body panels are becoming hard to find.

[brucejohn]

Also, you mention that door skins are cheap. I can't find any anywhere. I bought the last one I could find a couple months ago. If you have a source, share it please. Body panels are becoming hard to find.

I don't know about the economics, but our hosts have them listed.

[crankin]

Safeair,

Its basically just body sealer, and won't impact the re-usability of the door skins at all. In fact, when you re-skin, you should use a body sealer of some type anyway.

PLIABLE ROPE CAULK use to seal seatbox to rear tube, floor boards, etc... Great stuff.

[SafeAirOne]

Safeair,

Its basically just body sealer, and won't impact the re-usability of the door skins at all. In fact, when you re-skin, you should use a body sealer of some type anyway.

Also, you mention that door skins are cheap. I can't find any anywhere. I bought the last one I could find a couple months ago. If you have a source, share it please. Body panels are becoming hard to find.

Travis--The sealant/adhesive I saw the panel beaters using in the article was something squirted out of a caulking gun, IIRC. Probably shouldn't be a problem bad if the factory used the semi-solid type of sealant referred to.

As for the replacement skins...they were sold for about $55 a piece by a company that's located in New York that has been in the rover parts business for a long, long time. A company who seems to have abandoned the series rover owner in favor of the lure of the coil and airbag-suspended rovers, judging by their catalog mailers and website over the last few years.

Anyhow, I just checked--those folks now only list the front right skin as being available on their site now and even then, it says to call to check availability. Looks like you've bought up all the rest of them!

[jac04]

This thread got me thinking, and I might just make myself a set of canvas doors for my Lightweight. To retain the door latch, my plan is to use a set of original door frames and cover them in canvas (assuming that I can get canvas by the yard from Exmoor to match my top). There won't really end up being any real benefit to the doors other than looking unique. Now, I just need to find a decent set of Lightweight door frames. Anyone?
Here is a quick & dirty of what it would look like (the canvas color is a little too dark, but you get the idea):

[xsbowes]

How hard would it be to make tube doors with canvas or even wide net mesh covers?

[ScottT]

I've run a Pertronix for years with any issues. I do carry a set of points & gap tool, just in case.

High-end upgrade which I suspect some will see as sacrilegious:

http://www.malloryperformance.com/ProductDetails.aspx?MajID=530&MinID=5327&productID=2308&txtSearch=4732001

[SafeAirOne]

How hard would it be to make tube doors with canvas or even wide net mesh covers?

Interesting idea.

I don't think you'd need a frame, providing you could put net anchors at the hinge locations on the front and at the seatbelt mounting locations on the rear (SIII w/hardtop in mind--Not sure how you'd do the rears on an airportable.

These folks can make any type of netting to your specifications.

The M151 R.O.P.S. (rollover protection system) is the inspiration for this thought:

[jac04]

Interesting idea.

Interesting indeed.

[SafeAirOne]

Interesting advert for a convertable door system for J**p doors.

[msggunny]

I saw these online years ago with the idea of eventually building something similar with marine snaps on the frame to be used with snap-on covers. They are still on the to-do-list.

Thank you for posting this, i have been looking for it for a while....

[msggunny]

I think those wire mesh doors are about the coolest Mod I have seen on a Series Rover. Does anyone know anything about who owns that Rover, or how they made them (or where you can purchase them?)

Best,
Griswald

If memory serves me correctly that truck is from South Africa. I remember reading about them, maybe Landyonline.co.za? Not sure.