body assembly

Assembley of the body

The body panels are manufactured from 50 mm of insulation sandwiched between two 3 mm sheets of grp. Also there is a 4 mm sheet of marine ply between the grp and insulation to screw the furniture too. This type of construction is normally used for the manufacture of fridge bodys and has a very high insulation factor so should be ideal for our purpose. On manufacture the panels are glued and vacuum sealed providing a very ridged construction.

The floor section is bonded to the skeleton frame with Sikaflex adhesive and high tensile bolts. Body sides and roof section are fixed in the same way.

Here she is with the roof finished. The false floor is yet to be fitted which will provide the 400 mm of storage space, access door will also be cut out later. There will also be a skirt to fit which will finish at the same height as the bottom of the cab door. As it stands including the false floor the total gross weight is 4,660 kg, front axel is 2,220 Kg

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