grp truck sides

[64treefrog]

apologies for bringing up an old subject;

i am toying with using grp panel for the fixed sides on a chip body instead of alloy planking.

have spent a couple of evenings on tinternet but i am not much wiser.

 

has anyone experience with this material ?

 

where to buy, have used service metals for planking and see they stock it.

which version to use at what thickness?

maybe honeycomb version but is it strong enough?

panel size 2600 x 1200

[Joel77]

Local lorry scarp yard bud, nip along with your tape measure and resip saw last time I brought some side I cut out of a truck side the guy charged me £40

[64treefrog]

cheers joel

[benbound]

I'm doing something similar and have been looking at 'Koski Decor' this is a birch ply with a hardplastic laminate veneer , apparently used in the haulage industry for commercial bodies. Timbmet stock it.

[64treefrog]

contacted local truck breakers, 6m x 2m wagon side £100 thats more like it!!

[Joel77]

The yard I used was exporters and they didn't seem worried about the state I left the truck in, still £100 for that lot don't seen bad mate,

Good luck with your build

[treedweller]

I built my mog box out of glassenite which is wagon body ply/laminated plastic and it's great but really heavy and I mean really heavy!! If it was just grp then it would be quite light surly??

[Lorry thompson]

I went to a Lorry breakers yard too also got the tarp side curtains £5 pound each haha