Under-dash parcel shelf - help required

[forresteti]

Hi,

I have a pair of under-dash parcel shelves which have captive nuts attached to them. I dont have a fitting kit or any idea of how they attach to the van but should be able to fabricate something fairly easily.
Does anybody have any images of these fitted to their van or advice for how to fit them or where to purchase the required parts.

Any help would be great as I am in the final stages of a long restoration (I shall be posting photos very soon) and keen to get these finishing touches done.

Cheers, Steve

 

[faux]

Could you put a picture up of what you have to give us a better idea?

 

[forresteti]

Thanks for the picture, It's very helpful. Sorry, I cant upload any photographs at the moment. I have 2 black shelves very similar to yours but no fixing brackets. I can see the silver metal brackets in your picture (that I dont have) Could you tell me how they attach to the heater ducting and are they L brackets i.e do the shelves sit on them?

Also, what does the centre bracket attach to? (Is it the handbrake support?)

Thanks, Steve

 

[faux]

The ones on the heater ducts are L brackets fixed with self tappers.

The centre one is an I type bracket that fixes with self tappers on either side of the handbrake mount.

 

[paul_q]

these are the ones from bluebird

these come with this rubber fixing: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360370559890?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp3693.m570.l1313%26_nkw%3D%2B360370559890%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[forresteti]

These are great photos too; really helpful. I shall be making something similar to both of them tomorrow.

Thanks very much, Steve

 

[tiki171081]

The ones on the heater ducts are L brackets fixed with self tappers.

The centre one is an I type bracket that fixes with self tappers on either side of the handbrake mount.

Time to bring an old topic up. I also want to fit a parcel shelf to my bus, but I'm a bit reluctant to drill the holes above the kick panel. What's the drawback of drilling there? Is there any chance of damaging something?

Has anyone tried a strong glue compound instead?

 

[Supertramp]

The ones on the heater ducts are L brackets fixed with self tappers.

The centre one is an I type bracket that fixes with self tappers on either side of the handbrake mount.

Time to bring an old topic up. I also want to fit a parcel shelf to my bus, but I'm a bit reluctant to drill the holes above the kick panel. What's the drawback of drilling there? Is there any chance of damaging something?

Has anyone tried a strong glue compound instead?

Just done this. Don't think it'll work with glue as the opposite side of the parcel shelf isn't connected to anything, so a light tap and it would just come away.
You're only drilling into the fresh air vent/handbrake support, so nothing to damage. It's a pig of a job though.

 

[tiki171081]

Thanks for the advice!

I just finished installing mine and went on with drilling