windscreen surround & front repair

[rhjackson]

Will I have to remove the whole front panel to replace the inner windscreen panel (the outer top needs doing as well)

The front panel also has a large dent in the front and the bottom outer and inner needs replacing. What's the best option?

Thanks in advance

 

[Clarkson46]

Fit a new front panel. Post 76 top half with early lower panel easy to do once the old one is off.

Result looks like this

 

[rhjackson]

cheers - whose panels did you use?

 

[Clarkson46]

It was awhile ago, the top panel (post 76 bit) was GSF and I'm not sure about the lower panel. If you go ahead, then cut the indicator mounts out of your front panel with about 1 inch of panel all round, this way you can use them as a means on getting the contour right and giving the correct mounting for the indicators. In the picture the join is at the top of the indicator holes. The final take looks like this

 

[bigsid]

Looking at the photo i'm guessing that you'll end up replacing a fair bit of the inner windscreen panel and the inner lower panel. When I started cutting mine away it almost never stopped.

I have an Aus import early bay front end if that would help. Surplus to my requirements as I sold the bus it was inteneed for. Needs a little minor welding around the windscreen surround , but nothing major. Good news is it includes the inner windscreen and inner lower pannel all complete. I bought it as I couldn't face repeating the repair I did on my other bus using modified new panels and load of fabrication.

If you want it you can have it for what I paid for it. Just PM me

Good luck.

 

[Htotheunit]

Heres my late bay front end..

and the (semi) finished product

 

[mjknight71]

how do you remove the late bay badge bump, when replacing the front?

 

[Guest]

how do you remove the late bay badge bump, when replacing the front?

a grinder or reciprocating saw.

 

[Clarkson46]

This panel still has the bump. That badge is a plastic one with the area over the bump cut back so that it sits evenly on the front panel and is fixed with 3M's double sided tape. So far no one has commented.

 

[mcvw]

If you look closely you can just see the edge of the bulge between the left side of the V and the top of the W.

Nonetheless, a clever and ingenuitive mod indeed ... :wink: