Skirt Panels on 1 Ton Tray

[geodon]

These are what I call the panels that go from under the front guard, under the door & follow the curve around the corner of the rear panel. They hang off outriggers welded to the chassis rails.

They were missing on mine when I purchased it- including the outriggers.

They are damn hard to find! They get mangled easily & so get discarded??

I'd like to have a go at making some in sheet steel. I have pictures but really need a template.

Any volunteers?

[wagoo]

If you are restoring the vehicle to rivet counter specifications, that's fine.
But aside from looking hideous, these modesty panels as Rover call them serve no other purpose than to trap mud, horse poo and other corrosive substances against the side of the fuel tank, and make hosing down the chassis after a wet offroad trip even more difficult.
Bill.

[JDNSW]

There are wide ones and narrow ones, with no definite changeover date apparently. They are made of alloy, and attach to the body, not the chassis. My 2a, being ex-army, does not have them, and I have never felt a need to have them. Several of my spare vehicles have bits and pieces, but none in good condition or complete. As you say, they get mangles and discarded.

I would have thought you would find some at one of the specialist wreckers though.

John

[geodon]

I've always gone for originality but now I've decided to use the resources instead on some kick-ass chunky new tyres so the lack of modesty panels will "look the part" along with the Queen Mother of PTO winches plus some new bitumen melting Hella Rallye 2000 driving lights I've had in the shed for 2 decades. (I thought they'd come in handy some day!)

*In case ppl are wondering WTF I'm doing up at this hr Xmas day, I have to put the turkey in the oven, the pork in the BBQ and make a Tiramisu cake.*

[Lotz-A-Landies]

If you do actually have a 1 Ton (Chassis number prefix 229), the skirts were always the narrow ones.

If you have any other 109 with a chassis prefix 253 or anything other than 229, then the skirts may be narrow or wide.

[Warb]

What we are calling "skirts" or "modesty panels" are, if I'm interpreting correctly, the sill panels. They are mounted on brackets attached to the sill channel which runs from the firewall to a bracket attaching it to the rear body.

They are also missing from my '59 88". If anybody could provide an accurate measurement of the depth (7" is normally quoted for the deep version, but I don't know if that's an approximation) and the radius of the curve at the ends, I would be most grateful! The narrow version seems to be available from some UK suppliers, but the deep version is long gone......

[drifter]

The ones I have are 5" deep

I have no idea how I would calculate the radius - but that is possibly a result of Gin ingestion.

[Warb]

5 inches? I'd been told that they were 7 inches on the Series II, and 4 inches on the later IIA's. Good job I asked!

Is the curve constant from the top front corner to the base, or does it return to a straight section on the front (vertical) edge? If you (or anyone) could post a photo of the curved section with a ruler on it, I can work out the scale and figure out the radius myself!!

[geodon]

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From above the rear hanger of the nearside leaf spring.

[drifter]

5 inches? I'd been told that they were 7 inches on the Series II, and 4 inches on the later IIA's. Good job I asked!

Is the curve constant from the top front corner to the base, or does it return to a straight section on the front (vertical) edge? If you (or anyone) could post a photo of the curved section with a ruler on it, I can work out the scale and figure out the radius myself!!


PM me an email address and I will send a couple of hi-res pictures.

[isuzutoo-eh]

On my 1963 88":
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/12/157.jpg
Front
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/12/158.jpg
Rear
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/12/159.jpg
thats ~121mm deep...

[series3]

My 71 2a sports some narrow ones.. ~75mm

[Warb]

Thats interesting. I can source some of the 121mm ones from a donor vehicle, but I had been told that the 121mm were the later version, and the early ones were even wider.

If the later ones are 75mm and the early ones were 121mm then my problem is solved.

Thanks to everyone who responded!

[jimmy86]

These are what I call the panels that go from under the front guard, under the door & follow the curve around the corner of the rear panel. They hang off outriggers welded to the chassis rails.

They were missing on mine when I purchased it- including the outriggers.

They are damn hard to find! They get mangled easily & so get discarded??

I'd like to have a go at making some in sheet steel. I have pictures but really need a template.

Any volunteers?

Hi mate, not sure where you are or if you still want to put skirts on your car but if you're near Melbourne I've got a pair for a 2A LWB that are in ok nick and they're yours if you pick em up.

Cheers, Jimmy

[LWB123]

Hello from Brisbane.

If the sills are for a tray top model, and you want to keep close to authenticity, there may a slight catch with the rear galvanised angle strips that hold the rear panels of the truck body to the rear after-sides.

These strips extended the full length from the top of cab tub to the bottom of the sill panel. If your sills are missing then these angles may have been shortened.

The attached photo is of my late Dad's Series 2A.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/01/747.jpg

Hope this is of some use.

Cheers,

[geodon]

Jimmy86 you have a PM. Thanks

YES those galv strips have been shortened but won't be hard to extend.

[geodon]

I now have panels (thnx Jimmy!) that I can use but I need brackets: 1 (one) of those that is fixed to the panel via 3 spot welds & 4 (four) that bolt to those panels & to the body.

I've had no joy from the AULRO classifieds.

Can anyone help?

It's the very last job (except seats) & the cabin is finished!

[geodon]

1 off to go here:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/07/1333.jpg

4 off that attach as per:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/07/1334.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/07/1335.jpg

[isuzutoo-eh]

Still no luck?
I think the brackets are very similar if not the same on Counties and probably Defenders too-that may widen your search. Plenty of people have replaced those panels with sliders. I'll try and remember to see what I did with my County's brackets on the weekend. Some may still be on the vehicle.