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SpamTrapSeeSig - 10 Jan 2008 11:25 GMT
There's a company in Yeovil that refurbish doors, by welding-in new bits
of frame etc., at a flat rate of around 100/door.  I'm tempted to get
this done with Marge's middle row doors, because of the cost of new
ones.

Has anyone experience of this and if so, how did it go?

Regards,

Simonm.

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Ian Rawlings - 10 Jan 2008 11:55 GMT
> There's a company in Yeovil that refurbish doors, by welding-in new
> bits of frame etc., at a flat rate of around 100/door.  I'm tempted
> to get this done with Marge's middle row doors, because of the cost
> of new ones.

Well, post their name, contact number and address and I might go and
have a look being as I could do with the same!  I live about half an
hour from Yeovil and regularly go there so could pop by in the landy
to see what they reckon they could do and report back.  My doors are
toast.

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SpamTrapSeeSig - 10 Jan 2008 12:14 GMT
>> There's a company in Yeovil that refurbish doors, by welding-in new
>> bits of frame etc., at a flat rate of around 100/door.  I'm tempted
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>to see what they reckon they could do and report back.  My doors are
>toast.

Sorry - it was an eBay ad, so I'll look for it.

My doors are Ryvita, probably. It's hard to tell as you can't see much
under the heap of brown powder by the bench seat.

Regards,

Simonm.

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Mark Solesbury - 10 Jan 2008 16:07 GMT
>>> There's a company in Yeovil that refurbish doors, by welding-in new
>>> bits of frame etc., at a flat rate of around 100/door.  I'm tempted
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
>
> Simonm.

This be the one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/YOUR-OWN-LAND-ROVER-DEFENDER-DOORS-REFURBISHED_W0QQitemZ32
0203070920QQihZ011QQcategoryZ31348QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

01373 813671
WWW.LANDROVERSUK.CO.UK

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Ian Rawlings - 10 Jan 2008 16:35 GMT
> This be the one
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/YOUR-OWN-LAND-ROVER-DEFENDER-DOORS-REFURBISHED_W0QQitemZ32
0203070920QQihZ011QQcategoryZ31348QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

> 01373 813671
> WWW.LANDROVERSUK.CO.UK

OK, I'm going to Frome tomorrow, I'll try and remember to drop by and
see what the place is like.  I could do with a local landy independent
so perhaps they might be a good candidate.  My local in Yeovil went
bankrupt recently.

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Mark Solesbury - 10 Jan 2008 16:08 GMT
>>> There's a company in Yeovil that refurbish doors, by welding-in new
>>> bits of frame etc., at a flat rate of around 100/door.  I'm tempted
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
>
> Simonm.

This be the one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/YOUR-OWN-LAND-ROVER-DEFENDER-DOORS-REFURBISHED_W0QQitemZ32
0203070920QQihZ011QQcategoryZ31348QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

01373 813671
WWW.LANDROVERSUK.CO.UK

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SpamTrapSeeSig - 10 Jan 2008 16:40 GMT
>This be the one
>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>01373 813671
>WWW.LANDROVERSUK.CO.UK

Yes indeedy - I _knew it was something complicated and hard-to-remember
like that.

Regards,

Simonm (and I haven't even started on the Christmas Port yet).

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Ian Rawlings - 10 Jan 2008 17:14 GMT
>>01373 813671
>>WWW.LANDROVERSUK.CO.UK
>
> Yes indeedy - I _knew it was something complicated and hard-to-remember
> like that.

What, Land Rover Suk, hmm ;-)

I'll drop in tomorrow and post a first-impressions report.

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SpamTrapSeeSig - 10 Jan 2008 18:20 GMT
>>>01373 813671
>>>WWW.LANDROVERSUK.CO.UK
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
>What, Land Rover Suk, hmm ;-)

Absolutely!

I'd be much faster tying my shoelaces too, if I still had the
instructions.

>I'll drop in tomorrow and post a first-impressions report.

Much appreciated.

Regards,

Simonm.

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Ian Rawlings - 11 Jan 2008 14:12 GMT
>>>>01373 813671
>>>>WWW.LANDROVERSUK.CO.UK
>
>>I'll drop in tomorrow and post a first-impressions report.
>
> Much appreciated.

I've just got back, they seem like a decent bunch, first impressions
only though but they've got a few industrial units, a mass of
second-hand parts, and a shedful of Defenders and one or two old
Discos so they look like a well-established independent garage and not
some fleabay fly-by-night.  Chances are I'll be taking my truck up
there for some work sometime.

I asked about the door repairs, mine are way past saving but basically
their service is to rebuild the lower frames and go up as far as
required to fix the frame sides.  Strangely enough on my doors the
lower frames are about all that's still solid, perhaps mine was stored
a long time on its roof!

It was mildly hard to find just going by postcode, the postcode on my
satnav takes you to an industrial estate called Lakeside or similar,
if you leave there and turn right to go to a T junction you'll see an
orange sign pointing right to them, just turn right and follow the
road and there's an orange Defender parked outside the right
industrial estate and they're there.  Not sure about courtesy cars at
all, and it was a bit remote for taxis or other public transport.

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SpamTrapSeeSig - 11 Jan 2008 16:18 GMT
>>>>>01373 813671
>>>>>WWW.LANDROVERSUK.CO.UK
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
>I've just got back, they seem like a decent bunch,

[snip for brevity only]

Many thanks Ian - they may have another new customer from here too!

Regards,

Simonm.

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Larry - 10 Jan 2008 16:15 GMT
Tends to be the corners that go first, for the time being I have resorted to
pop riveting an angle bracket on my drivers door. (the worst of them) When
the rust sets in further I shall have to start being more creative. It has
always occured to me that there is nothing much wrong with a stout wooden
frame, that was the way it used to be done in the 30's .

I had not realised that replacent doors had become so expensive that it
justified having a new frame welded in.

I recently paid 60 odd quid for a glazed door top, cos I was in a hurry.

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> There's a company in Yeovil that refurbish doors, by welding-in new bits
> of frame etc., at a flat rate of around 100/door.  I'm tempted to get this
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Simonm.
SpamTrapSeeSig - 10 Jan 2008 16:40 GMT
In article <fm5gad$944$1@aioe.org>, Larry <oz@ym.andius> writes
>Tends to be the corners that go first, for the time being I have resorted to
>pop riveting an angle bracket on my drivers door. (the worst of them) When
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
>I recently paid 60 odd quid for a glazed door top, cos I was in a hurry.

I've got a rear and a pair of front doors waiting to be painted and
fitted. It's the middle row that are eye-stretchingly expensive. As far
as I know, for the push-button type, nobody yet makes a pattern
replacement.

Genuine ones are somewhat dear (read "Oh!").

Regards,

Simonm.

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Larry - 10 Jan 2008 17:33 GMT
My middle row were replaced by the dealer that sold them to me (albeit with
a second hand pair)

I think the guy realised that he hadsold me a pup there.

I don't actually need a middle pair anymore being as I don't have seats
there, I suppose one them serves as a fire escape and the other as access to
the water container and gas cylinder.

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> In article <fm5gad$944$1@aioe.org>, Larry <oz@ym.andius> writes
> I've got a rear and a pair of front doors waiting to be painted and
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
> Simonm.
SpamTrapSeeSig - 10 Jan 2008 18:20 GMT
In article <fm5ktd$n5q$1@aioe.org>, Larry <oz@ym.andius> writes
>I don't actually need a middle pair anymore being as I don't have seats
>there, I suppose one them serves as a fire escape and the other as
>access to the water container and gas cylinder.

I find the Gas Cylinder usually prefers to sit in the front :^)

Regards,

Simonm.

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null@null.null - 10 Jan 2008 17:19 GMT
>There's a company in Yeovil that refurbish doors, by welding-in new bits
>of frame etc., at a flat rate of around 100/door.  I'm tempted to get
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
>Simonm.

Please do post back in this thread with any comments on this mob -
I've seen their listing before but was a bit dubious, especially given
the state of my middle row doors.
jOn - 10 Jan 2008 18:38 GMT
Did both of mine when I got it as the door skins were flapping in the wind.
Folded back the skin and cleaned out the old rust and welded some new bits
in using S3 doorframe channel.
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SpamTrapSeeSig - 10 Jan 2008 19:30 GMT
>Did both of mine when I got it as the door skins were flapping in the wind.
>Folded back the skin and cleaned out the old rust and welded some new bits
>in using S3 doorframe channel.

<perk>

I could do that (at a pinch). My welding is cr-er-poor, but I'm fairly
good on that gauge of material. Where did you get the channel from?

Regards,

Simonm.

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Oily - 10 Jan 2008 19:59 GMT
> >Did both of mine when I got it as the door skins were flapping in the wind.
> >Folded back the skin and cleaned out the old rust and welded some new bits
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
> Simonm.

Saw a cross section out of your knackered door frame and take it down to
your friendly tin bashers, get them to fold a number of one metre pieces of
the inside top hat section and the flat pieces which go against the ally,
then get them to spot weld them together first.  It's then quite easy to
carefully bend the edges of the aluminium back to insert the mitred pieces
with door clamped down flat (ally side down) to keep the shape, weld in
those pieces and then put a thin piece of wood between the frame and the
door skin to weld the flat piece that goes against the skin. Done loads in
the past.

Martin
jOn - 11 Jan 2008 18:47 GMT
>>Did both of mine when I got it as the door skins were flapping in the
>>wind.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> I could do that (at a pinch). My welding is cr-er-poor, but I'm fairly
> good on that gauge of material. Where did you get the channel from?

Got it from Paddocks in Matlock, not the proper shape but it was better than
the bottoms of the doors flapping loose.
Not a megga neat welding job but its still holding a few years on.
Think I used stikaflex to stick the channel to the skin.
Where I cut the old frame out I had to cut the unfolded edge of the skin to
get it out.
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