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DAVID BENSON (152.163.207.51)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 12, 2001 - 10:14 am: | |
where can I find 1 piece fiberglass side panels for an MC9. My bus is stripped down to the frame structure to repair rust damage and i want to smooth side it from drip rail to bay doors (no middle seam). I know R&M can do it in 2 pieces but not one. Also, do you think with structural panels removed that fiberglass only will be strong enough with 1/2" ac fir plywood glued and screwed to interior? |
Gene Rochester (165.247.179.140)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 12, 2001 - 10:31 pm: | |
David, I installed one piece sides on my Eagle about five yrs ago. Then figgured out what the seam in the middle is for. Glass that size will crack from the twisting of the coach frame. Mine has on both sides. If it doesn't crack aroung the windows or some other opening, then it will crack or pull loose from the ends. Count on it !! I own a fiberglass mfg company and did not build any more that size for the above reason. The honest truth is we burned the mold about three months ago. You need the seam for the glass to have a place to give. In my humble oponion, I think your coach will look better with the origional metal. Mine now looks a lot like a Monaco!!! I'm not really sure, but I think I have read on these boards where the skin is structural on the MCI's. Better ask around this board for that info. Hope some of this helps. Gene R. |
George Myers (12.85.14.200)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 16, 2001 - 9:57 pm: | |
Is the skin on an MCI structural? Yes. So is the aluminum plate on the inside.
George Myers |
Wulf P. Ward (63.59.218.144)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2001 - 12:00 pm: | |
I don't see any problem on the Eagle. I like to get the skin from R & M. I think it is about
$ 500.00 for a 35'X 4' piece. Call Dick at R & M
they can help. Call 503-743-2211 or 800-350-1656. |
Clarke (216.17.134.198)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 30, 2001 - 12:32 am: | |
Just remember that when you reskin with non-metals, you also give up your barrier against
lightning blasting through to the inside in an electrical storm.
MC-102 40- and 45-footers use galvanized 20 gauge steel from floor to window. They stretch it, then rivet along top and bottom, using adhesive between the skin and the wall struts in the smooth-side area. They also fold the skin out about 5 degrees along the top and bottom 2 inches or so before riveting. I'm smooth-siding the bus I'm building, but I couldn't get 40-foot sheets of 36-inch-wide material, so I used 10-foot sections with an overlap at the ends. By the time you paint it, it still looks good. I'm not smooth-siding it; I've used a bunch of rivets into the vertical members as well (solid, structural blind rivets).
Clarke |