timber veneer on exterior panels....legal?

[chikoroll_]

veneering exterior panels....legal?
i won't touch the bullbar....(might be a loophole for the insurance....then again the tyres are already a loophole....)

why? because i am a bloody idiot with too much spare time and love timber, the fact that it pisses off the greenies is an incentive also (i am a solid timber based cabinet maker, and all my timber comes from old-growth forests...why? cuz pine is fugly!)

cost is not an issue, i have access to 1000 2.4x1.2 sheets of it for free. 5 sheets will do
i know it will probably get damaged when out bush, that's why i will use 3mm jarrah or ironbark on the lower area's, mahogany up higher with 4 or more heavy coats of two-pack @25% gloss
...hell if i get truely caught up in it, i might even give it a gold leaf trimming

...so...is it legal to do this?

[RockyF75]

I don't know if its legal or not but I want you to ring up the RTA, (or your states equivalent), ask them, record the conversation and post it up.

Or better yet, walk into one of their offices and ask the chick at the counter.... video tape it


But good luck with it. Will definitely be original.

[bazooked]

thats the funniest shit i have heard in a long time!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[chikoroll_]

thats the funniest shit i have heard in a long time!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

1960's styles are for idiots....just look at everything that came out of the 60's...it's no wonder they were stoned for all of it, it was all bloody ugly, the drugs were the only escape
1700/1800's were much better

[toaddog]

I can't see why it would not be legal.

Whats the difference between a veneer and plastering your car all over with stickers.

Remember that the first cars featured wood.

[bogged]

do you also have the 5ltrs of paint ready for the back of your neck?

[chikoroll_]

do you also have the 5ltrs of paint ready for the back of your neck?

140litres :p

auctions are great, nothing beats making a killing out of someone else going arse up

[want33s]

4wd's aren't subject to the same crash tests as sedans are they? Why not make full timber doors?

[bogged]

is that one of them Chrysler midlife crisis things?

[Cossie]

If it isn't illegal it fukkin well should be!!!

[zagan]

I couldn't think of why.

Look up hot rod woodys, or woodies.

[macca81]

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is that one of them Chrysler midlife crisis things?

yep

[want33s]

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is that one of them Chrysler midlife crisis things?

Yep... PT Cruiser 5 door.. Started life same as the one in the background of the pic..
Note how rear side windows have been re-shaped with "timber".

[RockyF75]

If it isn't illegal it fukkin well should be!!!

So anything that is contrary to your taste should be illegal?

I hope your not g@y

[chikoroll_]

4wd's aren't subject to the same crash tests as sedans are they? Why not make full timber doors?

now that's more like it...but still....amateur skills....bring on the marquetry and carvings

but seeing as mine actually goes bushbashing and knows what mud, rocks and trees are, i still want the strength of the metal doors

[macca81]

strong doors... hmmm... jarrah would be the go. if you can get ya hands on some huon pine that would be really nice....

[bogged]

strong doors... hmmm... jarrah would be the go. if you can get ya hands on some huon pine that would be really nice....

I'd say steel would be better than Jarrah....

[chikoroll_]

strong doors... hmmm... jarrah would be the go. if you can get ya hands on some huon pine that would be really nice....

i have 3 cubic metres of it

jarrah is nowhere near as strong as the steel, ironbark would be closer...but the shockfactor also has to come into it...

[80's_delirious]

That PT looks tacky, looks like its been done with contact

Some of the old hotrod Woodies look great.

How would you effectively glue veneer on?

What would stop water penetrating into the timber and warping it?
Timber trays on one tonners usually end up weathered bad

It'd be a recipe for rust I reckon, like the old vinyl roofs on HQs, as soon as they cracked or tore a bit, you end up with water under the vinyl and they rust.

[want33s]

now that's more like it...but still....amateur skills....bring on the marquetry and carvings

What's Marquetry? Is that like Parquetry..(Lots of little bits of wood to make a pattern in a floor)

jarrah is nowhere near as strong as the steel, ironbark would be closer...but the shockfactor also has to come into it...

Problem is steel bends in a crash where timber splinters.
I wanted to make some nice timber door trims to match the Walnut dash in a Mini I had till my father (Shipwright) reminded me about timbers' inability to bend in a prang.

[bogged]

imagine doing it to a Jeep? They are already a fire hazard..

[chikoroll_]

That PT looks tacky, looks like its been done with contact

Some of the old hotrod Woodies look great.

How would you effectively glue veneer on?

What would stop water penetrating into the timber and warping it?
Timber trays on one tonners usually end up weathered bad

It'd be a recipe for rust I reckon, like the old vinyl roofs on HQs, as soon as they cracked or tore a bit, you end up with water under the vinyl and they rust.

having the timber properly seasoned is the only way to stop it from twisting/warping....most of the junk you buy in stores is fresh from the nips jungle with minimum curing time.... all of my timber has been racked from 5-150 years

sandblast back to bare metal (the only thing that will cost me), 24hr epoxy resin to glue the veneer, dry out the vehicle for a week, soak with metho, dry out for another week (remove moisture in the veneer and anything that could affect the polish), then 2pack it

in the event of a crash, it all depends on the timber used, something like hickory might have a chance to survive it (excellent shock resistance) repair by steaming - mostly used in good timber handled hammers... i don't have much of this though....

marquetry is craftsmen quality (fine arts) attention of detail is to the millimetre
parquetry is a lot rougher, large scale work

[chikoroll_]

imagine doing it to a Jeep? They are already a fire hazard..

not all timbers burn, a lot just smolder like asbestos does

[Chucky]

I have seen some amazing timber trimmed cars, (Was about to say Woody, but relised how gay it would sound saying "I've seen some amazing woody's" )

I have also seen some shockers.
I reckon it could look very cool, What 4by are you intending putting it on?

Make sure you post pic's on the progress.

[r0ck_m0nkey]

You know you have to play Holiday Road loudly whilst driving around.

[chikoroll_]

You know you have play Holiday Road loudly whilst driving around.

check grammar then re post please... if it means something like the road will be louder....i always drive with the windows down (even in the rain) and the tyres are muddies that sound like a steamtrain, so the noise won't bother me, i enjoy no being expected to hold a conversation in the car..."so how was it?" "WHAT"

would be going on my jackaroo, then redo it on the rodeo i will buy after this in a few years time (marquetry advertising, lion carving bolted on like a mackdog)

got a few things to build before i get the balls to do this, including the interior trims *cargo area is staying as vinyl, i use that a fair bit and don't look after it*.... and then think of a heap of designs for it

will probably end up being whenever i go on holidays that i do this, just park it in the shed and ride the pushie to home and back whilst i'm doing it

the woodies are my inspiration for this, and very rarely see them on the road

[g35me]

Add a 'to' between have and play then some "" around holiday road, and that sentence makes perfect sence.

[built4thrashing]

start from scratch and build the entire car from wood. and while ya at it replace the engine with a steam engine.

Hmm a bit far eh?

[r0ck_m0nkey]

check grammar then re post please... if it means something like the road will be louder....i always drive with the windows down (even in the rain) and the tyres are muddies that sound like a steamtrain, so the noise won't bother me, i enjoy no being expected to hold a conversation in the car..."so how was it?" "WHAT"

Edited to what it's supposed to be. If it doesn't make sense, refer back to the picture of the green thing earlier in this thread.

Maybe do a combined project with bogged on a GQ?

[chikoroll_]

start from scratch and build the entire car from wood. and while ya at it replace the engine with a steam engine.

Hmm a bit far eh?

oh god that would be sexy