Has anyone ever produced a drawing of the various bits of plywood that make up the cabin and boot floor on the Javelin? I regret woodworm have made off with most of my boot floor and although getting the general outline might be achievable, getting various holes and reinforcing bits in the right place is a different matter.
Nick
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I have patterns for them & new floor panels produced in a PVC coated plywood which are CNC cut
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My Javelin boot floor was rotten i used the old one as a template to make a new one out of marine ply. Gave it a few coats of boat varnish then painted black. It fitted perfect.
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Barry
I can't say there's a lot to copy!
Nick
I can't say there's a lot to copy!
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Those floor panels are very nice. I replaced the section under the front seat for the Alaska trip and it was not so easy getting all the mounting, cover panel and clearance holes just right. I would think a laminated plastic surface will last longer than my marine paint, but I went with what I had!
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Hi All,
If you can use the old floor as a template, be aware that the fixing holes for the front bench seat are unique to the seats fitted in a Standard model to those in a Deluxe, if you are thinking of changing over styles. The two styles use a different fixing system. By the way, the Deluxe bench seat ( and the rear squab too ) is much heavier than that fitted to the Standard and has about double the quantity of springs. It's much more comfortable too, with that centre arm rest.
I changed my front seat from the Standard to the Deluxe and getting it bolted down was very difficult, working on your own. The bench seat wanted to jump into the back, as most of the weight is in the seat back. Got there in the end, but it was a struggle, as that seat weighs a ton!
My car was previously owned by Ken Lees, who was the then Competition Secretary and I reckon he chose a Standard model as his car to use in competition events, as there must have been a significant weight advantage over a Deluxe wrt the seats! We found that he had also reversed the upper trailing links side to side on the rear suspension, as this lowers the rear of the car. Perhaps this gave him better handling? However, with the weight of the spares I usually carry in the boot, this resulted in the suspension 'bottoming' which meant we had to put the arms back on their right sides!
All the best,
David
If you can use the old floor as a template, be aware that the fixing holes for the front bench seat are unique to the seats fitted in a Standard model to those in a Deluxe, if you are thinking of changing over styles. The two styles use a different fixing system. By the way, the Deluxe bench seat ( and the rear squab too ) is much heavier than that fitted to the Standard and has about double the quantity of springs. It's much more comfortable too, with that centre arm rest.
I changed my front seat from the Standard to the Deluxe and getting it bolted down was very difficult, working on your own. The bench seat wanted to jump into the back, as most of the weight is in the seat back. Got there in the end, but it was a struggle, as that seat weighs a ton!
My car was previously owned by Ken Lees, who was the then Competition Secretary and I reckon he chose a Standard model as his car to use in competition events, as there must have been a significant weight advantage over a Deluxe wrt the seats! We found that he had also reversed the upper trailing links side to side on the rear suspension, as this lowers the rear of the car. Perhaps this gave him better handling? However, with the weight of the spares I usually carry in the boot, this resulted in the suspension 'bottoming' which meant we had to put the arms back on their right sides!
All the best,
David