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Title: FC Panelvan Post by: Jockster on March 14, 2003, 12:37:35 PM Hi all
Just seeking a bit of advice, I have the opportuity to aquire 2 FC Panelvans at a fair price. One is a window less van the other has windows. Both have red motors. The windowless van needs a lot more bodywork and work on the front floor pans, the other is average but a much easier repairer. Whatever happens I only have space for one van although I will probably have to buy both, my question to the experts is which is the more desireable van in the long run, it is possible to convert both back to standard if that is the better option, although I will probably leave them as they are Cheers Jock ??? Title: Re: FC Panelvan Post by: RET on March 14, 2003, 01:14:32 PM If the floor hasn't been cut to take a different gear-box, then swapping back to grey mechanicals should be a bolt-up proposition.
Window-less vans ain't window-less vans, though. Holden originally made (fairly unpopular) vans with solid upper tailgates, that literally had no windows beyond the B-pillar whatsoever. Factory option #333 (the RPO code on the ID plate) identified (I suspect the majority) of vans that came with the factory option of tailgate glass. Real Holden original windowless vans are very rare. In modern parlance, though, windowless has come to mean "no-one has cut the sides out and glazed the holes". In this sense, I guess a van with solid sides is still more desireable than one with windows, but that depends a little on what sort of windows too. Canopy Industries original conversions are more appealing than tear-drop bubble glass, for example. Hope that helps, RET |