Turning a car into a van

[niwid]

Little idea popped into my head the other day to maybe turn my car into a van and I wondered what sort of issues there would be.

They did do a Breadvan Van, so it would be easy enough to take all the interior bits out and swap them in (its just finding the bits),however the "van panel" is welded in to the rear window hole, and i want to keep all mods easily reversible. Can you just paint over the exisiting glass? and will it colour match?

Also, does anyone know of any of the legalities involved with insurance and registration? Could I just tell my insurer its only got 2 seats and blanked rear windows, but I don't use it as a van?

[DWDarkWheels]

You don't mention what car you're planning this on, but possibly an old Polo wagen?

If the rear windows are sitting in rubber extrusion, why not just cut the section out of a van, and fit that in place of the windows?

I can't see why the authorities would be greatly intersted in that or removing your back seats.

Also you don't say whether this is purely for styling or to use it as a commercial vehicle. If using it for business, that's when the authorities are likely to become more interested.

[dave21478]

A chap on this forum did this mod with a Passat and I believe he had a right chuff of a time with the legal side of it.

[Lawsy]

Mar 26, 2012 15:40:53 GMT dave21478 said:

A chap on this forum did this mod with a Passat and I believe he had a right chuff of a time with the legal side of it.

Thats be this thread - retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=49334


I've covered rear windows with vinyl before which does the trick too, helps if they are the bonded in ones then..

As asked tho, maybe be a little more specific with what your doing, model etc and then why?

if its a vw, a lot of the early watercooled vw's had window shaped blanks that were tacked in place instead of rubber instered glass...