Best place to buy a bulkhead from

Ok will just have to see once the 3 weeks is up

I bought my bulkhead from Ashtree going back 5-6 years now. It was an exchange bulkhead and they supplied it very quickly and earlier than they originally stated. I seem to think it was just over 4 weeks if I remember correctly. No hint of any rust on mine although it's only a weekend vehicle and now garaged in recent years too. I also bought the galvanised front rad panel and bulkhead brackets from them and also got the cappings regalved. I've read where some people have waited a long time for Ashtree to turn things around but my experience was good.

I bought my bulkhead from Ashtree going back 5-6 years now. It was an exchange bulkhead and they supplied it very quickly and earlier than they originally stated. I seem to think it was just over 4 weeks if I remember correctly. No hint of any rust on mine although it's only a weekend vehicle and now garaged in recent years too. I also bought the galvanised front rad panel and bulkhead brackets from them and also got the cappings regalved. I've read where some people have waited a long time for Ashtree to turn things around but my experience was good.

Good to here, yeah i need a front panel aswell so mite see how the bulkhead is and buy one off them, although there is a guy on ebay that sells them and they look pretty good and pretty cheap aswell.

The latest buzz on the series 2 club forum is "Owens" - apparently they have a 8 week lead time at the moment

Nobody is really sure about the product yet however as "they" have only just started to make series 2 offerings - apparently "they've" been doing series 3 for a while...

...so I can't give a direct recommendation - just a heads up there's another chap out there doing this kind of stuff.

The price quoted so far has been about 2K for one with out any galvansing gunk on it if I remember correctly

Wow, just started reading a few threads on here as I'll be starting my 2a resto soon. 2k for a bulkhead

Yep that's cheap. Look for a series1 then have a 1 year waiting time.

Collecting the bulkhead tomorrow as planned as they emailed us today saying its ready

cornish rattler said:

Collecting the bulkhead tomorrow as planned as they emailed us today saying its ready

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Please send pics when you have got it!

Hope it's good, got someone coming to look at repairing mine first

Clunkbucket said:

Please send pics when you have got it!

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Will do

shadyadie said:

Hope it's good, got someone coming to look at repairing mine first

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Yeah i wanted to go that way at first but most after seeing pic's said it was too far gone to repair then i decided on getting a recon'd galved one instead a lot more expensive but saves a lot of time

Galved and etch primed

Thanks for the pics.

Are you pleased with it?

Clunkbucket said:

Thanks for the pics.

Are you pleased with it?

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Yes i'm very pleased with it and can't wait to get it painted and fitted

Paddocks has this bulkhead, but I really do not understand if it is galvanised and then painted, or...
It says "manufactured with zinc coated steel. Etched primed and sealed". What does that mean from a technical point of view? That it is cheap crap, or...?
Anyone with experience of the (Paddocks) part in question?

Lots of body parts are being made with Zintec steel sheet but is burnt off at any point where it is welded so weld becomes the most likely point for rust to start.
The sheet can be bought of ebay used some myself to make a heater fan casing.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2MM-ZINT...914865?hash=item25f9462971:g:ltkAAOSw~K9bITn4