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John Adams Coach Supplies

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Unit 4, Atlas Industrial Estate,
Edgefauld Drive,
Glasgow,
East Dunbartonshire,
G21 4UR,
United Kingdom

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Hardwood Keruing Floor

Hardwood Keruing Floor

Hardwood Half Lap Flooring

Durable, heavy-duty timber ideal for all types of truck and trailer floors.

Available in 22mm and 28mm thicknesses.

Each board measures 140mm wide with two 5mm rebates, giving a 130mm visible surface.

Laminated Floor

Laminated Floor

Also known as “Safadeck” or “E.G.L” flooring.

Constructed with Keruing/Kapur outer layers for hardness and Sepetir or mixed red hardwood cores for strength and reduced weight. Boards are machined with a half-lap pattern and “crusher bead” to allow expansion without warping.

Designed for commercial vehicle floors in vans and curtainsiders, but suitable for general or domestic use.

Dimensions: 305mm (12″) cover width, 22mm or 28mm thick, 3800mm long.

5 Hole Locker Hinge Stainless Steel

5 Hole Locker Hinge Stainless Steel

Description

  • Popular five-hole hinge pattern

  • Suitable for a wide range of uses, including doors, lockers, and horseboxes

  • Stainless steel finish

  • Constructed from pressed steel and equipped with a grease nipple

  • Heavy-duty design

  • Engineered for 180° applications

Aluminium Contour Dropside Plank

Aluminium Contour Dropside Plank

This is our new aluminium dropside plank/capping system, created exclusively by John Adams. It features a more contemporary design while offering improved practicality compared to standard dropside planking systems. As well as being lighter in weight, it also allows for custom graphics and accommodates over-centre locks and conspicuity tape. Supplied in either anodised or mill finish.

Aluminium Contour Dropside Plank

  • 400 mm profile

  • Single-piece plank

  • Commonly used to build dropside bodies on flatbed trailers or pick-up trucks

  • Compatible with our dropside end caps, centre pillars, and corner pillars

  • The single-piece design eliminates the need to combine two 200 mm planks to achieve full side height

  • For dropsides taller than 400 mm, our HP50, HP51, HP52, and HP53 sections can be used to reach the required height

Aluminium Dropside One Piece Plank

Aluminium Dropside One Piece Plank

  • 400 mm profile

  • Single-piece plank design

  • Used to build dropside bodies, typically on flatbed trailers or pick-up trucks

  • Compatible with our dropside end caps, centre pillars, and corner pillars

  • The one-piece construction removes the need to join two 200 mm planks to achieve the full side height

  • For dropsides higher than 400 mm, our HP50, HP51, HP52, and HP53 sections can be used to reach the required height

Aluminium Dropside Plank

Aluminium Dropside Plank

Enhance your dropside or high-sided vehicle body with our precision-made aluminium planking sections, designed for use in top, middle, or bottom positions.

Perfect for flatbed trailers, pick-ups, and commercial vehicle bodies where low weight, strength, and durability are essential.

Produced from premium 6063-grade aluminium alloy, providing a strong strength-to-weight balance along with excellent corrosion resistance and long-term durability for outdoor applications.

Aluminium U Channel Capping Section

Aluminium U Channel Capping Section

Description

This aluminium U-channel capping is designed to finish and protect the ends of standard aluminium hollow dropside planks.

Suitable for a variety of general fabrication uses, including cutting, forming, bending, and welding.

Bulk order discounts are available — please contact us for further details.

1.25m Centaflex Continuous Hinge

1.25m Centaflex Continuous Hinge

The Centaflex Continuous Hinge represents a modern approach to hinge design. It is a sleek, single-piece continuous hinge created using the latest materials and manufacturing technologies.

Made from a patented blend of polyester elastomers, Centaflex combines the high strength of engineering resins with outstanding flexibility.

Extremely strong and durable, a 1-metre horizontal Centaflex hinge has a safe working load (S.W.L) of 100 kg.

Key advantages over traditional continuous hinges include easy installation, weatherproofing, corrosion resistance, excellent flexibility, robust durability, and concealed fixings.

5 Bar Treadplate / Checkerplate

5 Bar Treadplate / Checkerplate

Features:

  • Long-lasting and durable

  • Resistant to weather

  • Highly reflective surface

  • Anti-slip design

  • Easy to clean

Typical applications: Ramps, kick plates, trailers, toolboxes, flooring, walls, edging, and more.

Jonesco Mudguards – HL Wings

Jonesco Mudguards – HL Wings


HighGard mudguards combine an innovative design with lightweight materials, providing excellent protection and durability. They are built to resist impacts, harsh weather, and everyday wear.

Installation is quick and straightforward, saving time, reducing maintenance, and ensuring compatibility with a wide range of vehicles.

The HighGard comes with a silver stripe along one outer edge, which can be positioned on the inside of the tyre for an all-black look if preferred.

  • Premium Jonesco HL High Line mudguards
  • Made from fully recyclable polyethylene (PE)
  • Lightweight and chemical resistant
  • Supplied and sold in pairs
  • Simple and easy to install

Flettner Low Profile Vent

Flettner Low Profile Roof Vent is the newest addition to the Flettner product range and proudly stands as the lowest ventilator in the world with the quickest and shortest installation time.

This slimline vent has been specifically designed for customers who deal with height issues such as roof-racks that need a lower ventilator to fit underneath it. Due to smart engineering Flettner has designed the Slimline in such a way that it ‘Fits any Roof’.

Flettner F3000

Flettner F3000

Introducing the new Flettner® F3000™, with enhanced design features, improved performance and easier installation.

Jonesco Truck Toolbox

Commercial Vehicle Storage Box

Moulded to last, the JBZ series side lockers are part of a collection of strong toolboxes for commercial vehicles.

Handle dust cover, fully recyclable, UV stabilised, chemical resistant.

Available in a range of sizes.

Soudaseal Caravan Sealant Sika 522 equivalent

Soudaseal Caravan Sealant

APPLICATIONS

  • Strong elastic bonding in vibrating constructions
  • Sanitary applications
  • Sealing of floor joints
  • Supple bonding in car bodies, caravans
  • and containers
  • Bonding of security and safety glass
  • Connection joints in sheet metal
  • fabrication, sealing of air conditioning systems
Aluminium Floor Plank

Aluminium Floor Plank

Our aluminium floor planking clips together to give a particularly attractive finish, whilst offering a considerable weight saving over a timber or mesh floor which maximises payload.

This is an extremely strong & durable flooring option, once fitted this floor will last a lifetime as it will not rot or rust unlike other flooring materials.

Cattle Ramp Extrusion

Cattle Ramp Extrusion

Upgrade your trailer or livestock transporter with this durable aluminium loading ramp — built to last and ideal for loading live stock

  • The aluminium build makes the ramp both strong and lightweight, which helps when loading livestock

  • At 1705 mm in length, it offers handy reach for most trailers or transport boxes, without being overly bulky for storage.

  • Designed for trailers and livestock transporters, it’s ideal for farmers, livestock handlers

Granit Mesh Board

Granit Mesh Board

Metsä Wood Granit is birch plywood panel overlaid with special decorative overlay.High visual quality and wear-resistant surface makes Metsä Wood Granit durable, multipurpose plywood flooring panel.

Metsä Wood Granit is an ideal panel for applications that require visualhigh quality surfaces and it has been developed especially for light transportend uses.

  • Slip resistant wire mesh surface
  • Light and dimensionally stable
  • Strong and rigid
  • Withstands impacts and other forms of bruising
  • Easy to machine and fasten using conventional woodworking tools and fasteners
  • Easy to clean
  • Good chemical resistance
  • Environmentally friendly

Available in sheet sizes of 2440 x 1220 x 12mm

Mesh Trailer Board

Mesh Trailer Board

  • Extremely durable and weather resistant overlay
  • Highly slip resistant wire mesh surface which ensures excellent loading safety
  • Light and dimensionally stable
  • Strong and rigid
  • Withstands impacts and other forms of bruising
  • Easy to machine and fasten using conventional woodworking tools and fasteners
  • Easy to clean
  • Good chemical resistance
  • Environmentally friendly
  • Weather and boil proof bonding

Applications- vehicle floors, horsebox lining, transport floors, access flooring, play area equipment, construction platform, scaffolding platform

Bonnet Fasteners

Bonnet Fasteners

High-quality rubber bonnet fastener supplied with a durable steel bracket and retaining clip. Designed to provide secure and reliable tension, with a maximum extension of 10% from its relaxed length to ensure long-lasting performance and prevent overstretching. Supplied complete and ready to install.

Features

  • Strong rubber strap with heavy-duty steel bracket

  • Available in three different sizes

  • Supplied complete with retaining clip

  • Securely holds panels, hatches and bonnets in place

  • Maintains tight tension when fastened

  • Quick and easy release when required

  • Durable and reliable for long-term use

Ideal for use on:

  • Rally cars

  • Vintage and classic cars

  • Kit cars

  • Boots and storage chests

  • Boats and marine applications

  • Caravans and trailers

A versatile and practical fastening solution for automotive, marine and general-purpose applications.

Compression Latches

Trigger Lever Latch

Compression side locker latch

Zinc die-cast body with black powder coated finish.

Lockable with 2 keys

Push button release

Zinc plated steel clamp plate supplied

Grip range 29mm – 45mm

About us

Founded in 1946 by John Adams, John Adams Coach Supplies offers a wide range of commercial vehicle body parts, fittings, and supplies across the UK. As a family-run business, we pride ourselves on strong, lasting customer relationships and are committed to providing top-quality products at competitive prices.

In 2015, we launched our own e-commerce site, allowing customers across the UK to easily browse our range of vehicle body building supplies and fittings and place orders quickly and effortlessly.

We provide exceptional quality and value for commercial vehicle body building supplies. From extrusions, flooring, ventilation, and ironwork to a wide selection of fittings, we’re your complete one-stop shop. We also offer aluminium extrusions in standard and custom profiles, aluminium sheets, timber, steel, and more—see our full range below.

Our Range Includes:

  • Extrusions
  • Flooring
  • Steel
  • GRP Panels
  • Ventilation
  • Hinges
  • Iron Work
  • Vehicle Sides
  • General / Hardware
  • Sheet
  • Toolboxes
  • Mudwings
  • Sign Fitting
  • Unwin Safety Systems

Operating from our Glasgow, Huddersfield, and Banbridge depots with our own delivery fleet, we supply commercial vehicle body building parts and fittings to customers across the UK.

If you’re looking for premium vehicle body building parts and fittings, get in touch with us today.

Contact us today at 0141 557 0007.

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