Help: need a wooden box

Your spending way too much money on that build!

I hope your girlfriend appreciates the attention to detail.

well, my plan is to build the bike to look exactly as if it came off the Raleigh factory in the 1970s.

my budget is actually £300, the money came from the tax return that the government own me.

And finding a decent sized sturdy one to buy would cost loads and probably be heavy & not waterproof..

You either need it to be covered in a good weather resistant finish, or at least have it made of a weather resistant wood

going to let it weather a bit, and then paint some wood varnish on it, a la fast boy bike;

(I actually got the wooden mudguard to go with it from him).