Today I removed the old screws and dowelled the resulting holes in the NSR corner side rod.  The new woodwork and the existing in this area are now ready for painting.  I also replaced the pieces of timber between the verticals on the boot floor; these support the plywood inner lining of the boot.  The next major piece of work is fabricating the steel gusset plates for the joints between the bearers and the verticals.  The 1/4″ through bolts (including 4″ ones for the corner reinforcements) are on order so by the time the plates are cut, drilled and painted they should be in stock ready for assembly.