First job was to fit and bolt up the steel plates that I prepared and painted yesterday.  I realise I forgot to put in the wood screws on the outer one, so that’s a little job for tomorrow morning.

I spent the rest of today freeing up the brass hinges on the boot doors, as I need and I want to trial fit them to check everything is in the right place before I finally fix the repair section for the boot door frame.  I also spent some time considering how best to rehang the boot  doors.  They were just screwed to the timber frame with wood screws which turned to oxide probably a good few years ago.  So I have decide to drill through the original fixing holes and mount steel plates with captive nuts inside the doors and inside the frame.  To that end I ordered the required fasteners at the end of the day.

I have also just realised I passed my driving test 45 years ago today.