Yesterday I finished screwing the boot floor OS perimeter rail in place. Today was spent finishing the joints to ensure the side pillars line up correctly for the cladding panels and packing any gaps in the joints. Late afternoon today I removed the rearmost boot floorboard as it is rotten all the way across. This gave me access to the top of the chassis at this point, where a lot of corrosion growth was evident between the insulator and the boot floor support. I removed the insulator and the corrosion growth and treated the chassis top surface with Vactan.
Tag Archives: boot
3/5/2020
I started work on the OS boot lower frame rail today, as part of the plan to complete restoration of the boot area before moving onwards.
29/4/2020
Assembled the metalwork to the rear of the OS wheelarch today, this took most of the day. Then I drilled and countersunk the screw holes in the OS boot upper liner panel to make it easier to fit once the stress panel is in place. The last part of the day was spent cleaning and derusting the metal gangway support in the boot.