Started the week in the boot, permanently installing the boot light and wiring as far as the junction box for the switch. In between I moved the spare wheel rim to the front shed for pickup to be blasted and also gave the cab door window another couple of coat of primer, flatting in between. As I had run out of pclips, so couldn’t continue wiring, I turned my attention to the offside inner wheelarch lining, priming it ready for silvering. Next, I stripped the remaining brown paint from the cab door and prepared the woodwork for primer. I also stripped the remaining paint from the aluminium parts of the cab door. The small section of wind deflector over the offside curved window was stripped next, then primed on one side. I also gave the cab window frame a final coat of primer, ready for undecoat. Having a little time to spare, I cut back about a foot the erroneous bit of beading from behiend the emergency door and made a replacement piece. This needs to be drilled and fitted when an odd hour is available. The wheel rims were collected from Treadfirst at Shire Hill on Thursday, having had the tyres removed and disposed of, and delivered to Marcel at Terriers Farm, Thaxted, for sand blasting. I also acquired a spare tyre from eBay for £50, so that was handy. Returning to electrics, the six-way junction box for the boot turned out to have two 0BA brass grub screws missing and when replacements arrived I had to turn them down, using a slotted nut as a collet, as they were slightly too long. The last job of the week was to cut the holes in the rear waist panels for the arrow-shaped left and right indicators. The bases for these can be installed ready for wiring, once the panels have been primed and painted.
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17/11/2024
A good start to the week was made by welding the new channel into the cab door window frame. I also painted the edges of the last metal plate for the rear seat back and found a suitable piece of beading to finish the job neatly. Next job was to fit the second hinge to the emergency door, – I had been awaiting the correct size screws – and then hang it back on the body. I then was able to fit the window to it, thus completing all the offside windows except for the cab door, which I turned to next, welding in the short channel for the fixed pane, finishing the welds and then applying a coat of primer after checking the glass still fitted! Final dust and leaf removal from the roof was also carried out, then I turned my attention to finishing the roof repair over the entrance door with P38.
29/9/2024
Started the week by finishing stripping the old paint from the out part of the cab door window frame. I need to weld in the channels for the glass now. A break from the cab window was taken to give the emergency door handle mount casting a coat of cream gloss. The next job was to drill and prime the cab door window frame ready for plug welding for the new long channel section. Whilst waiting for the primer to cure, stripped and primed one side of one of the three steel reinforcement panels for the back seat. These appear to be stainless steel, like the interior wheelarches, with only odd spots of corrosion.