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31/12/2019 and 2019 summary

Today was spent cutting the box section stock for the remaining window frames. This is almost complete and just requires cutting to length.

As it is the end of the year, a summary of work completed in the last twelve months is appropriate. 2019 has been the year of bodywork.

Starting at the front, the main steel bulkhead has has been fully repaired and painted.

New steel has been grafted into the roof structure above the entrance.

The complex shaped aluminium fairing immediately in front of the entrance was repaired by welding and refitted.

The entrance steps have been completely replaced with new steel and new mahogany treads. The floor around the entrance has been replaced.

The nearside chassis member outside face has been silvered from the rear wheels forward to the engine bay.

The nearside main body frame has been repaired, new steel flitch plates made and fitted and painted from the front rearwards to the rear wheel opening.

Two fixed-light window frames have been rebuilt and are awaiting glass. Five droplight frames have been manufactured and the remaining three are in progress.

The first bay rearwards from the entrance has been completed with new panels and the first half drop window completed and installed.

The plan for 2020 is to complete the nearside, rebuild the rear end and boot and progress to the offside starting with the emergency door.

8/9/2019

Stripped the paint from both sides of the fairing ready for priming The steel support bracket from the bulkhead to the fairing was also stripped and painted and just needs a topcoat in DG red before fitting.  Next I primed the inside face of the entrance/wing fairing.  When that was dry, I undercoated  it. Final job was to apply a  second coat of topcoat on front bulkhead.

Bulkhead in final colour

Bulkhead in final colour

 

 

 

 

 

 

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24/8/2019

This weeks work:

Painted the underneath of the floor in bay 1  using silver Hammerite (hammered finish, because that’s what I had, to expedite fitting the lower timber frame rail.  This involved drilling the forward mounting bracket for the lower side rod between bay 1 and bay 2.  This is now fitted and bolted up.  I cut and fitted the frame rail this afternoon, using Granville sealant in the joints rather than glue to seal them but allow flexibility.  The frame rail was screwed into place with stainless screws and then primed ready for paint.

Next job was to fit the small piece of beading missing from adjacent to the cab window on the bulkhead.

Cleaned and painted the mud shield that fits behind the nearside front wheel.  I can’t fit this until I’ve undercoated the front bulkhead so I concentrated on priming the aluminium bits and cleaning excess sealant off the beading.  Whilst the paint dried I started on removing paint from the small window that fits in the rearward entrance bulkhead.

Applied undercoat to the front bulkhead small window and the the aluminium cladding.  Continued to strip paint from the small window that fits in the rearward bulkhead.  Mostly applied paint by half-inch brush but the larger areas I used a roller.  I also undercoated the flat panel in the lower part of the rearward entrance bulkhead.

Further undercoated the front bulkhead today so the periphery has had two coats and the windows and section alongside the engine only one.

Finished stripping the small window that fits in the rearward entrance bulkhead and welded a new corner onto it.  Vactan applied to the rust bits on the inside face, outside face tomorrow.

Front bulkhead in undercoat

Front bulkhead in undercoat