Continued working on assembling the framing for the next bay including setting the position of the side rod extension in bay 2 using a plumb line and cutting the perimeter rail piece at both ends to form the joint with the side rod extensions. I also cut the next section of lower perimeter rail which meets the wheelarch frame at its farthest end. Noted that there is some discrepancy in position of the frame rail at this point, which would lead to the body flaring inwards slightly towards the rear wheel. which I may be able to correct when I make the new wheelarch section and there might be some adjustment of the current side rods position possible to reduce the difference, which is approximately 1″. The wheelarch section will require timber that I don’t have, so I have ordered this for delivery early in the new year.
23/12/2019
I disposed of the scrap window frames and other bits of rusty steel yesterday then finished priming the window glazing bars.
Painted the two inner sides of the glazing bars with grey top coat. Cut the next side rod extension out of Iroko and measured and trimmed the next section of perimeter rail today.
19/12/2019
Some progress today. Work on the three remaining half-drop windows continued with cleaning and preparing for paint the fixed-glazing bottom clamp bars. This involved the use of citric acid to remove the aluminium oxide from the corrosion pits, luckily this is all on the inner surfaces where these were screwed to the steel window frames. It is surprising (and annoying) that Weymann did not at least give these a coat of paint as a barrier between the steel and aluminium to prevent electrolytic corrosion.
The completed first window has had as much excess sealant removed as possible whilst it is on the bench and all the steelwork has been treated with waxoyl on top of the paint to seal any exposed metal. It is now ready for fitting.
The aluminium waistrail panel was fitted in the first bay today, this was a pre-requisite for fitting the window.