Continued with assembling the window frames, frustrated by the poor quality of these. I could have made a better job for sure. The first needed adjustment to bring the droplight slides into line. The second one I worked on turned out to be better dimensionally and need little fettling. These are a long job requiring many holes to be drilled and trial assembly. I completed two by the end of Friday and started on a third, which was largely complete by the end of the week.
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7/1/2024
Work started in the first week of 2024 with trimming and painting the first of the four O/S half-drop window frames and trial fitting and painting (twice!) of the splash panel and bezel for the tank filler. Next to receive attention was the moulding that fits around the O/S wheelarch. This needed paint stripping then a lot of fettling to get it presentable, it might have been quicker to make a new piece but possibly more difficult. Priming the N/S lower panels last week revealed a few dents and ripples that were attended to with new filler bought for the purpose. This was mostly complete by the end of Saturday 6th but some remained to be sanded before priming again, hopefully on Monday next week.
12/03/2023
Work this week has continued in the cab area. All the aluminium has had a coat of primer. The corroded steel stress panel has been copied and the outer side has been primed. All holes have been drilled wth the exception of those for the bracket that supports the indicator switch. All the remaining window uprights have been stripped ready for chrome vinyl wrap to be applied.