Tech Meet of May 25, 2002

Three temporary wheels

were used to roll the

coachwork away from

the chassis once they

were separated. A

separate garage was

built to hold the coach

and boxes of parts as

they were removed

from the chassis.

Repair of the wood

structure on the front

cowl beneath the

windscreen.

The nearside rear glass

slid to open and never

sealed right. The wood

damage was only in the

interior frame wood.

The exterior oak wood

was not damaged. A

previous owner had

simply poured plaster

of Paris into holes and

then the glass would

not slide. It still leaked.

The complete frame of

the coachwork on a

custom rotary stand

that rotates around any

position of a circle. This

allows working on the

bottom or in any angle

useful for best access.

This stand was used

for every step until the

final paint when it was

ready to be installed on

the chassis. (see the

following pages)

The complete alloy

top being worked on

while separated from

the coach. The sunroof

rails were repaired and

mounted back in the

wood frame. Then the

top was put back on

and finished for final

paint.

Close up of a corner of

the rain drip lip (rear).

This channel surrounds

the whole top where

the aluminum meets

the wood.

The sunroof rails serve

to channel water out

thru pipes to fittings

above the rain lip. Each

of the four pipes has a

cover. The old covers

were beyond repair. I

made new ones using

this wood jig as a form.

The squares of alloy

were pressed into the

form as a cut became

the round hole for the

end of each pipe.

Doors hanging in the

paint room being

varnished. Several

coats of marine spar

varnish was applied.

The installed pipe cover

almost ready to paint.

The fellow who sold me

the car thought these

were places to rig an

awning off either side

of the car. That would

have been nice for

camping, but not true.

After the varnish dried,

the doors were masked

for the panel paint.

Here one door has been

"unmasked" and the

other is as it looked for

the painting.

This alloy door panel

was damaged and the

resulting bulge was too

big. It caused the roll

up window to drag. A

new sheet was made

in it's place. Here the

doors are being made

ready to strip and

sand for varnish.

All five doors finished.

These doors had been

pre mounted for fit (see

below for

pictures of that process).

Prior to mounting, the

doors were also pre fit

for the glass and tracks

the glass slide in.

From the front on the

rotary stand.

All braces from the

center aluminum

support to the coach

were done to places

on the wood at door

hinge points. That way

the finish was done

completely without

touchup required when

the supports were

removed.

Ready to re-mount on

the chassis. The coach

was lifted from thru the

sunroof and from the

rear.

The coach had to go

very high to clear the

steering wheel which

would have been real

trouble to remove. Care

had to be taken not to

scrape the steering

wheel in the many

moves necessary to

mate the frame rails

and the firewall (dash-

board in the UK)

From the rear on the

rotary stand.

Back together!

The doors are being

pre-fit prior to any

finish work on them.

No finish work was

done on any parts

on the car from this

point on. Everything

was finished elsewhere

and brought to the car

to be installed.