Well, some news from deepest Suffolk where Tony has been working today on 32 in preparation for the more serious work to come....
Essentially, he's spent the day underneath in the cold removing the nuts off the U bolts which hold the rear body on - with 4 nuts on each bolt, having been on for 40 years and with no grease, it was no easy task - as he said - "what a b**tard!". Several needed much heat to encourage them to come off. Clearly, the body has never been removed! Anyway, they're off so the body can be removed with a forklift next week to give us access to the chassis and to the back of the cab to paint, probably to replace the window seals at the same time. We'll have to see how the blast wall comes off! Also, he has started on making the backing for the replacement original style CAV / Lucas indicators.
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