A bit further this week with the cab doors. The inner frame is pretty thick metal (2mm) however on the N/S it had started to rust through in places so I cut out a huge chunk of it and replaced it with some fresh steel. The O/S frame wasn’t too bad (some pitting in places) so just got a clean up and rust converter applied:
The inside of the doors has a style line which the door cards sit inside, on both sides these were sculpted out of filler! I’ll need to make some repair pieces for this as the panel I’ve got from schofields doesn’t have this. You can see in the below where I’ve chipped away at the filler.
I’ve zinc primed these areas, and will get some epoxy in there on Friday. Then I should be able to get the panels from schofields in over the weekend and make a start on fabricating some further repair panels for the rest.
I’ve just bought a nice 3 in 1 sheet metal machine which will help in making up the curved corner section and some U channels. Quite enjoying repairing these!
