This weekend’s job, unpicking the shell from the chassis. Historic patch repairs had welded the two together and so needed chopping out.

Two patches loosely tacked in on the toe board chopped out:

And patches on the other side of the panel:

Followed by chopping out a bunch of patches along both heater channels:

No wonder I couldn’t undo some of the chassis bolts!

And some delightful seam welds underneath:

The shell and chassis are now separate so I need to knock together a dolly to put the shell on next. The first batch of fresh metal arrived this week too!