Restoration
Page Two - Work begins
The main objective of the contract work was to make the vehicle watertight, involving the fitting of the missing doors and windows.
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Left: New timber door frames had to be made from hardwood, shaped to the correct profile. Right: Lee Sharpe fits a door lock to the new timber frame. Far right: the first door is fitted. |
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In departmental service some doors and windows were removed and sealed up. The window frames from Class 108s, although slightly different, were able to be fitted, and Class 108 doors were able to be used. Also note the paint has started to be stripped from the lower body. |
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The rear windows had been plated over, this was removed exposing the original window apertures. The gangway scissors mechanism has also been removed at this stage for overhaul, and more paint stripped off. |
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Left: paint stripping further advanced. The hole under the centre cab window has also been plated over. Right: the two front off-side windows replaced, and paint starting to be applied. |
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By the time the contract work was over, the windows & doors & gangway were refitted, the shell completely stripped back to bare alloy, and painted to gloss stage. An unconventional shade as a temporary coat until work was further advanced. |
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