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I was airing on the side of caution 😁 I’ll use it on general decorating jobs.

I used 1mm mild steel , not sure what that is in gauge, you could probably get away with 1.2mm but any thicker would be painful to fold the edges. Definitely not any thinner, 1mm is quite thin but with the brace bar loaded with seam sealer and a good bead around the edge it firms up well when dry, the only downside is thin metal welding!! I still always manage to distort the sheet slightly.

I am going to buy shares, I might as well get some money back 😁

Drivers door done…. Cut out the new skin yesterday afternoon Slotted the hinges first. Joggled the top edge and trimmed. I tried a different method fitting this skin, I applied a generous bead of seam sealer and clamped the skin in place then left it overnight to cure, this made folding the edges so much easier when the skin is stuck in place. Folded and tacked in place, just needs the welding joined, grinding and filling. Not sure if I’ve bought enough filler 😬

I wish my kids had a bit more interest, the extra help would be handy😬

The canvas looks very good, I’ve read quite a few recommendations for RCH canvas, I’ll be getting in touch with them shortly to have a cupola cover made and seat cushions for the wot6

I have a selection of nail guns and sharp chisels, what could possibly go wrong 😬

Two Steps Forward One Step Back!! “ The drivers door “ Now….I am not a religious person but…..” God give me strength “ 🤬🤬 this door is driving me up the wall !! The drivers door is actually far worse than the passenger, it’s basically fubar….but the likelihood of getting a replacement is slim to none. My plan for Saturday was to adjust the hinges and hang the door followed by fitting a new skin…..well that didn’t happen 🤨 I knew the hinges would need a fare amount of fettling to hang the door straight, bearing in mind next to nothing on the cab was original to start with so everything is having to be fabricated to fit individually. After hanging, removing and adjusting the door hinges ( big hammer and vice ) about 50 times it was starting to look right but there was one small tiny problem 🤔 Jump back about a year ago when the cab was being rebuilt This was one of the few sections of cab that didn’t get replaced by me, It had however been repaired by a previous owner, the passenger side was replaced by me as it had rotted away. Jump forward to yesterday and see if you can spot the problem. Was this a school boy error by myself for not spotting or checking an older repair?? I’ll leave you to decide. Having explored all options on how to solve the problem, I even tried to bend the door frame slightly to cope with the curve in the cab but with no success, the only option was soul destroying but had to be done 😩 Block of wood and a hammer !! I’ve now just added on a couple of days more work but the door now opens and closes. And as if destroying the side of the cab wasn’t enough I then slipped with the grinder and a cutting disc and ran it across the top of my thumb 😢 A small amount of blood loss and a lot of swearing, I gave up for the day hopefully I’ll get the door skin fitted next week.

If it’s just slightly weeping try Steel seal, I used some on a gpw block about a year ago and it still seams ok.

Very nice, useful for Sunday pleasure cruises on the Thames 😁

Thanks Peter but I think your being a bit optimistic about getting 20 years out of a defender door 😂😂

Door number two is now under construction and I thought the passenger door was bad!! Wrong 🤨 the 1/4 inch thick filler on the skin was an early indicator 🙄 It wasn’t to long before the door just got smaller and smaller The hinged side was particularly bad and a new inner and over section were needed. I’ve replicated the same repair panel as the passenger door, just need to finish the details. Hopefully in the next coming week the skin will be fitted and I can start prepping for paint.

Great show and great truck.

Think you might be over your 20kg allowance and I am not sure if a pair of fenders could pass as hand luggage 😂 Good work collecting all the parts, is it a lot cheaper than acquiring them in Europe?

It’s a miracle!! They actually fit 🎉🍻

Luckily mine doesn’t have any curves!!

Finished work a bit early today and decided to have a crack at one of the windscreen frames. This is the closest size channel I could find off the shelf, just had to cut the inner edges out and grind clean. Cleaned off the edge of the frame, it’s badly pitted but still serviceable. Minor repair to the surviving part of the channel. All lined up and tacked in place. All starting to take shape, a bit more welding, grinding and fettling, 🤞it still fits the cab 🤔

I can honestly see a lot of people losing money and the company going bankrupt before the next show, I was happy to defer 2020 to 21 but not 2021-22, at this moment in time I have absolutely no interest in returning to W&P and many other people have said the same.

Lucky bugger 😁 I need to retire to finish my Fordson

Thin metal welding!! and still learning 🤨

Thin gauge welded to old steel is painful but nothing a smear of filler can’t sort out. oh yes 🤥 it has a couple of poor storage scuffs but it’s not bad.

Evening everyone Managed to finish off the last big job on the passenger door 🎉 I’ve never re-skinned a door before so it was all a learning curve. Mistake number one!! After measuring the slots for the hinges and carefully cutting them out I realised that I’d measured them back to front 🤨 After re-cutting the slots and the sheet to size it was ready to fit, joggled the top edge and offered it up. Applied seam sealer around the edge and the centre bar, not sure if this is the done thing but I thought it can’t hurt. Fitted the skin carefully then went about bending the lip over which is easier said than done. And then the slow process of thin welding, definitely not my favourite activity 🙄 Ground back and ready for filling. Re-hung the door again to check it still fits, it didn’t 🤔!! Somehow fitting the skin and welding had put it slightly out of square, one block of timber as a wedge and some minor tweaking it was back to where it needed to be. The original skin now makes a nice piece of wall art, although the wife said it would be best suited in the garage 😬

I tried to get a refund for next years show as I didn’t want to defer anymore, I informed them that I couldn’t make the dates for next year and that I was within my consumer rights to ask for a refund, they refused point blank and stated that next years dates were only proposed dates therefore they didn’t have to give a refund. Hi Seamus New dates for 2022 are provisional and are subject to change under our T&C’s , so as I have said in my numerous responses to you ,no refunds will be issued only deferments as we are in the same position as you and have been deferred by the Hop Farm ,Contractors etc. There is no more I can tell you at this moment . Kind Regards Jane Morgan Accounts Department

Today’s progress report My task for today was to repair the top of the frame and fit a new door skin, or so I thought 🤔 I decided to do a dry run and fit the door to see if it actually still fitted before anymore repairs were done, obviously I was being optimistic thinking it would fit like a glove……wrong 🤨 Some serous fettling was required to the hinges, this involved a vice and big hammer!! After a couple of hours adjusting the fit was pretty good. Now it was time to repair the top of the frame. This tea bag turned out to be a bit fiddly as I didn’t want to loose the shape of the skin around the window. cut away each section until I got to a workable shape. Out came the angle iron again to form the bend, now this might sound obvious but I used a rubber mallet to bent the steel instead of the usual club hammer, not sure why I’ve never used it before but it doesn’t leave the odd hammer mark that the club does. The repair section was made up from two angle bits of steel and spot welded. Finished with a bead of seam sealer to tidy up the dodgy welding. The new door skin will now have to wait until next week. Lastly…thank you to Eddie1983 for coming up with a NOS mirror arm 👍

Had quite a productive day today, made a decision to replace most of the door skin rather than repair, it was at the point where there was just to many repairs needed. Once the skin was removed it was easier to repair the frame. Repair sections for both sides. Lined up and welded Unfortunately the lower part of the pressed sections of the door were also to far gone to repair, I really didn’t want to loose the look but also couldn’t think of any way of reproducing the pressing with the limited tools I have…….so I came up with a new design!!! Hope you like it. I cut slits in the curves to loose them, welded small sections of 2mm plate to give the desired affect and finished with a bottom edge. It will require a bit of fettling and some work with the filler but I think to looks ok.