guy66 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 I see Tom and Ian have a secret weapon are cold we call it Steve ! Well done lads and looking forward to the update off the trailer restoration. Best Wishes for 2014 to the team and match progress on the military stuff. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightmare13 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 It's been a long and hard uphill struggle... more for Steve having to beat me every time I got something wrong or I was cheeky to him.. my leg still hurts! For some unknown reason I quite enjoyed myself! I think Steve enjoyed having someone to beat, he did warn me with lots of advance ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 I can see why you had to replace frame elements with new material when you see how thin the old was getting. Impressive to see the younger generation working using hand to eye coordination skills and graft, so rare these days. Kind of curious, why was TIG welding chosen as the process of choice, would not the original have been an early form of stick or arc welding? Keep it going, kind of extravagant to allow them a day off for the new year! R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 (edited) I can see why you had to replace frame elements with new material when you see how thin the old was getting. Impressive to see the younger generation working using hand to eye coordination skills and graft, so rare these days. Kind of curious, why was TIG welding chosen as the process of choice, would not the original have been an early form of stick or arc welding? Keep it going, kind of extravagant to allow them a day off for the new year! R Hi Robin Didn't think about arc welding as tig is the future and it looks much neater but your right it would of been are welded originally. Edited September 14, 2014 by Ian L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 New tailgate is now finished and ready for riveting together along with the sides & front, collecting the 2 rivet snaps & 100 rivets on Wednesday, never done this type of riveting before so this should be fun :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Hi Ian, Looking forward to your riveting session as I have the same problem;) Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 Hi Ian, Looking forward to your riveting session as I have the same problem;) Guy Hi Guy I'm picking a pair of new snaps & rivets up from a well known local Traction engine restorer who has done a lot of riveting and shown me the best way to do this cold, I can post the snaps to you once finished & collect from Normandy if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 OK Ian, but send also the instruction manual with these bits if you are ready with riveting. The trailer is on hold for the moment as I wait for better weather to spray the bits after sandblasting! Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share Posted March 7, 2014 Cracking weather today, managed to get all the sides drilled & bolted up ready for riveting next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeePig Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Great progress you are making. Don't forget to take pictures of the riveting, it is decades since I did any. trevor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Final drilling done, last bit of angle cut & fitted to the front. ran out of time today so we will be doing be the riveting next weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I am very curious as to how you plan to go with paint and prep work. Where the sides end on the bottom you have turned them with a flange and they sit on top of the chassis. That to me is the natural point for rust to form between the two. It is why the bodies on the M series trucks rot away because they are a multi layer lamination. I was wondering if you plan to use seam sealer between the two, it is after all a paintable material. Not meant as any kind of criticism, just curious. Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 Hi Robin I thought this question might arise ? The 1st job next weekend will be to disassemble the 3 side panels and throughly clean the mating surfaces with fine grade flap wheels & rotary wire wheels before painting the mating surfaces with a zinc based spotweld primer or similar. Then we can rivet the panels separately before having them shot blasted as the new metal has flaky scale on it from the manufacturering process (no idea what its called) Then we can prime the panels before fitting them back onto the chassis before the final set of vertical rivets at the front which join the panels together. Lastly your question about the bottom fold, we just intend to paint and 'waxoil' the mating face as the way I see it is that it took 70 years to rot left out in all weathers but I intend to keep it inside when not in use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Sorry but I've missed this thread entirely until this morning ! What an absolutely fabulous 'first project' for a lad to learn on !...Really great to see it coming together and he'll have bags of confidence in himself and his abilities after doing this old trailer ! A really great thing to do ! thanks for sharing ! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 Riveting didn't go very well yesterday mainly due to the fact that we had no idea how to do it and the 'snap' left a nasty ridge & I've fractured my wrist. So Steve moved onto an extra part of the restoration :idea: as the trailer was fitted with a generator and hooped canvas cover post war we decided it would be useful for sleeping in at shows if we made a copy, but this will be left off while towing and will be fitted with a flat GS cover most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Oh my goodness. A broken wrist. That has to be a monumental bone to break. How very sorry to hear that. The scale on the steel is called "mill scale". I'm glad to her your gong to use waxoyl or whatever it is called. I understand your logic. That is a very handsome table you have to work on. Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 Off to the trimmers now for a new canvas & by the time it comes back we should of learnt how to rivet, then we can dismantle & shotblast/paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welbourn Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 I came across this today in Lincolnshire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 I came across this today in Lincolnshire. I think that's a postwar Brockhouse ? quite common compared to the WW2 1 ton GS trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reebo4624 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 wow I wish i had a workshop like that to work in!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Gave it a few coats of paint today to stop the new metal going rusty while its away having a canvas cover made, riveting will be done when it comes back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reebo4624 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Gave it a few coats of paint today to stop the new metal going rusty while its away having a canvas cover made, riveting will be done when it comes back. Nice.......... I am so clever :nut: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted September 16, 2014 Author Share Posted September 16, 2014 Started the strip down today, sides / front & tailgate have been removed and the axel re-mated back to the chassis so that I can tow it to the shot blasters tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex van de Wetering Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Nice work Tom and Ian! New BKT tyres? Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 Axle is now refitted along with the tow hitch so that I can tow it to the shot blasters tomorrow & all the holes have been predrilled for the support legs. Also managed to get a spare wheel rim which needed quite a bit of reshaping but its good now & going off to the blasters to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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