John Bonnett

I don't know what others think but I find it very frustrating not being able to post pictures directly as we were able to do on the previous website. I note that after the first few pictures that I loaded I am now left with a 20kb maximum or one thumbnail. For anyone who like myself is carrying out a total rebuild, the description of the work being done is nothing without the support of pictures and all rather pointless. So, for the time being and until this situation changes I'll not be writing any more. But, for anyone interested in following my project I will try to keep the Flickr album up to date. John

In my experience, it is just a question of having enough packers, aluminium and the rubber ones rather than where they come from although the ones from Paddock are slotted which is convenient. I think each shell needs differing amounts of packing in order to achieve the shut lines. This has certainly been the case on my new shell. I sat it on the chassis and where there was a gap between the body mounting and chassis mount I just slotted in sufficient spacer to fill the gap. This ensured that no undue stress was placed on the shell when the screws were tightened.

The final fitting of the roof and general nit picking is taking a bit of time but it needs to be as right as I can get it because this is one of the bits that will be seen and will stand out like a sore thumb if it is wrong. Hope to have a few more pictures during this week.

The next task has been trial fitting the roof. I used a GT6 roof as a pattern so I knew it would be pretty close but the planishing operation will cause the shape to change so it still took quite a few hours to get it clamped up in the right position. I can now Cleco it and trim it ready to be welded onto the tailgate surround. https://www.flickr.com/photos/67580543@N08/

I've spent more time today working on the tailgate shutline and it is now just about as good as I can make it. https://www.flickr.com/photos/67580543@N08/14784662320/in/set-72157632756946169

Whether it be changing the drop glasses or just removing the window mechanism this is a question that I am sure comes up regularly. Is there any possibility that the answer so ably provided by L.K Dearing could be pinned or at least archived?