Friday, 27 January 2012

The Cab Comes Off.....!

Yes, you did read that correctly, we've cut the cab off, not just a bit of it, all of it!!!

The cab area had been so badly messed with over the years, we could not accurately rely on any of the measurements or datum points. The only way to make sure the door gaps are perfect and that it all lines up was to cut it off and re-build it piece at a time!!!

You can see we've cut through the windscreen pillars - the roof is supported so it doesn't droop or bend causing damage.

Several minutes later and the cab section is mobile.....

And that's all we've got left.......

Here's the cab on the floor now, we can take this apart piece at a time now and work on it properly. The cab was so badly messed with that we can't rely on any measurement and if we did, it would through out the entire re-build.

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