Rebuilding the Cab

The removed cab floor was shotblasted.

The front of the floor was torn & bent accentuating the cab drop, as seen in picture below. This was straightened & welded up and put into primer.

The floor was fitted up, along with the other sections of the floor & the engine sidewall to get an idea of fit.

The front cab corner panel was also shotblasted, showing the true extent to the rotten metal.

This was put into primer & offered up. The repaired split in the floor was now keeping everything level, so that when the corner panel was fitted up, it now sits square. This in turn allowed us to ascertain the correct height of the radiator, as in the past due to the sagging cab the radiator packings had been changed for a much thinner material, thus allowing the radiator to sit lower. The correct thickness was now able to be determined and new rubber packings have subsequently been made and fitted.

In the picture above you can get an idea of the repair in the front of the floor and where the corner panel has had some of its rot cut out in readyness for a new piece to be let in. Below is a picture of it all coming together and an inside view of the repair work that needs to be done to the front of the corner panel and floor on the wheelarch.

Engine back in the saddle

First the chassis was filled with weld where the front panel of the cab had rubbed a V groove across the chassis rail due to a slight collapsing.

A coat of primer was applied to all the areas that had been stripped of paint.

The chassis was painted black and the engine was given a fresh coat of grey. The engine with gearbox attached was then duly fitted back into the frame after approx 20years apart.

Off with the Cab!

The rest of the cab has now been carefully dismantled so that the metal panels and inner wheelarch can have the rot cut out & new pieces welded in.

The remaining cab came off in one piece, leaving it all looking a little naked.

The old paint has been removed from the firewall and ext of the chassis frame at the front in preparation for some primer.

Steering in the Right Direction

The steering box has now been stripped down and assessed.

On the whole the box was in very good order, except for a small area of damage to the worm wheel just off centre driving position. We were able to rectify this damage and thus solve the tight spot in the steering, allowing the box to be reassembled & then have it's first coat of paint.

More dismantling has also gone on with the removal of the saloon bulkhead framework.

The above photo shows the Saloon bulkhead parting company with the chassis firewall. Luckily the bulkhead came out in one piece although the notorious twist in the bulkhead that the coach has always had in it's preservation life is now easy to understand. The bulkhead has been repaired in situ at some point in it's early life and unfortunately, the repair work was not done in keeping with the Weymann principal or with the understanding of keeping the frame square.

The cab is now supported solely by the firewall as can be seen in the above photo.