An Introduction: Chris Collins and Morris Tilly Project

[jack neville]

While the door pieces were off being sandblasted I turned my attention back to the rooves. The former car roof has been completed and just needs finishing off with its support timbers and spare wheel supports. The B pillars have been tacked in place and the lower bracing added. I have added one of the weather strips which had been removed for derusting.

[jack neville]

The original roof needs repairing on the windscreen pillars which have rotted almost completely away.

[jack neville]

First I removed the short section of weather stripping so it could be separately derusted in the electrolysis bath.

[jack neville]

Because the end plate position is integral to the two halves of the windscreen joining together properly I did not want to disturb that part on either side. So to effect the repair I cut a small section out, fabricated a repair piece and wleded that in. The next piece was removed and replaced and so on, working my way around the damaged area one small piece at a time.

[jack neville]

Then next bit.

[jack neville]

I should have added, that before each patch was welded in, I had to cut out the next pice or part cut it out as each new patch prevented grinder or tin snip access.

[jack neville]

The patches were shaped by hand using whatever I had that worked.