Robert Pearce Starts to restore

[Rod Diery]

Originally Posted by hrpearce

Keith meets my blitz.

Of course he is smiling because it's a Chev!!!!!!!!!!!

Rod

[hrpearce]

At last I found time to try the cheap sandblaster, cheap means no instructions included, it works well although at one stage there was so mush sand exiting the nozel I couldn't see the D.

[hrpearce]

Still raining so I had most of the day to start pulling the blitz down and counting the parts. So far only one broken bolt. The seals were made of canvis and hemp rope.

[hrpearce]

Lifting the top half of the cab off without a front end loader is hard work but I managed in the end.

[hrpearce]

The nose, mudguards, cab rear pannel and one floor plate came off today. The broken bolt tally rose rapidly when I started on the floor. I discovered if you place a 3/4 spanner over the captive cage the nut is held snug and the rattle gun will either remove the bolt or snap it off without wacking your knuckels. The boys got to help today they held the nose clear of the radiator as I lowered it with the comealong.

[hrpearce]

The steering column has been repaired in the distant past and the switch panel has a combination of round and ovil holes.

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi Robert - your switch plate is a new configuration to me. Is the scripting embossed on the plate or are they the remains of small switch plates?
Bob