1942 dodge ambulance resto

[jack neville]

Back in post 39 you will see where i drilled around the welds to remove the roof.
All the daggy remains need to be removed before the roof can be refitted.

[jack neville]

The guards can now be refitted. A significant piece of the left guard inner panel was missing so I removed the rest and made a new one.

[super dave]

All I can say is WOW

[jack neville]

Guards in.

[jack neville]

Using my gantry I picked up the floor Jake built and fed it in via the rear. A little trimming of the front right corner and it dropped into place. The right side looked correct so I tacked it in place just enough to secure it. It needed a little persuasion to square it up and the left side lined up. A bit of pushing in each side to eliminate a bulge on each side and once tacked in place it is all square and lines up perfectly.

[jack neville]

Just for a look I picked up the cab and put it in position. The cab floor sits about 30mm lower than the rear body floor and there are a couple of folds to weld into place to join the two floors. The determining factor on knowing everything is in correct position is the roof mating up to the top of the windscreen. Once that is done we know whether these floor pieces are accurate. So this all goes together after the roof is repaired and fitted. There is still are few little niggles in the rear box to sort out but they can wait.

Roof next.

[jack neville]

Jake dropped around with the roof still in the crate we knocked up to keep it supported and intact when it was sandblasted. Jake had primed it also still crated. The roof is very flimsy and difficult to handle unsupported. You can see by the daylight showing through indicating the rust damage to contend with.