This week we have drilled and fitted the hand brake plate. All holes were marked and counter sunk using M16 bolts a 4" hole has also been drilled for the hand brake shaft, I have fitted the cast hand brake column temporally, eventually it will be bolted to the timber floor not the steal base. The veranda sand box floor has been drilled to allow the vacuum cylinder brackets to be fitted temporally. With this completed I have started marking out the 2 holes for the piston and cylinder hose. 

 

The new sanctions have been fitted temporally to drill the veranda sand box floor

 

The new sand box floor constructed, this will have more holes drilled next time for the vacuum cylinder and sand box supports

 

The cabin end sand / ballast box floor completed, a few more holes will need to be drilled in this for the sand pipes and fixing brackets

 

 

Everything in red primer is new

Showing the old and new plates, the old hand brake plate will be replaced within the next few weeks after both sand box plates are fixed down

 

2 pictures showing the general view of the new side sheets compare one to when the toad arrived

 

 

July 2013

We have started fitting all the new side panels now to the toad, here is a few pictures showing one side completed