In the workshop at present

[Grumpy Northener]

Wheels prepped & painted, underside fully cleaned off and Dinitrol rust proofing liberally applied

[vulgalour]

Nice to see so much bad work being put right again, always a joy to read your updates.

[Grumpy Northener]

Finally completed

[Grumpy Northener]

Shortly to appear in a well known classic car magazine

[Grumpy Northener]

So on with one of the next candidates

[Grumpy Northener]

It's a early (1947) Jowett Bradford van utility 6 light (6 x windows) - powered by a horizontal two cylinder 950cc engine, 3 speed gearbox

[Grumpy Northener]

Exhumed after being stored in a damp garage for 35 years, its had a light mechanical overall by a fellow Jowett member, engine ran fine with fresh points, plugs, coil, battery & fuel, brake overall, new radiator & hoses, through check over & grease up, a little re-shimming on king pins & track rods and it is on the button. Body is steel panels to the front with aluminium over a ash frame to the rear, roof is composite being part steel panels, ash frame and covered by fabric - this has suffered to the point that it no longer exists - I have all the bodywork & paint to sort along with the roof and interior trim - plan is to get the roof prepped / sorted first - so I spent today stripping the drain channels, steel roof sections along with the rear doors to expose the frame in order to determine what sections of the frame require attention

[Grumpy Northener]

Spare wheel carrier is toast and they are not available so I will have to make a new one, managed to source a good pair of rear doors and a usable section for the rear of the roof above the doors - rot has crept into most of the panels but everything should be repairable, so now I can order some ash lengths and sort the frame out along with the roof lathes, I need to also order some felt wadding to act as the interlayer between the frame and roof covering - the steel roof sections will require some fabrication to the perforated outer edges - there are random minor holes in the rest of the panel but with the panels only providing the shape I am not too worried about this

[vulgalour]

Wow, that's an unexpected vehicle even for a serial Jowett botherer like you. Look forward to reading progress on this one.

[Grumpy Northener]

Made a start on the roof panels - repairs to the edges by joggling / spot welding new sections in - this now needs a little shrinking to the lower edge before I commence repairs on the rear of the panel - I will keep having an hour or so on these as time permits but now awaiting for several other parts from various corners of the country