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Old 12-11-12, 11:40
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Default Salvage of the Sunshine Roof frame etc...

Rusty cab 1.jpg Rusty cab 3.jpg
Took the scrap cab I got yesterday off the trailer this morning and started removing the sunshine roof frame, Bren Gun mount thingy and some other little but potentially useful parts.
Sunshine Cab 1.jpg
The roof frame is in excellent condition. It cleaned up very well, with the wire brush, and I will take it in for blasting later this week.
Bren Gun Mount 1.jpg
This bracket is not tooooooo bad, I guess. It will need the remains of both the locking bolts to be drilled out and retapped. Also, where there is two layers of steel plate laying together, the rust between em has forced them apart a little. Thats not hard to fix but takes time I don't want to waste now. Onto the parts shelves it goes for later.
second windscreen 1.jpg
This is the windscreen frame (passenger side) that I intend to use for driver side. I can't think of any reason why I couldn't turn the lower part of frame around, making the opposite side frame. I did try to drill out the bolts that hold the top and bottom sections together, and that's when I discovered that the drill bit/s I had available would have trouble going through cheese, let alone good steel. New drill set to be bought tomorrow, when i'm in town to dispose of the cab remains.
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