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Post by ridgeydidge on Jan 26, 2015 8:07:40 GMT 10
OK - so progress has been somewhat non existent for some time. But at last there has been a little more. Now back out to it and get that bondwood attached. Cheers David
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Post by Don Ricardo on Jan 26, 2015 13:05:37 GMT 10
Hi Ridgydidge, Good to see that you're continuing to work on your project. That's great. I just noticed that you started your restoration thread in 2007, so you're obviously taking time to think carefully about each step along the way! (And/or have plenty of other things on your plate, as most of us do.) The new frame for the rear looks good. It's obviously a fairly light weight van? Don Ricardo
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Post by cobber on Jan 26, 2015 17:10:25 GMT 10
WELL DONE DAVID Did you get a prod to inspire you to update us with your impressive progress on this wonderful little Atlantic ?
I hope you don't think some people might be displaying some impatience with the time this restoration is taking.... not me you understand, I knew this van and it's delapitated state before you bravely undertook to restore it to it's former glory and...I understand that things sometimes often stall in Canberra ....but I have faith, and will be looking forward to the next instalment in this exciting restoration later this year.
We should not under-estimate one of the great virtues of what Kim Beazely did... and now David is doing.
Cobber.
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Post by ridgeydidge on Jan 26, 2015 17:29:03 GMT 10
I am posting this more to encourage myself to keep going than because it is intrinsically interesting to everyone who has actually finished a project, but anyway - here is the bit more I did to move a few inches further down the track. My first go at getting bondwood to bend. I will leave it to get used to the idea and encourage some more bending to get the job done. Don, as Cobber says we believe her to be an Atlantic and the frame is very light. In some places the frame is imaginary after the years of exposure she has had. I love the shape and can't bear to allow her to just fall apart. Cobber - you would be dismayed to see how much more deterioration there has been over the past 7 years, but there is only one remedy for that, which is to press on. I'll try and have an update sooner than "later this year", but reading back over earlier posts I would have to classify that as non-core. I think the terminology now is "I am determined...", which I understand to mean don't regard that as a promise. Thanks for the interest. Cheers David
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Post by cobber on Jan 26, 2015 19:02:01 GMT 10
David ! I am impressed Two progress reports in the same day
Did you install a couple of vertical bits of wood between those horizontal bits you replaced ? it would be advisable I suggest The plywood should have no trouble following the curve required, just put some adhesive on the bits of wood you have replaced and start tacking ( or screwing.... with slot head screws ) from the top and work your way down. I appreciate that you are determined to get this agenda implemented but are frustrated by circumstances often out of your control, but persistence will win if the objective is just. I would expect photos of the progress sometime after the next long weekend Cobber.
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Post by ridgeydidge on Feb 8, 2015 17:58:42 GMT 10
Only to prove Cobber wrong - some more minor progress. I have now gone around the bend, as they say. Cheers David
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