Philadelphia 8042-work on the rear end and roof

 Work has been completed framing the rear of 8042.  We are waiting to acquire steel needed for the rear of the car.  Keith has started removing original roof sheeting and applying new sheeting that he milled over the end of the year break.  

Prior to Keith's return on January 6 metal panels for the upper portion of the front left platform wall were refinished and placed in storage.  Lower panels were painted during the last week of December and the first week of January.  

Lower panels were installed January 14.  The cap for the lower cabinet is shown in the photo above.  

Work to reassemble the rear end of the car started on January 6 with the fitting of the lower crown beam.

Posts were fitted then removed and the area was painted.

Posts were put back into place after the placement of the floor crown beam.  Window sills were fitted to slots cut into the posts and then shaped to allow for wedges to be placed to hold the sills firmly in place

With sills and reinforcement in place the framing was completed 

With the framing in place the new steel panel was put in place between the top of the framing and the end of the bonnet roof.

After completing the framing of the rear of the car the work started on the roof with the fabrication of ventilator enclosures for the roof.

After ventilator enclosures were complete work started to remove the roof sheeting and install the new.