Another good day. First task was to lay two old pews down in front of the shed as 'rails', then level them and pack them so that they were level with the garage floor. Once these were ready we very gently rolled the tram out of the shed. The bulkhead just fouled the doorway so we stopped and removed some packing from the temporary bogies which then gave us about 9mm clearance. the tram then slowly emerged into the sunlight and looked well with it's platform and waist rails installed along with completion of the panelling since it last saw sunlight.
The roof structure was then carefully carried down from the front room of the house. Placed carefully alongside 107, then after a quick tidy of the interior we hoisted it up and propped it into place. This revealed that we couldn't fit it wotout taking the 'false ribs' off the back of the bulkheads. This meant digging out the heads of 20 screws and removing them from the bulkheads. Once this was done the roof started to drop into place. After lunch a little gentle fettling in several corners got all the monitor ribs settled into their notches.
Measurement reveled that the monitor ribs appear the have 'relaxed' a bit and the centre of the car is bliging slightly. A spanish windlass has been put across the centre and left tightened up see if things go back into place by next week. All in all a very good dayand the first one for several months that have been warm enough not to need a jumper under my boiler suit. Pictures to follow in due course.
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