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	19 January Lots of drilling today. First stage was to drill out the holes for the support bracket. I bought some riveting clamps which help to get everything lined up and tight when drilling and riveting. I'm going to use Tiger Seal in conjunction with blind rivets.
	19 January Once the support bracket was in place, time to slacken off all of the clamps so that the floor top hat sections can engage with the support bracket. Then everything can be tightened up again. Then the holes along the sides for the floor can be drilled. Afterwards the cross members can be drilled out. Finally all of the holes for the tie down brackets (on the top of the floor) were drilled. At this stage nothing is fixed. I've got the Tiger Seal on order. I've also ordered a set of engineering nylon sheets in various thicknesses. These will be used to isolate the steel of the cross members from the aluminium floor. I'm also going to use a thick piece of nylon where the cross members sit on the chassis. The originals had some form of fabric which aren't on the replacements. The next stage is to drill holes for the seat belt mounting brackets
	21 January The nylon sheets arrived today and I used some 1mm thickness for this job. Here's the 2 seat belt brackets ready for fitting. First job was to mark out the hole on the horizontal part (the body is sitting on its side). The rusty bracket will be going off for powder coating. When you think about it, this is a pretty poor piece of design. The seat belt bracket is steel which you need to bolt to the aluminium body within the rear wheel arch. This area is going to get caked in mud which will retain the water for lots of electrolytic corrosion. I would have thought that some form of mud shield would have paid dividends - but I guess that would make them last longer - and after all MoD was paying!
	21 January Once the hole on the right has been drilled, you can drill through the forward hole. I found I needed to elongate the hole on the right slightly to get everything to line up. A piece of aluminium packing has been fitted into the recess and then a piece of 1mm nylon fitted between the bracket and the body. Nylon also on the bottom of the bracket.
	21 January The bottom bracket can then be bolted up - again with nylon sheet as a barrier. Then the holes facing backwards can be drilled out. I'm not quite sure what to do about the 4 holes you can see. These were originally pop riveted but they wont last long here. All this will now be dismantled so the tub can go off for painting. The next job should be the permanent fixing of the floor.
	22 January First thing was to strip out everything that I'd fitted over the last 2/3 days. Then a good clean up to get rid of all the swarf. Then out with the Tiger Seal and apply to all the joint surfaces. Then in with the floor trying to avoid getting the black stuff everywhere. I've only got a hand pop riveter and my arms were aching after a while. Some of the mandrels didn't break off cleanly so I had to use the angle grinder to get rid of the bit that was left. The tailgate end wasn't riveted down on the original so here I'm hoping that the Tiger Seal will bond the 2 bits together. Once everything has set, I've got to temporarily fit the seat base and drill out a couple of holes on the rear bulkhead.
	25 January Here's the body in place. This is now ready for the paint shop.
	25 January The original body to chassis mounting had 2 bolts per side but I've put 3 in. You can see that the paint is prone to chipping. It looks like the special primer I bought for the galvanised chassis isn't much good. I will be putting nylon sheet between the aluminium body and the steel chassis.
	26 January Lots of head scratching on the brackets for the oil cooler pipes. The right angled bracket looks like it should bit fitted to the engine mounting bolt and the pipe to that. Here, the oil cooler pipe would foul the battery carrier support. So I removed the old nearside bracket, bashed it a bit in the vice so it has a slight bend and this allows the oil cooler pipe to fit easily. The bracket will need to be painted.
	26 January The other side was easier and I got the hole right first time. The pipe needed a small amount of "adjustment" for it to line up properly with the oil cooler. This will need the radiator panel to be fitted before it can be finally fitted. As you can see, the alternator is now in place. The adjustment bracket is being painted.

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