1. the first thing the chassis needed was a clean and some oil, the condition wasn't bad mainly because it had lived in a workshop for years, but it was covered in coal dust and oil. After an inspection i cleaned it and left it in the garage for a while so i could do school work. The bolts you see were added by me later on, they hold the footplate to the chassis.
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the chassis as it was when i rescued it, you can see the new bolts mentioned before as they are the only shiny bits!
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the footplate is made up
2. In this view you can see the timber frame I made up for the footplate (what the body will sit on). It is made of timber but I was worried this would give way so I got an old fence post, cut it down and bolted it on. the chassis is now so strong i can stand on it without damage.
