1953 Jowett Jupiter - Ho So Nearly Finished

This lot is getting put away which means that all the profiling works are complete on every single panel, part, housing and I'm very happy to have achieved that milestone 



With the profiles on the offside door shell aperture complete the seams could be primed up 



Then the seam sealer applied 



Cockpit bracing frame is now fully bolted up 



All the body mounting bolts have been removed and the body is now ready for lifting off the chassis 



Dug my slave wheels out so these can go onto the chassis tomorrow in order to make it mobile - once the body is lifted the chassis can then be rolled out from under it 



All the primer & paint materials are now in stock too 

Slave wheels on the chassis and the car back on its feet - I pulled the car lift out of the way to allow access for the next piece of kit 



But then needed to remove the brake pedal arm to prevent it from fouling the bulkhead once the lift went ahead 



Few trail lifts to obtain the centre of balance - then up it went 



Transferred to the other bay in the workshop 



Then placed to stands 



The chassis required a few minor issues sorting on it 



Welded repair to the bonnet catch mounting & the new bonnet buffer location brackets just required a quick dressing / linishing prior to primer 



I've also got a modification to undertake on one of the chassis cross members - once done this allows the gearbox to be removed with the engine insitu - otherwise its a engine out job 



Primer applied to the seam & flange edges in advance of seam sealer being applied 



And the workshop space has become a little tight 





More tomorrow 

Just going back a little to the new wheelarch liners, and originality. The local church is a listed building, and when the lead was robbed off the roof, English Heritage (or whoever) said that the roof had to be restored exactly as it was, despite requests to replace the missing lead with some sort of new fangled neoprene material. So the lead was replaced, and a couple of weeks later... yes, it disappeared again, along with all the associated damage. This happened several times until sense prevailed, the modern material was used, and the roof has gone untouched since then. The moral, it might not be 100% original, but its better, stronger and longer lasting. In the case of Jowett, I'm sure that they would have done the same as you have had it been available at that point in history. Plus regarding originality, as soon as modern profiling materials or, modern mix 'lead' loading etc are used, originality goes out of the window. So, do we restore with modern materials, or just let things rot.... no question in my mind.

I like the cross member mod. Great idea and very well carried out.

I cant claim the credit for the idea - several members already run with this mod on their own cars but its first time I've undertaken it - simple enough to do whilst the body is off the chassis - it would be a bit of a chore to undertake with the body on but not impossible 

Chris thanks for explaining how to apply the seam sealant.

The body looks great just in primer.

Karl

5 pages doesn't really cover the full rebuild though we picked the restoration story up just as the car had been repanelled - otherwise we would probably be 50 pages + in by now   

phenomenal rate of progress chris!

Last of this batch of panels blocked back 



Everything cleaned back & treated with panel wipe 



Then the second stage primer applied - this again is 2 pack but is a primer surfacer