Craig started dismantling the interior to get an idea of what will be needed in the way of custom moulding, and I guess because he was curious as well. He removed some of the interior panelling as well as framing around a window or two. The window hardware is very basic and should not be difficult to replace.
Rosemary had the fun job of scraping old paint and varnish from the panelling. The only good thing is that when you walk through the car it falls down on you, so it is no longer firmly adherent.
After more panelling has been removed, we can see the construction of the wall between the windows. The cross-pieces were held in place by moulding which was glued in place, but the pieces are free-floating now. Craig removed six of the vertical pieces between the windows, and discovered the
NUMBER 470 written on three of them. So, apparently the mystery of the original number of the car that we have been calling "0252" has been solved. This would indicate that this car is the last of the series that was built. Hopefully, we will find more documentation as we go forward.
Finally, this is a view of the icebox (who remembers when all refrigerators were called "iceboxes"?) that was installed later when the car was used for maintenance of way. After the asbestos was (professionally) removed, dismantling was begun revealing the insulation used, i.e. wood shavings.
Craig started dismantling the interior to get an idea of what will be needed in the way of custom moulding, and I guess because he was curious as well. He removed some of the interior panelling as well as framing around a window or two. The window hardware is very basic and should not be difficult to replace.
Rosemary had the fun job of scraping old paint and varnish from the panelling. The only good thing is that when you walk through the car it falls down on you, so it is no longer firmly adherent.
After more panelling has been removed, we can see the construction of the wall between the windows. The cross-pieces were held in place by moulding which was glued in place, but the pieces are free-floating now. Craig removed six of the vertical pieces between the windows, and discovered the NUMBER 470 written on three of them. So, apparently the mystery of the original number of the car that we have been calling "0252" has been solved. This would indicate that this car is the last of the series that was built. Hopefully, we will find more documentation as we go forward.
Finally, this is a view of the icebox (who remembers when all refrigerators were called "iceboxes"?) that was installed later when the car was used for maintenance of way. After the asbestos was (professionally) removed, dismantling was begun revealing the insulation used, i.e. wood shavings.
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