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meeting room, where they were lifted up on to a
four-wheeled trolley and trundled across the room
to their new location. The final job was to stand
them upright and position them against the wall.
Well, that was almost the final job. The bookcase
against the side wall was covering up a power point,
so a hole had to be cut in the back of the bookcase
to access the power point.
Caversham Car
After the most recent break-in, when it was covered
in fire extinguisher powder, the Caversham Car
spent a few weeks at Wally Phoebe's place where he
spent a lot of time on the electrics. Now the lights,
indicators and all things electrical are operational.
Wally was able to get a good run at the electrical
work with the car at his place.
For the Dad's Army Workshop Saturday on August
6, the car was brought back to the clubroom
workshop for some detailed fettling of the body.
Mounted on its shiny Triumph TR wheels with nice
new tyres, it was possible to determine exactly how
well the body sat on the chassis. It was soon
discovered that the front left hand corner was sitting
too low.
This resulted in a great deal of head scratching, after
which the
car was put
back on the
hoist and
attempts
were made
to ease the
right front
corner up
about 65
millimetres.
A long piece
of wood and
a jack were
first applied
before Kevin
Dorn got
into the act with a large screwdriver. The final
"adjustment" was made by Denny Cunnold with his
trusty angle grinder.
While Denny and friends were sorting the
bodywork, Robin Fergusson-Stewart made a start
on putting away the replacement tools that had
The interior and dash of the Caversham
Car, just about ready to go
Above: Robin Fergusson-Stewart sorts
some donated tools with the assistance
of advisors Grame Whitehead and
Bruce Jones.
Right: Robin drives the jack to lift the
right front corner of the Caversham Car
body via a long piece of wood while
Kevin Dorn applies a screwdriver to the
same purpose and Denny Cunnold sorts
out the mounting bolts