The new floor was primed and painted before being installed. Most of the
areas under the nose were primed and painted. The final coat will be
applied once the sheet is completely welded down.
Photo by James Kolanowski, Apr 29, 2004.
Here we see the subfloor and all the areas between the frame are in the
process of being painted. Apr 29, 2004.
The reconstruction of the battery box and tool box on the engineers side
is coming together nicely. Apr 29, 2004.
The new motor blower duct is installed, along with the motor and blower.
Apr 26, 2004.
The sub floor was needlechipped and primed. The motor blower duct was rebuilt and related support
bracing was replaced. Photo by James Kolanowski, Nov 2, 2003.
The new side sill on the engineers side was cut to size and weled into place.
Photo by James Kolanowski, Nov 2, 2003.
The mounts for the front motor blowers and the blower ducts will all be
replaced. Photo by James Kolanowski, Nov 10, 2002.
Here is a closer view of the rust and shows how much effort will be needed to
replace all this steel. Photo by James Kolanowski, Nov 10, 2002.
A lot of work is now underway on the engineers side and under the cab and nose.
The side sill has been removed and a lot of rust and rot has been found.
Photo by James Kolanowski, Nov 10, 2002.
The front plow has been removed and will be replaced with foot boards and a
complete pilot like it had in the 50's.
Photo by James Kolanowski, Nov 10, 2002.
It has been a while since we were able to get some updates for the 1518, but
we finally have some. The entire fireman side corner, battery box, and lower
cab structure and side sheets have been reconstructed.
Photo by James Kolanowski, Nov 10, 2002.
All the rotted sections of steel framing were torched out. This included the battery and
tool box frames, and a ten foot section of the side sill.
Photo by James Kolanowski.
The battery and tool box sides and framing were also rotted.
Photo by James Kolanowski.
The front deck plates were torched off. Many of them were buckling from the rust expanding between
the plates.
Photo by James Kolanowski.
