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Karmann Cheetah No.29 Restoration by Marv and Clare Jennings
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| This is the restoration of Cheetah No.29 expertly done by Marv and Clare. Although the Cheetah had been repaired in the past, these repairs did not last and a full restoration was required. The restoration started on the 8th December 2013. |
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289. Time to fit the new roof. |
290. The new roof ali is deliver on a roll. |
291. Ali roof ali lifted onto the Cheetah roof. |
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292. Preparing to unroll the coil |
293. This is a minimum of a 2 person job. |
294. Positioning of the roof ali. Enough is needed on both sides of the van to allow a 5mm overlap. |
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295. Rear end of the van. |
296. Excess ali at the bottom rear end. |
297. Overlap at the front. |
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298. Inside the overhead cab! |
299. Marv seals to underside of the ali roof using Sika 710. |
300. Sika is used along the entire length front to rear. |
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301. Plenty of overlap this side too. |
302. Fiddling with the kitchen slant. |
303. A steady hand is needed when it comes to trimming the ali. |
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304. Clare uses something to keep the ali as flat as possible at the rear while Marv staples to ali. |
305. Any staples that are proud are knocked in. |
306. Nearly there. Fitting the front window holds the ali flat. |
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307. Starting to cut out the back window opening. |
308. 3/4 of the way. |
309. Done. |
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310. The back window is fitted. |
311. The front edge is trimmed to length and the ali trim screwed on. |
312. No doubt it was a long day, but it's there. |
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