55 Wagon Progress

[MP&C]

Here's the hidden fuel door in action, and why we needed the helicoils for adel clamps to hold the wiring in place....and away from moving parts.





https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UwCy8mKRJFU





The back end is starting to look like a car again...











....and more work on the other wagon, here's the start of the pull handle...





https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a-8Nmkh_bmQ





A functional test of the steering bits...





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGSptHK1WBc





For the pull handle, we had tried out some knurling on aluminum to see if we liked that....











But this would have required more hardware, and the aluminum handle was over-ruled for simplicity of a welded steel tube. Here we formed the handle's hoop, and some side "extensions" were added so we could have a consistent shoulder around the "steering column" for fillet weld.





























And some shots in da weeds... may have clearance issues