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The next stage was a thorough investigation of the suspension. Stage one here shows the tracks already broken and preparations made to lift the tank. Notice the change in colour where the tinwork has been removed from the side of the hull. This proves what we had already guessed, that the tank had been repainted more than once.

Now the hull is being raised so that the tracks can be drawn off. Notice that many of the smaller hull fittings have also been removed. We will be looking at them later.

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Now the difficult task of taking off the road wheels. Each one will have to be examined in detail to discover its condition. Some of the mud on the inner road wheels must have been there for years.

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