A very difficult to understand they way was put together when she was built.

The more we take Chance to pieces the more difficult it is to understand the reasoning behind her build and the materials used to put her together. It appears that in some areas of the interior chromed plated fittings were fitted. Door handles coat hooks, then brass fittings such as lights around the interior in all the cabins. then the wood work screwed and nailed together in many places with steel screws. as in the furniture framework and even the cupboard tops and the cupboard fronts in many places. 

The only reason for this use of steel screws and nails in the interior was that they may well of been a shortage of bronze or brass screws and nails in the aftermath of the war and supplies were thin on the ground.

Also while looking back at old photos from when I first saw Chance, she had galvanized deck fitting, stanchions davits bollards fairleads and tabernacles. All these fittings have long since gone. However, I am going to get new fittings made when they are needed to get fitted to the boat. 

In the meantime , it is fun going through the bits I have and seeing what can be reused and what will have to be replaced along the way.

A YouTube link to the parts I have found that were put together with steel screws and nails

https://youtu.be/smE-rpMirNE

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