Mulliner Wood Frame Construction

[Ray White]

While we are on this topic perhaps some contributors would be interested in how I managed to remove some rusty wood screws from an Ash frame. The Spare wheel carrier on my 1930 Austin Swallow saloon needed to be removed to replace the rivets holding the wheel retaining studs in the boss. The wood screws were rusted so tight that the heads would just break off if I tried to undo them. The answer I found was to rest a hot soldering iron against the screw head until the heat did it's work and the rusted screws could be removed easily.

Maybe of use to someone one day.