Assembly continues on the 33' car. Truss rods with turnbuckles, body bolster truss rods, and bolster-end block support rods are applied. Assembling the body bolster truss rods is awkward because they pass below the outer sills, above the center sills, and thru the inner stringers. We found that the easiest way to assemble this while building the car upside down was to suspend the frame with center sills and outer sills above the sawhorses, with the body bolster truss rods threaded thru the inner stringers which were resting on the sawhorses. The body bolster truss rods could then be guided above and well beyond the outer sill on one side of the car, and then the other ends pushed up and guided above the other outer sill. Then the body bolster end castings could be removed from the sills, fed onto the body bolster truss rods, and re-secured to the outer sills and bolsters.
