On close inspection, the outer jacket of the boiler was found to be beyond repair. There were concerns that it would take very special skills to make a new one as no one had even attempted it since the middle of the last century.

Chairman of Deepdale, David Nock, points out: "There are plenty of companies out there that can produce a tube from sheet steel, but very few that can produce to within the tolerances required for projects like this". He went onto to say: "We enjoy being involved in restoration work, our employees' skills are world renowned and matched only by their enthusiasm".

As promised, the steam boiler jacket cylinder was millimetre perfect, refitted to the Sentinel chassis and the project to bring a piece of history back to life was completed. The Sentinel's boiler was brought up to pressure and she ran like a dream.

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