The start of my van's body build

[Steve Bryant]

Things were moving along quite nicely. 
Issues with the rear wheel arch areas of the body have been resolved and I was looking forward to building the rest of the wooden framework that make up the sides of the body. This all came to a screeching halt when I tried to interpret John Heaths instructions for the area around the B pillar and "C" cab aperture. All the wooden components that join the B pillar where they come together are much thicker than the B pillar by about 1/4 of an inch. There is a a heavy reinforcement plate that is supposed to tie all the components together on the inside but the difference in the B pillars thickness mean I'll probably have to laminate some wood to the pillar to make up the difference so that all the parts are even and in the same plane. John's instructions make no mention of any of the thickness differences, so I'm wondering if the B pillars were make of a thinner wood by accident.

So... I'm looking at what the best method of resolving this issue with this most important area of the body where it requires strength to resist door closing / slamming.

Otherwise I'm pleased with the progress to date as are my colleagues who are watching with interest.
Cheers,
Stephen