> [...] the only community of machinists nimble enough [...] Which happens to be the Suame Magazine workshop district in Ghana.
Could you please expand on this statement? Why do you think this that only this community could rebuild them?
Could you please expand on this statement? Why do you think this that only this community could rebuild them?
That takes really nimble hands at the lathe and milling machine.
Every machinist / fitter and turner I've worked with in the metal fabrication industry could do that if they felt like it. The small machine shop across the road from where I work now has the tools necessary to build a low-tech diesel or gasoline engine from solid-stock and hollow-bar, or if necessary whatever was laying around.
Truck bodies are trivial to knock together from scrap because they can have very simple suspension, and limited scope for handling characteristics.