This very rare early 60's Canora was made in Italy and imported into Australia by Lamberti Bros. Like a lot of these early Italian guitars, they were made of plastic or plastic coated timber and this one had just fallen apart.

The fretboard was being held together by sticky tape and every fret was loose or falling out. The fretboard was essentially pieces of plastic "between" each fret.

First thing I had to do was totally strip the fretboard and start again.

I had to put it back together like a jig saw puzzle and glue each piece individually back in place leaving the right slot gap between each one.