2/10/2018

Prepared rear shock absorbers for fitting.  Filled with new SAE20 shock oil and refitted lever arm to repaired shock absorber.  Bolts arrived today so fitting is imminent.

1/10/2018

Removed rearmost nearside window pan today.

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Window opening

 

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Rain/draught excluder

 

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Window after removal

 

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Timber frame corner of rearmost window

 

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Top left corner of rearmost NS window

30/9/2018

Started to remove panels today with the intention of removing the rearmost window pan on the nearside.  Removed the beading below the windows that curves around the back.   This sequence of photos shows the arrangement of woodwork and 1/8″ steel flitch plates.

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Heavily corroded flitch plate.

 

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More corrosion.

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NS rear wheel arch

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Framing

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General view showing arrangement of flitch plates.

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Looking forward from NS rear wheelarch.

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looking rearwards.

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Another rearwards view along the waist rail

Restoration diary of a 70-year old AEC single-deck bus and the trials, tribulations and adventures of our 1966 Bristol bus.