17/3/2024

Colleected the glass from K.W. Glass in Braintree on Monday, then fitted the glass to the frame and started to install it in the bus.  It is a very poor fit around the top right hand corner but hopefully will ease back into place with a bit of careful effort.  I left the remainder of the screws for now.   Next, I continued applying chrome wrap to window components.  Finished one drop light so concentrated on preparing other components for assembling a halfdrop window This meant fitting the top bar to one of the glass panes that fit in the lower falf of the window frame.  Whilst the glazing silicone was setting I applied the felt to the vertical runners, which is another slow job but satisfying.   I completed three pairs then once the silicone was set I started to build up a complete window pan.  I almost completed this but ran out of time.

10/3/2024

Only two days work this week owing to other commitments.  Finished wrapping the horizontal bars for the fixed lights windows and started chroming the repaired droplight, much easier to just apply the vinyl to a flat surface!  New glass is ready to be collected from K. W. Glass in Braintree.

6/3/2024

Started the week by cutting and fitting to the frames  the last of the nylon 6.6 strips for the window frames.  The rest of the week was taken up applying chrome wrap to the droplight guides, a slow and painstaking job which required several to be done twice.  However that are all done to my satisfaction now.  Managed to complete chrome wrapping one of the horizontal bars by end of play but I need to find a way of holding these to make the job successful.

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