From this post onwards, the date in the title represents the “week ending” so will usually be a Sunday. The new inner stress panel for the o/s of the cab has been painted on the outside and fitted. Prior to this, the woodwork around that area was sanded and primed. The outside dash panel under the windscreen has been cleaned back to bare metal and primed. The cab floor immediately above the steps has beed cleaned back to bare metal and primed to facilitate refitting the floor section that joins this to the new stress panel. All the woodwork inside the cab has been primed ready for brown undercoat.
A wiring diagram for the cab was created and uploaded to the documents page.
Work this week has continued in the cab area. All the aluminium has had a coat of primer. The corroded steel stress panel has been copied and the outer side has been primed. All holes have been drilled wth the exception of those for the bracket that supports the indicator switch. All the remaining window uprights have been stripped ready for chrome vinyl wrap to be applied.
Work has progressed well during the last week. Cab steelwork is all primed. Engine fan has been reassembled, painted and fitted to the engine; it is clear this is the correct size fan. I cut, drilled , primed and fitted a replacement vertical edging strip for the destination box access hatch in the cab to replace the rusty and bent original. The “Low Racks” labels for the seat backs arrived and look perfect.
Restoration diary of a 70-year old AEC single-deck bus and the trials, tribulations and adventures of our 1966 Bristol bus.