I completed the fettling of the the new timber for the nearside of the boot perimeter rail today and screwed it in place. One problem I encountered was that the timber had not been cut to width accurately by the supplier so I ended up having to take about 1/4″ of the deepest face. However the rail is now fitted and the joints with the verticals have been profiled so all is well.
New perimeter rail and repaired pillars
New wheelarch timbers and steel flitch plate
Final trimming and fitting of the repair section I made yesterday was carried out this morning. The repair section was fitted and screwed and glued in place after some fettling of the slot into which the boot floor bearer mortises.
Attention then turned to removing the remains of rusty screws from the the overlap section where the side meets the rear corner. I cut to length (64.5in) the long length of timber for the nearside rail and proceeded to start creating the rebate for the boot floor using the circular saw and a jig made from another timber. I made the horizontal cut in both offside and nearside timbers this afternoon and prepared the first timber for the vertical cut tomorrow.
Yesterday and today were spend manufacturing a rather complex shaped piece of timber to repair the siderod just aft of the NSR wheelarch. This needs to provide location for the boot floor perimeter rail and the lower perimeter rail along the rear of the bus. This piece is about ready to be installed but requires a little more adjustment and cutting to suit the body tumblehome.
Timber to rear of wheelbox/NSR wheelarch
Looking rearwards from above the axle