Yesterday I removed and repaired the the rear window clamp moulding. I stripped the old paint off it, straightened out as best as possible, repaired any twists and cleaned out the screw holes. I primed it late morning and topcoated it late afternoon so it is ready to go back on.
Today I emptied the boot and removed the rear window glass, with a view to repairing the frame and replacing the sealing rubber. The glass had been loose sine I acquired the bus and the wooden sill had rotted away allowing the glass to drop down.
When I got the glass out, the OS lower timber corner was badly rotted so I removed that and started to make a replacement piece.
Mostly finishing off the woodwork from yesterday. I realised that it was going to necessary to replace the rubber seal around the rear window and also move the glass back into the correct position, so I removed the moulding that holds the glass in from the outside. This will enable me to replace the rubber without taking the glass out and at the same time fill the screw holes for the window moulding.
I spent the last two days trimming and trial fitting the replacement horizontal timber under the rear window. Late yesterday I finally had it in position, including the new left upright for the registration number box opening. Today I finished screwing and gluing it all together and some profile sanding. All that remains on this part of the job is some cosmetic finishing inside the bus, although that is all mostly hidden by the back seat.
The next job is to reseal the rear window and install the sill timber between the glass and the new horizontal.
Restoration diary of a 70-year old AEC single-deck bus and the trials, tribulations and adventures of our 1966 Bristol bus.
