Painted with red oxide primer repaired steel window frame for N/S w7. Finished ash repair section in w7/w8 upright, may need further finishing to true it up. Sanded flat the toothpick repairs, very successful.
Arranged a source of rubber for the glazing gasket, just need to order it now.
Finished most of the welding on the second window frame, the majority of it was done yesterday. Ground down the welds but there are one or two holes that remain to be filled. Removed the glass, which turns out to be laminated, and the rubber which is COH Baines reference IRS0011
Finished removing the rain deflector from above the nearside windows. Removed the second window, this will require some more complex fabrication than the first but looks repairable.
Reconstruction is becoming clearer now – waist rail panels first, then windows and finally lower panels when the frame has been repaired.
Restoration diary of a 70-year old AEC single-deck bus and the trials, tribulations and adventures of our 1966 Bristol bus.