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19/3/2021

The last few days have been a bit slow.  I have assembled the rear lights now, including a new, laser-printed, STOP mask for the stop light.

I also fitted the beading and face plate to the number plate box and trial fitted the bulbs and lights.

These photos show the development of the number plate and rear light box:

Numberplate box trial assembly

Number plate box installed into the body aperture

Lens face-plate and beading fitted.

Testing the number plate illumination.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, I spent some time drawing up a new project plan to keep me going for the next few months and hopefully to complete the nearside as soon as possible.

Included in the planning session was a wiring schedule for the boot, to include two additional low-level S&T lights as well as indicators and the single S&T mounted on the numberplate box.

HUO510-bootwiringlist

31/12/2020 – Summary for 2020

Today I installed the plain window, last but one towards the rear of the bus.  I started to assemble the last window, cut the rubber to size and drilled the frame only to discover the glass had been cut incorrectly, so I will not be able to complete the nearside windows this year.

As it is the end of the year, a summary of work completed in the last twelve months is appropriate.

Looking back, the work completed this year comprises:

Droplight window frames, full set of 8 completed, four assembled, several with new glass, and fitted to nearside along with one plain window opposite the emergency exit.

Entrance steps finished.

Rear window removed, frame repaired and window refitted with new seal.

Corner panels removed, stripped, reshaped and repaired then refitted.

Boot rebuilt, including the steel stress panel that closes off the front, framing around the door opening, the boot inner walls and I reskinned the boot doors.

Nearside cladding panels installed below the windows.

 

 

18/7/2020

The last few days were spent painting the interior of the boot the correct shade of ochre brown and preparing the boot door frames for reskinning. This included making and painting the new steel parts for the L/H boot door. Today I fitted the metalwork to the R/H boot door and the top corner plate to the L/H door then rehung them to allow me to line up the bottom edge steel strips.