Not much visible progress this week, due to having a bad cold. I have ordered the steel for the remaining window frames and arranged to collect the moquette from my brother. Heard from Ifor Evans that the driver’s seat will be ready next week. I cut out the former for the larger window from 1 inch block and finished it on the sander then cut out some holes for clamping the material. Shot myself in the foot by not thinking about the smaller window and will no doubt end up having to cut a new former for that. I then turned my attention to wiring and fitting the indicator switch in the cab, during which I was able to amend the wiring diagram I had prepared earlier. In preparation for fastening the wiring to the frame in the cab, I repainted the cab grab handles to tidy them up as it will be difficult to do so after the wiring is installed. Last small jobs were electrical, running the three-core cable for the indicators up from the terminal strip behind the front wheel into the cab.
Tag Archives: Seats
26/5/2024
Started to assemble the first of the two remaining droplight frames. With the moquette from Matt and Steve we now have enough to get started on the seats. Attempted to fit an assembled window pan, but it was too tight so had to relieve the forward pillar and grind down any protruding scew ends. It did go in eventually but quite a tight fit. I noticed that I had cut the rearmost edge a bit narrow so the beading has a bit of a gap to cover. The final droplight also took several attempts to get to fit in line with the others but I got there eventually. The poor quality of these frames will take a lot of cosmetic improvement, inside and out, including attention to the draft-excluder rubbers at the top of the windows. However, it has to be said that the fitting of the final droplight is a milestone of sorts. Final job of the week was measuring up the remains of the plain window on the offside, opposite the entrance door.
12/5/2024
At the beginning of the week I was still struggling to finish chroming the droplight. There was a problem with sharp edges on the verticals which I solved by filling the gaps with dumdum putty so this droplight is ready for fitting in the window pan. In preparation for a trip to Evans Trim on Wednesday, I dismantled the drivers seat and removed one seat back from its frame. Delivered the back and cushion of the driver’s seat to Evans and had a useful discussion about recovering the other seats. Assembled the next window pan and fitted it to the bus after a bit of adjustment to the protruding screws. I started on the next two, gluing the crossbars to the lower panes to form the fixed lights then gluing them into the verticals. The last two droplights need to be assembled and chromed next.