Work this week has been concentrated on getting the boot doors right and fitting the inner lining panels for the boot. The right-hand boot door frame has been painted with red primer. I cut a new ply panel but have had problems forming it to the complex curve of the frame. I may have to do this with more flexible ply.
All the hinge plates have been installed ready for refitting the doors and the cladding around the door aperture.
The offside inner lining panels were cut from ply, primed and fitted.
The right-hand inner corner lining has been made out of flexible ply and fitted.
Examination of the scrap material I had intended to use for the boot door skin revealed a lot of corrosion and odd holes so I decided to order new aluminium, 0.9 mm for the door skins and 1.2 mm for the outer skin of the boot.
I spent today working on the right-hand boot door frame, filling holes, replacing missing bits of the frame and manufacturing new steel parts for the corner reinforcement and the bottom edge of the door. I hope to cut out the new outer skin tomorrow.
Restoration diary of a 70-year old AEC single-deck bus and the trials, tribulations and adventures of our 1966 Bristol bus.
