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31/12/2024 and year summary for 2024

As this is Christmas and new year week, not much got done but I started the week by completing and testing the wiring of the boot light and its switch.  After Christmas, the first job was to update the plan for 2025.  When I got out to the bus shed, I primed the remaining cab woodwork as a prelude to painting, ready for fitting of the cab window.  I then cleaned and polished the fixed pane of the cab window and cut the remaining piece of steel channel for this pane.  I’m awaiting the arrival of some steel angle to complete this with the draught excluder.  I also primed the aluminium panel below the cab window on the inside of the cab door and some of the woodword on the emrgency door got a second coat.

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

All the offside half-drop windows were assembled and installed.

New window frames were  constructed and new glass fitted for the final  non-opening offside window and the emergency door window.  The cab offside window was glazed.

The emergency door was rebuilt with new exterior panels and the new window, then rehung and externally primed.

Attention was given to cab details, including the grab handles, fire extinguisher and holder, and the interior lights switch box which was repaired and painted.  Paint was stripped from under the front canopy.  A new panel was fitted to the inside of the cab door and the cab window frame  and slam lock repaired.

The seats were removed, and retrimmed in the correct moquette (sourced from Facebook appeals) and brown vinyl by Ifor Evans.  The driver’s seat was also retrimmed by Ifor.

On the electrical side, the indicator switch in the cab was partially cabled, the destination box had the bulb holders installed and wiring through to the cab completed.  The boot lamp was installed and wired up to a the switch and successfully tested.

The wheels had their tyres removed and the rims sandblasted and partially primed.

30/12/2023

This week I only had a few days work as Christmas intervened, but I was able to prepare for prime all the lower panels on both sides of the bus.  This included abrading the clean metal and then priming the O/S, this had to be done to allow fettling and fitting of the splash panel and protector around the the tank filler.  Some filling and sanding was necessary on the N/S, the first panels fitted in November 2020.  The nearside panels have now been primed, revealing more filling is required to the lower part of the first two panels from the entrance rearward.  As P38 is very sluggish in cold weather some alternative filler has been ordered which will hopefully arrive soon.  As a prelude to building the remaining window pans, I started fettleing the frame uprights in preparation for the chrome vinyl covering.

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

This year’s work did not start until February, due to my spell of ill health.

New metalwork for the cab was fabricated and fitted and the cab painted throughout, allowing the floor and some fittings to be reinstalled.

“Low Racks” signs were designed and made for the seat backs.

A correct cooling fan was obtained by Ian and fitted by me.

The destination box was painted throughout and is ready for electrics and blinds to be installed.

New fuel pipes were made up and connected to the tank and the existing piping that runs behind the engine.

A new speedometer cable outer was manufactured and the cable connected to the speedo.

All the chassis wiring has been renewed and a multicore cable laid in conduit along the chassis to the boot.  A new cover was fabricated in aluminium for the wiring where it enters the control bux under the cab floor.

The O/S rear wheelarch  was fabricated, fitted and prepared for paint.

The O/S rear corner panel was filled, sanded and painted and all the O/S panels fitted and primed.

Kick panel for driver’s step temporarily fitted

Splash panel for fuel filler temporarily fitted to check alignment

1/1/2022 – Year summary for 2021

The last two weeks have seen the completion of repairs to the O/S frame, the last of the rusty screws and nails removed and the holes dowelled.   The last of the new flitch plated have been fitted.   The repairs to the cantrail have been sanded level and the rest of the frame sanded and prepared for painting.  The unpainted woodwork has been primed and the a start made on painting the whole of the exposed frame with grey top coat.

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

The nearside of the bus from the entrance rearwards has been structurally completed, all windows panels are in place and beaded.  The rear corner panel has been cosmetically filled and finished in undercoat.  A new mudwing and liner was fabricated and installed and the wheelbox cover stripped, painted and refitted with new mountings.

The roof has been completely stripped of all paint and repaired where necessary to make it watertight.

The roof over the entrance and nearside front wheel has been repaired and is ready for cosmetic finishing, including a new valance over the entrance steps.

A new rear number plate box was fabricated and installed, along with new bulb holders and wiring for the stop and tail lights. The boot doors have been refitted and primed.

The destination box glass has been removed and a replacement obtained.  Some repairs have been made to the wooden frame that supports the glass.

The entrance step light was repaired and repainted ready for fitting.

The boot was finished internally with new lino.

Work has now commenced on the offside with all windows removed, frame repairs completed above the floor and the frame partially painted.