All posts by Nigel

AEC Regal

29/6/2019

Work over the last four days:  painting the metal work for the steps and surface filling,  silver on the chassis side and in red undercoat on the outside.

Replacement floorboards for the ones that were cut incorrectly have been cut, soaked in preservative, primed and painted grey.  They are ready for fitting as soon as a couple of extra screws have been added to the steel plate floor support to fasten it to the gearbox access hole frame.

The new  steel bracket for the side rode extension for the rearward door pillar has been fitted and the holes for bolting in the side rod have been checked for alignment.

The side rod extension for the rearward door pillar has been cut and sanded to shape, soaked in preservative and primed.

The forward door pillar has been cut to shape and is ready for preservative and painting.

Painted the replacement lower side rod.

Fitted the entrance floorboards and screwed them down.

AEC Regal

24/6/2019

Finished filling and sanding the curved section of the entrance step metalwork and shot two coats of red oxide primer over the whole lot.

When the red oxide was cured, I sprayed a coat of silver over the rear of the entrance steps sheet metal – i.e. the side that faces the chassis and won’t be easy to reach when its all assembled.  Final coat goes on tomorrow.

AEC Regal

22/6/2019

With the timber now in stock I cut the first lower side rod section.  However I was unable to finish it as the belt sander motor burnt out.

I examined the sheet metal for the entrance steps after the first coat of primer and decided the curved section needed to be improved with a skim of filler, so applied the first couple of layers and sanded it.