Spent most of the week working on the MW’s rear axle, however this was complete, as far as I could go without assistance, by Thursday afternoon. I then returned to making the battery boxes, drilling the sides and plug welding them to the base of the first one after punching holes in the bases for cable access. I made the ends to fit and punched two small holes in each for ventilation, then welded them on. All that is needed to finish the first box is to grind the welds flat and paint it.
Category Archives: AEC Regal
4/5/2025
Started the week by folding another battery box side, incorrectly unfortunately. I folded another, correctly then marked out the fourth ready to fold. I’m still working on the MW, in between, cleaning oil off the brake linings and other components. Colin came to help on Thursday and removed the battery trays and cover boxes from the nearside, ready for plating over and helped me straighten the incorrectly folded battery box side and refold it correctly. The holes left by the NS battery boxes should give me some access to the chassis that side, too, so I can clean it down and silver it. We also trial fitted the new front wing and got it trimmed and temporarily in the right place, ready for final finishing. The final job of the week was to start drilling the holes in the metalwork for the first battery box.
27/4/2025
Started the week by grinding off the welds on the front mud wing, revealing a few pinholes along the way, most of which I managed to weld up succesfully. The results look very good, so far. A few other odd jobs included installing the remaining screws in the horizontal beading where the holes had become enlarged and needed padding out. Attention then turned to reassembling the MW nearside rear axle and starting work on the offside, which required a lot of cleaning down. In between I continued work on the new battery boxes for HUO, cutting two bases and four sides out of 2mm glavanised steel and folded one side by the end of the week.