Category Archives: AEC Regal

23/4/2020

The last few days have been concerned with removing the offside wheel housing and mudwing.  I found the timber in the wheelarch framing to be in much better condition than the nearside and it looks savable.  Today was spent removing the remains of the steel flitchplates  that join the floor bearer to the wheelarch timbers.   The floor bearer at this location is in fairly rough condition so I will make larger steel reinforcement plates to extend further into the centre of the body.

Other work over the last few days has been applying primer to the ply sections for boot interior lining.

The timber after removal of the remains of the rotten flitch plate.

The timber before removal of the remains of the rotten flitch plate.

19/4/2020

I mixed up some red undercoat and the brown I got from Ridgeons to make approximately 2 litres of brown gloss to match the cab and boot interior finish.  I then used a roller to apply a coat of this to the boot stress panel and am pleased with the result and coverage of the custom mix.