Continued with assembling the window frames, frustrated by the poor quality of these. I could have made a better job for sure. The first needed adjustment to bring the droplight slides into line. The second one I worked on turned out to be better dimensionally and need little fettling. These are a long job requiring many holes to be drilled and trial assembly. I completed two by the end of Friday and started on a third, which was largely complete by the end of the week.
Droplight frames awaiting building up and fitting.
Work started in the first week of 2024 with trimming and painting the first of the four O/S half-drop window frames and trial fitting and painting (twice!) of the splash panel and bezel for the tank filler. Next to receive attention was the moulding that fits around the O/S wheelarch. This needed paint stripping then a lot of fettling to get it presentable, it might have been quicker to make a new piece but possibly more difficult. Priming the N/S lower panels last week revealed a few dents and ripples that were attended to with new filler bought for the purpose. This was mostly complete by the end of Saturday 6th but some remained to be sanded before priming again, hopefully on Monday next week.
This week work has continued on the offside frame with the removal of all the remaining windows. The window adjacent to the driver’s cab door will have to have a completely new frame manufactured as it is beyond repair.
Restoration diary of a 70-year old AEC single-deck bus and the trials, tribulations and adventures of our 1966 Bristol bus.
