Started the week by working on the MW nearside rear axle, removing the wheels, hub cover and half-shaft with a view to replacing the oilseals to stop the oil leak. Damage to the sealing surface was immediately apparent. Whilst awaiting assistance from Ian to remove the hub nut, I worked on the Regal’s cab window, preparing the fixed glass for assembly into the frame, at which point I realised I needed to paint the insides of the frame before I put the glass in. Having done that, I continued taping up the edges of the glass for the fixed pane. I took the template for the front mudwing to Geoff Brown and had a long discussion with him about assembling the parts. I made a start on the battery boxes, working out the pieces and folds and folding a trial piece of 2mm steel. Having taken a long look at the glass for the cab window, I decided I needed to replace the fixed pain as it was too scratched and pitted, so took it to Dunmow glass. That was it for the week, as the MW required attention to the rear axle oil seals.
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23/3/2025
A slow start to the week. Painted a thinner coat of brown on the cab door inner panel, a better finish but the second coat look good. Primed thewaistrail and the window surround on the cab door and applied a second coat of No.1 rust-beater to the plain window aft of the cab door, after rubing down the first coat. While the paint was drying I assembled the sliding pane frame of the cab door window and gave it a coat of the correct brown, it will need another. Applied finishing filler to the slight depression on the front corner quarter panel and to the roof just behing the emergency door. Final job of the week was to start creating a pattern for the front mudwing, for which I used a long piece of thick card from an advertisement.
16/3/2025
First task of the week was to prime the roof where the drip rail attaches over the emergency door and apply filler to the rearmost window and a part of the roof at the end of the drip rail which had become distorted. I also attended to a dent in the rear curved panel above the waistrail at the same time. When the primer was dry, I completed drilling the holes in the drip rail, then temprarily mounted it so I could drill the attachment holes in the body. I sanded the various areas of filler and applied another finishing layer. The filled window was then primed with red oxide and the drip rail permanently installed above the emergency door. The forwardmost plain window, which had started to show signs of rust, was rubbed down and primed with No.1 rust beater. Attention then turned to the final set of wheel rings; these were wirebrushed, primed with two coats of red oxide and a partial coat of black gloss applied. A visit to Geoff Brown, metal-shaper extraordinaire, proved fruitful and he agreed to make the parts for a new front mudwing. Final job of the week was to start reassembley of the cab door window.