First job of the week was to refit the mouldings over the wheelarches, securing the piping I fitted last week. In between that I gave the kick panel and tank filler splash panel two coats of clear lacquer. I’m still in two minds about fitting these, at least until a coat of undercoat has been applied to the panels to which they are fitted. Work was interrupted by the digitisation of the of the tapes of the bus, received on Monday from John Corah. I started to chromewrap the uprights for the half-drop windows but it did not go well at first, the results best described as adequate. Dependent on material and time I may do them again. I also started to prepare the painted window frames for assembly by cutting the nylon material neccessary for receiving the screws that hold the window parts to the frames. I started to do the curved corner pieces for the frames, I bent four and fitted two.
Tag Archives: wheelarch
17/09/2023
Work has continued this week on the O/S rear wheel arch, which is ready for undercoat, and the O/S rear corner panel with final filling and rubbing down.
10/12/2021
The lack of recent posts belies the basic monotony of current work on the offside frame. Mostly it has been the removal of rusty screws and nails from the frame above the floor line. This has progressed as far as the cab door and is virtually complete in terms or plugging screw and nail holes with dowels. The horizontal framing above the window openings has received some new timber to replace the odd bit of wet rot but this needs further attention and screw removal before it is finished. An emerging fact is the offside frame has been much less carefully finished than the nearside; stupidly long screws and large nails have been used to fix the panels. On the positive side, above the floor it is generally in good condition. The rear wheelarch has been repaired with new timber exactly as it was and naturally this is quite different from the nearside. The next job when the upper frame is complete will be removal and refurbishment of the fuel tank, which appears to be the wrong tank.
New timber in offside rear wheelarch frame.
Dowels replacing rusty screws and nail holes in offside framing.