Arriving at Rushden from Ensign

Arriving at Rushden from Ensign

December 2009, and RM577 is about to be restored.

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Delivered by Ensign

Delivered by Ensign

It takes a brave man or a fool to start restoring a bus in this state - December 2009.

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Delivered by Ensign

Delivered by Ensign

Not for the faint-hearted - December 2009

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Where do we start?...

Where do we start?...

Only a brave man would take this on - December 2009.

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Arriving at Rushden

Arriving at Rushden

Sound but tatty, December 2009

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In Ensign's yard

In Ensign's yard

December 2009, about to be shipped to Mike Fuller in Rushden.

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Newly rescued from Bracknell

Newly rescued from Bracknell

In Ensgn's yard, and about to be despatched to doughty restorer Mike Fuller.

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IMAG0224

Bonnet top is newly coated with another layer of undercoat

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20110903_02

Primer creeps round the front

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20110902_03

The bus is gradually changing from the hated blue to Tilling Green (the original Crosville livery)

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20110901_06

This is undercoat, several coats of it, rubbed down with wet-and-dry used wet.

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20110901_05

One badly dented panel removed. The wood behind is in good shape. The screws have rusted badly...

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20110831_04

Green undercoat round the engine area

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20110830_07

The upper parts of the door have been scraped clean of blue paint.

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20110828_01

The bonnet top has had a coat of hammerite (it is steel and was rusty in places) folowed by 2 coats...

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20110816_01

Scraping off the blue paint has been a cramped and difficult job.

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20110815_01

I needed to remove the Autovac to paint it properly.

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20110812_04

The Autovac has been removed, and will now be scraped back to bare metal.

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