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Arriving at Rushden from 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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Uploaded on Nov 2, 2011
Delivered by Ensign
Where do we start?...
Arriving at Rushden
In Ensign's yard
December 2009, about to be shipped to Mike Fuller in Rushden.
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Uploaded on Nov 2, 2011
Newly rescued from Bracknell
In Ensgn's yard, and about to be despatched to doughty restorer Mike Fuller.
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Uploaded on Nov 2, 2011
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Bonnet top is newly coated with another layer of undercoat
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Uploaded on Oct 5, 2011
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The bus is gradually changing from the hated blue to Tilling Green (the original Crosville livery)
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Uploaded on Sep 6, 2011
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This is undercoat, several coats of it, rubbed down with wet-and-dry used wet.
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Uploaded on Sep 6, 2011
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One badly dented panel removed. The wood behind is in good shape. The screws have rusted badly...
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Uploaded on Sep 6, 2011
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The upper parts of the door have been scraped clean of blue paint.
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Uploaded on Sep 6, 2011
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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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Uploaded on Sep 6, 2011
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Scraping off the blue paint has been a cramped and difficult job.
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Uploaded on Sep 6, 2011
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The Autovac has been removed, and will now be scraped back to bare metal.
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Uploaded on Sep 6, 2011
Charlie Moretti Braga
Totnes Family visit Dean
ex-Crosville Bristol LL5G...
RM577 - the Silver Lady
Dean Folk
DMS 130
