Monday, April 28, 2025

 Monday 28th April a lovely warm spring day 20C is great


All outside in the sun the scammell box trailer was a good starting point with the body line screws to refit after counter sinking the holes first 35 went in and we need another 26 that is after one side was already done.



The flatbed trailer  had the head boards fitted during the week so it only needs the rear wings fitted and the load put on with some chains then it is complete.


The Morris cab has gone from hole repair to cutting sections off for new metal on the lower righthand rear corner



The GWSR board have agreed to have the AA box located on site so it is going on the road into the site, this meant clearing vegetation leveling the area and sourcing a base.


The area was checked for birds nest before trimming started


The partially cleared area on a guess for the size.



A trip to Winchcombe was required to source some timbers for the base frame.



After some deep counter sinking the 80mm screws were long enough to hold it together the ground was leveled and more vegetation removed as the box is 43" square.
The frame was painted with old oil as it will sit on the soil this will protect the box structure from the damp ground and we also need some pea gravel to infill the frame.


The Trusts work area from the Stanway Road bridge with the AA box roof just visible in the field, we need the assistance of the tele handler to move the box to the new site where we hope it will be photographed by the classic car community.



                                        We also had a goldfish rescue from the mouth of Ginger the resident cat luckily it swam away as soon as it was put back in the pond under the netting and after all that the time for work had run out.



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