Wednesday 14th June a lovely warm sunny day.

First a repair job as somebody had broken the lid on the racing pigeon basket and sat a pigeon on top, so this time no rods but 1.5mm copper wire around the lid and front then twisted inside so it will not open.

               the damage                                                 Now wired shut

                              Now back on platform 1 and hopefully no more damage.

                        Then the completed wings need to go back on the scammel flatbed trailer.

                  The combination is now completed and just needs upkeep in the future.

We need to prepare the AA box for the move so emptied it out and were asked to put it on a pallet ready for the telehandler to move it, using a barrel sack truck and some muscle power we got 1/4 onto the pallet. The pallet needed sourcing and carrying over so off down near the narrow gauge to find a suitably strong one.

     wide enough to sit the sides on                    A 2 man job with the sack truck

We then had to wait for another 3 bodies to lift and slide it fully on the pallet.

                    A gang masters horn needed a chord loop making and soldering on  

                                          

The box body needed the dry chain lube removed from the rear shutter guides as it did not dry and being wet would thus attract and have debris build up jamming the rollers again.

                                                     

Some of the body seam screw do not go in caused by a slight misalignment of panels or broken screw remains so drill through and tighten the screw.

                                                        

The side rubbing strips have been refurbished and replaced where needed so it looks a lot better now.

An easy win on a donated pipe cutter it just needed a clean with wire wool and a coat of lanolin before putting in Foss Cross display.

                                                      

  

Another tool a spring loaded wrench needed even less cleaning but it works well with no manual adjustment required.

                                                    In action just keep the fingers clear.

It was down to line van number 2 to scrape the loose paint off the roof beams.

The Morris lorry cab repairs continue with cutting out more rust and tidying the edges to let new metal in but no photos with the grinder cutting and welding going on.

That concluded a few hours good work but we are making slow progress with the amount to do gets larger.