Wednesday 8th April 2026 a lovely sunny summer day

                                   

The AA box has received a newly painted petrol can and the door edging strips were found to be warping and falling off so requiring a drill, countersink and a screw to get them flat again.

With the  GWSR Vintage  weekend on this Saturday and Sunday it is hoped the classic car fraternity will appreciate this exhibit.

       

Nice and warm so ideal for floor painting in Honeybourne box and Taylors office, so more sweeping hovering and moving exhibits so we can apply grey floor paint.

However once in thw Honeybourne museum it is apparent that some thing have moved in the display cabinets so reposition them first.

Then down to the cleaning and painting.

                             The glass is in on the line side oil lamp hut so this is ready for a repaint

Taylors office floor got the same treatment.

The line side 2 wagon interior paint is a bit shiny so a coat of matt lacquer has been applied.

The Scammel Scarab was covered in dust from the gravel drive and rain so a wipe and wash with the hosepipe made it look better.

The load on the rear is weathering so a recoat with gloss black improved the visual look to something in transit for use rather than scrap iron.

 

With the addition of new petrol and a squirt of easy start it fired up easily and ran so the solar panel is keeping the battery charged so time to inflate the well perished tyres to 30psi or 2 Bars to save any that are well rotted from exploding. Engine running well and tyres inflated it was time for a few shunts backwards and forwards to clean the brake drums up.

Now the sun had dried that water after the wash down peeling paint stood out so a quick sand down and repaint was needed.

The 2Ton 5 cwt Morris cab has also had work done, one door window is in but with the wrong winder because the correct one has been temporarily mislaid.

And the bulkhead has had a  plate welded in after having the rust cut out.

All these things now look more inviting to encourage visitors to get closer and go inside to look around with the vintage weekend being the test.