1952 AEC Regal III [2547]

2019

Norman Julian 1 Jun
: I repainted 2 items today.
: A new gasket to replace the broken one and part of the wheel stud section that is seen will be painted black tomorrow.

Charles Shipway
: Things look and sound fairly well under control Norm
: By the way I am impressed with the storage boxes fitted to the wall looks like it is easy to work with them

Norman Julian 6 Jun
: I'm still not ready to get back to the bigger heavier stuff yet so I'm doing small jobs like this.
: I am not happy with the way this hub is finished off with studs and nuts.
: One stud was replaced with a bolt so it was all over the place.
: I made a new stud from another bolt and replaced the nuts with dome nuts or acorn nuts.
: The AEC wheel badges are being remade in aluminium.

Norman Julian
: I cut a new stud from this old bolt that was long and had only a short thread.
: I cut the old thread off and recut a new thread and then cut the head off to make a new stud.

Norman Julian
: She's a beaut!
: Gregor Neil Robertson
: And me and the '77 Austin FX4 taxi at a Rally last weekend. 2.5 diesel.
: I can't drive it in my home city as LEZ rules prevent all high emission cars in city centres here (low emission zones) - not good news for Vintage Bus owners who need to apply for exemptions for special events.

Gregor Neil Robertson
: And my stepson's ex- London taxi, also banned because of emission controls.
: These excellent cabs are now being scrapped.
: Absolutely ridiculous.

Gregor Neil Robertson
: It's got a 2.7 Nissan engine.
: All these superb cabs cannot be driven in our cities.
: The black cab trade is really suffering as the alternative is the very expensive new electric cab.
: £60k.

Norman Julian
: The world has gone mad, Gregor Neil Robertson
: Norman Julian
: We just had a country election here and thank the gods the Labour party didn't get in because one of the foolish ideas was to have 50% of the new cars coming into the country by 2030 to be electric.
: Gregor Neil Robertson Norman Julian aye indeed.
: They're all out of step except us!
: Peter Hanson
: Burn more oil, burn more coal and burn the bloody greenies.
: Charles Shipway
: Norm I like the idea of newly made wheel badges it would be a pity to fit the old ones again
: Robert Stevenson
: Would the old girl have been based on a Mandator?
: Norman Julian
: Not sure how to answer that. It was always going to be a bus and built on a bus frame. A Mandator/Matador would be a much shorter wheel base.
: The engines are smaller on these trucks and would have had a transfer case etc, so totally different.
: The wheels and hubs etc may have been the same with the same emblems on the hubs.

Norman Julian 6 Jun
: While I was arranging the new AEC badges for the wheels I was asking about making new scrolls and it sounds promising. I can get stencils made. The actual printing is up to me.
: I did screen printing when I was younger.
: Getting an actual original scroll will be the hard part.
: I will be pursuing it in the future.

Charles Shipway
: The results are very good no wonder your pleased Norm as good as it gets or better than new aren’t they ?
: John Clarke
: Dress rims next!
: Norman Julian
: Do you want to be banned from this page John Clarke.��
: John Clarke
: Woops!��
: Catherine Norman
: Don't worry Norm a good slapping will bring him to his senses then again he might enjoy it lol
: Norman Julian
: This is the TD5 John.
: Look at what is on the front wheel.
: They only lasted on there till I got her home then they were off it.
: They are the most hidious thing anyone could ever put on a bus.

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