1939 Leyland TD5 [1635 DD]

2019

Norman Julian 1st Sep
: Today I had a break from the bearer and side pillar because I have to get a few things made, so I started putting back things from the emergency door down.
: This brand new door which I done last year is now finished.
: I made the bottom frame sill panel a while ago as you know and it has to go in first.
: I also cut 2 new rods for the window and then took the whole door apart and reassembled it on the bus.
: It is too heavy and awkward to carry it up and place it in position.
: I'm pleased with how it turned out.

Norman Julian 2nd Sep
: I was practicing on how to use the beading machine today.
: Getting the intersections to meet correctly is tricky and also the right width, which side of the line etc.
: I gave up.
: It was doing my head in.

Norman Julian
: This picture shows the step intersecting.
: Anton Frank
: Your work it out buddy I'm sure ��
: Gregor Neil Robertson
: You could argue that badly finished beading is a lot better than none...
: Bryce Pender
: Move over coffee this is a job for beer.
: Paul Andreatta
: Just walk away for a while and walk back with a clear head usually works for me.
: Mark Spencer
: I'd bet that machine could do a whole lot more than that

Norman Julian 4th Sep
: While I'm waiting for a few more rust repair panels, I finished some below floor painting on this new work as well as some sneak previews of what I am up for.
: This fixed triangle shaped window is a real problem when it leaks.
: This intersection of panels will be a lot of work.
: These last few photos are from the drivers side rear upper panel.
: A birds nest and a bird.

Norman Julian
: All I want to do at this stage is repair the bearer and the lower part of the wall pillar and then I can lay the flooring.
: The staircase is next on my mind.

Norman Julian 4th Sep
: Today I picked up the bearer and 3 pillars that were made to specs.
: I took more of the bearer out after discovering more corrosion.
: I was going to join it just past where that huge gusset is (about half way to the wall pillar) but I found the remaining bearer a little loose.
: I cut it off back to where the internal wall is.
: One picture shows that there was only a small part still connected to the rest of the bearer.
: Unfortunately now that I have to join it so far in I will have to remove so of the floor for easier access.

Norman Julian
: These 2 holes are where those bolts would have held the bearer to the chassis.
: John Clarke
: Bloody glad none of us are on the top deck!

Norman Julian
: These bits of bolts are all what's left of 5" x 3/8" bolts that would have helped bolt the body to the chassis.

Marcus Allaway
: rust on them is like Gold the more you dig the more you find LOL
: Allan Kent
: Robert Stevenson
: Reminds me of the bolts on the trailer coupling on a friends boat.
: He picked the boat up from around Cairns and took it home to near Campbelltown NSW.
: He was towing it with a Landcruiser tray back.
: At one stage his friend was riding in the cabin of the boat.
: Totally illegal of course, most of the way south from Brisbane.
: Friend had picked up his wife for the return journey and it was a little cramped with 3 in the front.
: When he pulled into the driveway at home, the trailer hitch parted company with the boat trailer.
: Those bolts remind me of what he had.
: Norman Julian
: The bolts would be on the front and the back on both sides.
: The whole idea was you would take the bolts out and lift the body off the chassis.
: Made it easy I guess when doing complete overhauls.
: Unlike the Brits, here in Australia it very rarely happened if at all.

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