Fiday 5th November

With progress well advanced on the bus I made a trip to Swansea Bus Museum where I acquired a brand new fibreglass radiator surround together with some other second hand parts from scrap buses.  We calculated that it would be easier and cheaper to go to Wales and buy a new part rather than attempt to repair the original that had been messed with and badly repaired years before.

In addition I was also fortunate to obtain a new nearside front wing which will replace the damaged and rotten old one.  The other wings could also do with replacing but will have to make do with a repair for now.

When delivering the new parts to Faversham I was pleased to discover that the cab had been reassembled with new metal and that they were still hard at work stripping and cleaning all the fiddly places in preparation for new paint.