06.12.07.
Work continues on 377, RVPTs Leyland bodied Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/13 which had been new to Ribble in 1952.
Chairman, Ray Bignell, has been stripping paint from the roof area and today discovered the part remains of an old
advert on the nearside rear roof coving.
The first two photographs (taken today) show the advert - It was mainly green and cream with black lettering
for TRIPE, TROTTERS and COWHEEL. The third photo is a recent photo of 377 outside the shed whilst being
re-positioned for continuing work and the fourth shows 377 at the BCVM a few years ago.
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Providing suffcient information can be gathered in respect of the adverts, does this mean that these will be replicated on 377 when it is completed?
Chairman has suggested that it may be a possibility.
I understand that Ambrose had a file of b&w photos of Ribble
vehicles with adverts.
10.11.08.
Restoration work on 377 continues.
Whilst stripping paint from the front entrance / driver's cab areas recently, the
paint stripper revealed the gold fleet numbers on the destination blind box door.
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16.11.08.
Further evidence of 377s past has been uncovered.
Whilst stripping the paint from the inside face of the route number blinds box
door, details of a re-paint on overhaul dated 21 August, 1958 were exposed.
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geoff@meek Wrote:16.11.08.
Further evidence of 377s past has been uncovered.
Whilst stripping the paint from the inside face of the route number blinds box
door, details of a re-paint on overhaul dated 21 August, 1958 were exposed.
An interesting find. Ripcerol is, or at least was, a varnish. I don't think it's about these days. Does anyone know when Ribble started hot spraying paint? Perhaps from the date of the partial rebuild of the works. I would guess that they must have been one of the earliest bus operators to adopt the technique as many were still applying by brush in the 1970s.
The front dome/roof panel/destination blind gear have been removed for refurbishment/ replacement.
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attachment=760] 377 (seen from the upper deck of 2100) showing where the front dome and
destination gear have been removed.
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attention to repair the dents, mostly caused by tree damage. After a bit of aluminium welding and
careful attention by a real body-builder, it was given a coating of grey primer.
Next jobs are the refurbishment of the front windscreen frames and the front destination blind framework.
04.02.10.
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The roof of 377 has now been fully stripped down to bare metal in preparartion for re-painting.
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New Aluminium floor panels have been fabricated for the areas over the rear wheelarches.
05.04.10.
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offside window have been treated, primed and undercoated.
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(The two bulkheads are actually the same pinky undercoat as the
window frames! Who says that the camera doesn't lie?).
02.07.10.
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Leyland Royal Tiger badge for 377 arrived at Freckleton today.