AFS Bedford RL Petrol Carrier: Painting clouds...

Friday 9 August 2013

Painting clouds...

Well, a short but decent few hours of painting. After getting thr drill and wire brushes out to get rid of all the rust, on with the Hammerite 'No 1 rust beater' as a base coat! Problem is now everywhere else is covered in rust dust!

Metal prepared:

Metal painted - at least with the beige colour, I can see where I've been!

A final minor job was to put on another pedal rubber on to cover the hole in the floor around the clutch pedal. The original was long gone and as you can see from the remaining old version on the brake (to the left), little wonder.....:

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About the project...

GYL 32C has been purchased by Tony Henwood and Duncan Wright. Both owners of various ex-AFS vehicles including green goddesses and a control unit, the opportunity arose to purchase this rare survivor from the RAF Firefighting Museum at RAF Scampton. For them, whilst interesting, it was not part of the 'core' collection and was taking up space needed as their core collection expands. As one of only about six Bedford RL Petrol Carriers built (and one of only eleven in total - the other five were Commer Q4s), it's a rare beast and worth saving. Watch the progress!