After our visit from the man from Tanvic to put the new tyres on, we now had two spare tyres requiring rims. A word with our good friend Gary Crosby, another fellow enthusiast and another mechanical expert who has agreed to help with the project, revealed that he may be able to assist. Unfortunately this process has been slower than anticipated as it was around this time that your blogmaster (Dan) changed jobs, although now I am settling into a routine again this will be sorted imminently!Gary very kindly offered his services to provide a pre-MOT inspection, and after much negotiation a date of 28 April was pencilled in the diary, when members of the 2599 group returned from Northern Ireland.
While your blogmaster enjoyed a suprise evening being supplied with many pints of falling down juice in a public house by his former colleagues for his leaving ceremony (shameful behaviour I know!), Paul and former shareholder Peter paid a visit to a gentleman who used to own Ulsterbus RE 2438, Mr Tony Challons, who has very kindly supplied the group with a large number of very useful parts that will assist greatly in the restoration process, including a shock absorber, two brake shoes, and a silencer system to list some of the major parts! If you read this Tony, or anyone should see this on his behalf, many thanks!
And last but certainly not least, I make no apology for once again extending our thanks to Robert Nogues and our friends of the Ards Bus Preservation Group for sending over a spare Emergency Exit handle and some wheel studs. The group have continually supplied us with parts throughout the restoration process, and have been most helpful with suppliying information and advice that have helped us to move the project forwards, so thank you once again.
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