Bedford MW aeroscreen restoration

[rampant rivet]

Managed a couple of hours yesterday after work and have finished replacing the last of the worn spring bushes and pins, radiator is away being sorted so its getting closer to running he engine

[jack neville]

Originally Posted by rampant rivet

again more images as work progresses, Bedford front panel badge, making patterns to have new aero screen brackets cast in bronze, chassis in primer after cleaning down, replacing gearbox after adjustments to get correct clutch pedal and engine coming together.

Jeremy,

How did your windscreen castings go. They look similar to ones fitted to a WOT 2D I have. And I need a couple

[Mike Kelly]

Hi

One of my MCC 15 cwt CS8 wrecks here has a couple of the aero screen hinges in situ on the cowl - I'd like to know how the actual screen frame is made . I do have some drawings somewhere from R Ballard but they didn't seem right to me

Mike .

[Mike Kelly]

Originally Posted by John A. Rippingham

I've got a pair of morris aeroscreens sat in my garage think i'm going to need them one day, they are totally different to the bedford ones.

I made the aeroscreen mount with jeremy, they came out very well thanks, but they all sold very quickly. At the moment i'm not planning to do any more.


John

Are you teasing me Can you do some drawings of those Morris screens Mike

[jack neville]

Mike are the Morris ones similar to WOT ? I do have one original screen largely complete

[Mike Kelly]

I think the Morris screen may be different

[Mike Kelly]

Originally Posted by John A. Rippingham

Mike

I picked up the morris ones thinking they were, or would do for my bedford. But the morris ones are bigger. There in a box at the back of the workshop, which is a lot of work to get to.

jack

I think wot2 are the same as bedford as they seem to have the same mounts. Which mounts are you missing? I may have a couple of one hand left i think.

john

OK John

if you can find those screens one day I will post you a bottle of Aussie wine Mike

[jack neville]

Originally Posted by John A. Rippingham

Mike

I picked up the morris ones thinking they were, or would do for my bedford. But the morris ones are bigger. There in a box at the back of the workshop, which is a lot of work to get to.

jack

I think wot2 are the same as bedford as they seem to have the same mounts. Which mounts are you missing? I may have a couple of one hand left i think.

john

John,

I'll dig them out and post a photo.

[Mike Kelly]

Originally Posted by John A. Rippingham

Mike

But the morris ones are bigger.
jack

I think wot2 are the same as bedford as they seem to have the same mounts. Which mounts are you missing? I may have a couple of one hand left i think.

john

hi Are you sure the Morris screens are bigger ? In this pic, the screens appear to be small to me . Mike

[rampant rivet]

Ok back to the real world of my Bedford resto if you two want to discuss aeroscreen fittings do it somewhere else please here are a couple of pics of the new brackets I made the patterns for and John very kindly did all the fettling and machining I can see now how much hard work went into them especially the dreaded wing nuts, thanks again John they look the dogs doh dah's can't wait till I fit them to the bulkhead

[jack neville]

This is the complete windscreen frame removed from a Fordson WOT 2H I recovered but obviously refitted from a WOT 2D at some stage. Or a Bedford!!

[jack neville]

The brass hinge piece measures 92mm x45mm

[Mike Kelly]

Originally Posted by jack neville

This is the complete windscreen frame removed from a Fordson WOT 2H I recovered but obviously refitted from a WOT 2D at some stage. Or a Bedford!!

Is the glass frame made from steel ? Hard to tell in that pic but it appears to be so Mike

[jack neville]

Yes Mike. Steel frame. This one should clean up ok. Any spare ones about?

[Mike Kelly]

Originally Posted by jack neville

Any spare ones about?

None that I know of Maybe we could look into making a few frames ,Is that possible? That frame you have is the only example I've ever seen in Australia - its as rare as the proverbial stuff Mike

[John A. Rippingham]

Originally Posted by rampant rivet

Ok back to the real world of my Bedford resto if you two want to discuss aeroscreen fittings do it somewhere else please here are a couple of pics of the new brackets I made the patterns for and John very kindly did all the fettling and machining I can see now how much hard work went into them especially the dreaded wing nuts, thanks again John they look the dogs doh dah's can't wait till I fit them to the bulkhead

I've removed my posted at the request of jeremy which is quite fair enough. Maybe start a new thread regarding the aeroscreens.

[FV1611A]

Originally Posted by rampant rivet

Ok back to the real world of my Bedford resto if you two want to discuss aeroscreen fittings do it somewhere else please here are a couple of pics of the new brackets I made the patterns for and John very kindly did all the fettling and machining I can see now how much hard work went into them especially the dreaded wing nuts, thanks again John they look the dogs doh dah's can't wait till I fit them to the bulkhead

Great to see you on here Jeremy

[rampant rivet]

Originally Posted by John A. Rippingham

I've removed my posted at the request of jeremy which is quite fair enough. Maybe start a new thread regarding the aeroscreens.

Yes by all means open a new thread on aero screens as I will need a pair in the near future as my resto progresses, and detailed photo's are always usefull chaps.Hello Wayno good to see you on here too itsa small world

[rampant rivet]

Yes its time to loosely fit the restored radiator today bit more fettling before the chassis has a last coat of paint

[John A. Rippingham]

This brings back happy memories of putting my bedford back together..

[rampant rivet]

After recovering from the trip to Normandy I've managed to get some more work done on the MW

[rampant rivet]

Chassis has now had final coat of paint and so has the bulkhead plus have the new timber for the cab floor

[rampant rivet]

Have managed to get a bit more sorted

[rampant rivet]

have now sorted some temp tyres most of the cab floor and have the new loom to fit. Forgot to mention that I have had the engine running too

[rampant rivet]

Hav'nt been on for a while so thought I'd update the blog some

[rampant rivet]

thought I'd update my progress on the old MW

[rampant rivet]

more work on the body and cab.