there should be a few possibilities really, I mean, anything is possible, but externally I'm keen to keep this as original as possible. There were only ever 10 of them, and this is the sole survivor, so ya know, the wheels need to stay really. The brakes were ok on Ferodo AM4 competition linings, but they wore out, I used up the spare set I had and since they are asbestos best NLA. So I had to make do with Mintex M10 linings, bonded on rather than riveted.
They work well, ONCE! The second they get hot, and that dont take long in this thing, they fade like fuck and just smell like burning flesh whilst providing no actual frictional torque.
They were still an improvement over the current pedal to floor, no resistance, no effort brakes though!
Still, now it;s running again I'll keep it that way, loks like the NSR and OSF cylinder seals have failed, again.. I honed the cylinders a lot last time I had the brakes in bits, and they wont take anymore honing / boring, so timefor a rethink over a few beers in the near future!
More urgent is getting the ACR off and rebuilding it since it dont charge, and short of dropping the engine out, it's a massive front end off job to get at the fucker!
The chassis is actually in remarkable nick mate, the rear springs I had made for it 13 years ago haven't aged well, it's gone a bit saggy, but I spent months stripping everything off the chassis and painting it up when I was too young to actually drive it!
Ok, 6 years or more of not doing anything hasn't been kind to it, and it does need a total restoration now, but chassis wise it's the most solid vehicle I own by some margin!
EDIT: I was 12 when I started doing this thing up, it's the vehicle I learnt all about engineering on, BUT, I was very young, and I'm more confident now, at the time the size of it scared the hell out of me, there seemed sooooo much to do, but since I've been fucking about with buses for years this seems tiny, and I've learnt a lot since, so ya know, it doesn't phase me like it once did. I'm arrogant enough to know that I could actually do a really nice job of this now.
got this fucker going aswell
I used to own this, many years ago, didn't actually want it, but I couldn't find an RE at the time and this was going for scrap if it wasn't rescued, infact it was the first bus I ever bought.
It was ok, but didn't really float my boat. So I sold it at a massive loss to Gary, who still has it.