The Bottom Deck

For the Past few Weeks work has been going on with the Bottom Deck like Sanding to the Walls done by myself and windows being freed up and the Original Door for Under the Staircase has also been refitted.

Sanding has also been completed for the ceiling on the bottom deck which wasnt has bad as the ceiling on the top deck which had to be scraped back to Bare Aliminium that took about 2 weeks to complete.

Here is the Current State of the Interior looking towards the back and you can also see the Original Door has been refitted to the storage area that is located under the Staircase.

The Drivers Cabbin also got its first clean in many years and work has also got to be done with the Steering wheel as all the black is coming off but that will get done in a later stage of the Project.

Also the Back door has finally been opend for the first time in Many years as it was closed off with a metal pole that went from one side to the other so the back door wasnt able to be used.

Top deck Under Preparation

3 Saturdays it took to Prepair the top deck and most of that work was stripping the old paint from the ceiling as that took 2 Saturdays to do and sanding on the walls took up most of the day. Next up i will be working on the walls in the Staircase as sanding will take place when iam working on this bus next time. Also the Bottom deck will start being worked on also.

The floor on the near side is awaiting repair and will be done in coming months and same goes for painting that will take place around the spring or Summer time when it warms up as this time of year is the worst time for painting as its too cold for this time of year.

Its Current State

Here is Leyland Atlantean 1215 in its current Condition and i will be restoring it into its Original condition to what it was when it was in Service with the Public transport Commission back in the 1970s.

Alot of work is involved in this vehicle as at the moment iam taking old paint and doing other repairs to it and also planned to paint the whole Interior and the Outside of this Bus.

This Bus was new to now closed Pagewood deopt in 1973 and served the areas around the Eastern Suburbs. This bus was one of the buses that had caught fire at Pagewood depot in April 1974 and was rebuilt by Apprentinces at Chullora Workshops between 1976 and 1977. It was next to Other Atlantean 1219 which was destoryed by the Fire and was withdrawn at only 13 months old.

Here is the Interior when the Restoration began, the Ceiling is now scraped and will be repainted and the same goes for the walls and which will be sanded back and prepaired for painting.

The Floor on the nearside will be repaired due to wood rot as was hosed by Previous owner that had it and seat frames will be removed to begin the repairs and will be removed for the painting that wont take place for a few months as we are now in the colder months.