IMGP0004.jpg	Outside Macclesfield Town Football Club. I was asked by Cheshire County Council to take my bus to the opening of the new bus station at Macclesfield, this was because North Western opened the original one and it was felt that a vehicle from that company would be fitting. The new bus station was opened by the mayor and MP of Macclesfield.
IMGP0002.jpg	382 As Restored By Crosville
AMGP0001.jpg	382 Brand New At Stockport In Oct 1971
IMGP0003.jpg	382 At Macclesfield Depot When Owned By Crosville
IMGP0496.jpg	Rear offside showing the incorrect rear light units.
IMGP0497.jpg	Rear nearside, again showing the incorrect light units which would normally be found on the back of a Leyland Atlantean.
IMGP0498.JPG	A very tatty cab area.
IMGP0499.JPG	The front showing a 'Pay As You Enter' sign now fitted and working.
IMGP0500.jpg	Louvres in the side panels
IMGP0501.jpg	This the seating moquette which I require 30 metres of, can you help with locating some please?
IMGP0502.jpg	This is the incorrect destination glass which was fitted by Crosville and covers the hole where a BET style destination glass should fit.
IMGP0503.jpg	New window rubber going in.
IMGP0505.jpg	The destination plate removed.
IMGP0504.jpg	Correct sized glass going in.
IMGP0506.jpg	More new window rubber being fitted.
IMGP0507.jpg	New window rubber for the door glass.
IMGP0508.jpg	New window rubber for the windscreen.
IMGP0600.jpg	Picture of the rear floor before its removal as it was collapsing, this part of the floor is cantalevered.
IMGP0601.jpg	What no floor!
IMGP0602.jpg	Back door open showing no floor.
IMGP0603.jpg	New wooden floor supports fitted.
IMGP0604.jpg	New floor and treadmaster flooring fitted.
IMGP0605.JPG	New fuel pump fitted as I was having problems with her running. Pump fitted by Steve Graham.
IMGP0606.jpg	The air filter had seen better days, infact fell to pieces!
IMGP0656.jpg	New nearside rear corner with the correct light unit fitted.
IMGP0657.jpg	Offside with new rear corner and light unit.
IMGP0658.jpg	Rear shot.
IMGP0655.jpg	Before fibre glass panels were fitted.
IMGP0660.jpg	Another rear shot.
IMGP0661.jpg	Now starting to repanel the sides.
IMGP0662.jpg	New rear panel and working reversing light!
IMGP0663.jpg	Another rear shot.
IMGP0664.jpg	Removal of some of the panels.
IMGP0665.jpg	Another shot.
IMGP0666.jpg	New panel fitted.
IMGP0667.jpg	More new panels.
IMGP0668.jpg	THis picture shows the specially made louvred panel.
IMGP0671.jpg	Nearside engine flap repaired and refitted.
IMGP0672.jpg	More new panels.
IMGP0673.jpg	Another rear picture.
IMGP0674.jpg	New panels rubbed down.
IMGP0694.jpg	Working my way round.
IMGP0695.jpg	Useful sign writing information.
IMGP0696.jpg	More new panels.
IMGP0697.jpg	This one's a bit more tricky, with a hole in the middle for the fuel filler.
IMGP0698.jpg	New panel fabricated as old one was rottern.
IMGP0699.jpg	All offside panels now replaced.
IMGP0701.jpg	Front offside.
IMGP0702.jpg	Battery compartment awaiting new panel and repaired battery flap.
IMGP0703.jpg	Another picture different angle.
IMGP0704.jpg	Battery panel again.
IMGP0705.jpg	Close up.
IMGP0706.jpg	This legal lettering was found under an aluminuim plate on the battery panel.
IMGP0707.jpg	Information recorded.
IMGP0717.jpg	This piece had sheared off one of the body sections.
IMGP0718.jpg	Another shot .
IMGP0719.jpg	Front fibreglass vallance off for repair
IMGP0752.jpg	New wood fitted replacing old rottern timber.
IMGP0753.jpg	New panel with folded edge ready to be fitted.
IMGP0754.jpg	
IMGP0793.jpg	Front shot.
IMGP0755.jpg	New water header tank cap fitted.
IMGP0756.jpg	Body section now repaired and new outrigger fitted as this was rottern.
IMGP0757.jpg	New body support panel fitted.
IMGP0758.jpg	New panel fitted.
IMGP0759.jpg	Another picture of the same.
IMGP0794.jpg	Polished trim fitted under water filler cap.
IMGP0795.jpg	Front vallance now back on.
IMGP0923.JPG	The timber in the door pillar was damaged.
IMGP0924.JPG	Step just hanging there!
IMGP0925.JPG	Another shot.
IMGP1043.jpg	New door framing fitted.
IMGP1044.jpg	Door framing treated with wood preserver.
IMGP1069.jpg	New door pillar panel fitted.
IMGP1070.jpg	Another shot of the same.
IMGP1348.jpg	Removal of paint from around the front dome.
IMGP1349.jpg	Now the front panel!
IMGP1604.jpg	Front panel finished.
IMGP1605.jpg	Passenger door rubbed down.
IMGP1606.jpg	Rear corner paint removal.
IMGP1607.jpg	Rear roof dome with paint removed.
IMGP1608.jpg	Widow pillars with the paint removed.
IMGP1757.jpg	Finally being paint, with etch primer first.
IMGP1758.jpg	Now undercoat.
IMGP1759.jpg	Painting of the side.
IMGP1760.jpg	Painting of the roof.
IMGP1761.jpg	Another of the same.
IMGP0020.jpg	Former North Western 381 with the low roof profile for the Dunham Massey bridge with the NBC Crosville livery.
IMGP0004.jpg	I believe this is a Crosville publicity picture taken when restored at Sealand Road Works.
IMGP0005.jpg	382 Now with Hollis of Queensferry
IMGP1841.jpg	Now freshly painted, rear shot.
IMGP1842.jpg	Front shot.
IMGP1843.jpg	Nearside shot.
IMGP1845.jpg	Now ready for the numbers and sign writing to be applied.
IMGP2012.jpg	Now with sign writing appied to the front.
IMGP2013.jpg	Red North Western fleet names.
IMGP2014.jpg	Rear shot with correct emergency door information and yellow North Western fleetname.
IMGP2016.jpg	Legal lettering now applied.
IMGP2317.jpg	Replacement of the rottern flooring, part of the metal work needs to be replaced.
IMGP2318.jpg	Just need to fit some pedals!
IMGP2319.JPG	The actual rottern step caused by ingres of water.
IMGP2320.jpg	North Western fleetname.
IMGP2321.jpg	382 Fleetnumber.
IMGP2322.jpg	Fuel filler cap.
IMGP2323.jpg	Engine flap.
IMGP2324.jpg	Who said the back end of a bus is ugly!
IMGP2325.jpg	Battery isolator flap.
IMGP2326.jpg	Close in shot of fleetnumber.
IMGP2327.jpg	Front veiw of company logo.
IMGP2346.JPG	Removal of the rottern floor, the bit between the front wheels as this section of the floor moves when you corner!
IMGP2347.JPG	View looking forward in the sallon.
IMGP2382.JPG	New floor jiosts now fitted.
IMGP2383.JPG	Wood now fitted for the step.
AMGP0100.jpg	Here is a picture of 382 now as SRL 247 seen inside Northwich depot when with Crosville. Picture kindly supplied by Graham Senior who also owns the copyright.
AMGP0101.jpg	Here is 382 in the yard at Northwich depot. Graham Senior copyright.
AMGP0022SJA 377J.JPG.jpg	Vehicle 377 seen at Warrington, these buses has the special low roof's so they could pass under the canal at Dunham Massey.
AMGP0021NJA 318H.JPG.jpg	One of the Alexander bodied RE's seen at Matlock.
AMGP0020SJA 392K.JPG.jpg	Vehicle 392 seen at Macclesfield before transfer to Crosville. Was this the last RE delivered in red before the changes?
IMGP2569.JPG	Trying to sort out the wiring!!
IMGP2570.JPG	Here's some of the damaged wiring. The internal blowers were not working. I've now rewired the blowers and wiring to the rear nearside junction box which supplies the rear lights.
IMGP2572.jpg	On show at the Llandudno Transport Extravaganza on the 5th of May 2007.
IMGP3043.jpg	Removel of wheel, drum, etc to gain access to the hub in the hope to cure the heavy juddering when I brake. The worn king pins are always flagged on the Mot as advisories.
IMGP3045.jpg	Hub removed to enable the worn king pin and bush to be replaced. The linings and drums have already been replaced.
IMGP3046.jpg	The actual worn king pins, this should cure the steering/ braking judder.
IMGP3046.jpg	Old heater matrix which was completely blocled up.
IMGP3047.jpg	Old unit off ready for repair.
IMGP3048.jpg	Nice and shiny, now back on the bus with the flexible hoses also repaired.
IMGP3049.jpg	Front bench seat removed to replace the rottern wood.jpg
IMGP3052.jpg	New seat bases ready for the moquette
IMGP3050.jpg	One of the old seat bases, unsuitable for re-use.
IMGP3051.jpg	Originally fitted to SRL 251, Crosville used to swap the seat bases around between vehicles.
IMGP3053.jpg	econdhand nearside heated screen which I obtained from a Barnsley scrapyard.
IMGP3054.jpg	Both heated screens now fitted, with the centre bar polished up. I just need to wire them up.
IMGP3055.jpg	Replacement pistons, piston rings, liners being fitted.
IMGP3056.jpg	Also replacement head for the air compressor. Fiddly job.