Thanks to Richard Schauer for sending along this exciting update on CTA 9631:
This is the update you've been waiting for! Painting has started. The green is now complete, having been sprayed Saturday and today.
Re-masking for white will finish tomorrow and it should be painted tomorrow and Wednesday. The silver-gray for the bumpers will go on afterward. The pictures are not particularly good because, of course, there isn't a lot of picture-taking room in a paint booth.
The green looks very good. The shop's main painter unexpectedly quit last week, but they have several other guys that can do the job. The painter we got is darn good at what he does, and is pleasant to work with. About the biggest "oops" I saw wasn't really his fault- they painted the bulbs and reflectors for the brake/tail lights! I saw they had primed them when they did the back end, and thought "someone made a mistake, and it's too late now." No big deal; I can fix it when it gets back to IRM.
Speaking of that, I am working on a schedule with the shop and the trucking company to bring it back next week sometime. More to come!
2 comments:
Looking good! How much of the old style decals will be reapplied? Obviously the CTA Logo but will the EXACT FARE REQUIRED, DRIVER HAS NO CHANGE or the EXIT ONLY UNLAWFUL TO ENTER AT THIS DOOR be returning? Always love the updates, keep up the good work out there in bus-land!
Tim- The coach is being restored to its 1973 as-retired appearance. Whatever decals it had will be reapplied.
R. W. Schauer
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