On the subject of the original bucks my memories are not quite the same as previous posts. I saw several of the old Thames Ditton wooden bucks at the High Street works, then with Angliss at CP and Autokraft and, when he became A.C., at Brooklands. Lubinsky then became the custodian and these are now with A.C. Heritage. In addition I used to see fibreglass bucks, in sections, from the early days of the Cobra, because they subcontracted for panels all over the place. When High Street closed some of these unwanted, subcontractor's, fibreglass bucks would no doubt have gone in to the skip and perhaps that is where the confusion arises? I asked David Sanderson for his memories and he agrees that both at Thames Ditton and with Angliss there were extra fibreglass sectional bucks produced for production purposes and that these were taken (via wheeled aluminium panels) from the 'master' wooden buck. As I remember production of the Mk. IV the wooden buck was not to be seen on the shop floor, only the sectional fibreglass bucks. Moreover David points out that the wooden bucks were changed, over time, to produce different body styles. As noted by Steve Gray the Mk. IV 'long nose' extension and David notes the addition of larger wheel arch lips on the Mk. I wooden buck to produce the Mk.II buck. The Mk. IV panels relate directly to the old Mk.III buck and I wonder why there is doubt that this was not with Angliss and now resides with A.C. Heritage? As I understand this thread it was fibreglass not wooden bucks that were seen going in to a skip? Conversely is it the proposition that the Mk. III buck only ever existed in fibreglass form and there was no wooden buck produced by the Thames Ditton chippies ? That would be a surprise.
The whole question has got me thinking that the Club should make a list of where all the extant bucks (maybe including jigs, tooling and patterns) are and I have asked Andy: Perhaps The Council should consider the matter. For example I gather from David that The Greyhound buck is privately owned and we see in ACtion the brilliant news that a new 3000 ME body has just been produced. Just what does still exist and where and, more importantly, is it being kept safe?