320touring Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C578856 make it so, k plzthnksbye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 It's been haunted by the ghost of Jocky Wilson nacho man, coalnotdole, Richard and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Didn't cms (Andy) used to own a bus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I would absolutely love to get that to just-about-scrape-through MOT condition, leave the exterior 100% as is, and then drive it around Stonehouse's bus routes providing a terrifying, ghostly, lost-in-time bus experience. Rather than taking fares I'd just say "woo-ooo-ooo" and go translucent. dugong, cms206, Craig the Princess and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Largactil Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I remember Midland Bluebird using these well into the 90's (maybe even 2000) on their Hillfoots route from Alloa to Stirling when I were a lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Didn't cms (Andy) used to own a bus?I had about twelve, including four of those Alexander-bodied Leyland Leopards - HCS 793N, GCS 69V, PSX 188Y and PSX 189Y. Picked GCS 69V up from it's original owner with MOT for £500+vat back in the day. ULS 330T was Midland's MPE330 though I think it spent time with Strathtay and Meffans so it'll be fairly pumped. That said I absolutely still would, those Leopards (in general, I was brought up in Western-Clydeside land) were the bus of my childhood and I really miss mine. They are rugged, aluminium bodied and framed so no rust, they look as cool as fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickwall Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 So many memories of Midland Scottish and Bluebird driving me home from school. In those days you could talk to the driver with your back on the windscreen and yer bum nestled behind the railing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 What are the rules about driving old buses? Do you need a pre-97 car licence, or will any one do? Our do you need to do a bus test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Back in the day, we borrowed some ex lowland Seddon/Alexanders for our fledgling bus service. Think heavier leopard with Gardner engine and a four speed stick box! Green and yellow with "best bus in the country" in big vinyl letters down the side. Once we found out they were individual letters, they were never swapped around on the offside to spell rude things, oh no.Mega mpg but after eight hours with one, you were totally wrecked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 It's been haunted by the ghost of Jocky Wilson Or Fred West? Angrydicky, EssDeeWon, tooSavvy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 the leopard is the only bus I can remember from childhood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 leyland nationals and bristol re single deckers, and leyland olympian and bristol vr double deckers are the one that i remember feom been a nipper, plus the leyland lynx when i got into my teens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 We were on the fringes of Seddon Pennine country ieb the 90s but saw the odd Leopard too. Much better than plastic shite but undeniably less friendly to non bus enthusiasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oman5 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 If it's still got an o.680, put a straight through exhaust on it. Then drive through town centres at 20mph in top playing "set off all the car alarms" vulgalour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 That was new cross hospital for me every hour. Leopard silencers(the small straight through ones) fit on atlanteans too. Other notable roars - Bristol RE. Sitting by the town hall in the late nineties was a bus spotters wet dream of sounds.Early (pre war) London RT class. A barking exhaust note truly unique to that early batch. Five cylinder Gardners. A weird staccato note with muffled roar. The CIE Bombardier double deckers. GM two stroke with Alison box. Very angry sounding things and sadly all gone too. For really vocal sound effects try the Devon General Regent (ROD???) owned by one of the Blackman clan. It's got no silencer at all. That can be heard for miles! oman5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 always liked the sound of the GOG***N leyland engined fleetlines of wmpte and the legendary ailsas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 It's been haunted by the ghost of Jocky Wilson that's that fucking Fred West, that is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I had about twelve, including four of those Alexander-bodied Leyland Leopards - HCS 793N, GCS 69V, PSX 188Y and PSX 189Y. Picked GCS 69V up from it's original owner with MOT for £500+vat back in the day. ULS 330T was Midland's MPE330 though I think it spent time with Strathtay and Meffans so it'll be fairly pumped. That said I absolutely still would, those Leopards (in general, I was brought up in Western-Clydeside land) were the bus of my childhood and I really miss mine. They are rugged, aluminium bodied and framed so no rust, they look as cool as fuck. What'd y'know about McEwans? Once or twice a year I see a McEwans bus it a livery that can only be described as diarrhea brown with yellow lettering and one yellow stripe down the side - Is someone moonlighting as a McEwans driver in an old coach? Edit: I'm not really into the whole bus-spotting community but I see bits of pieces here & there and the knowledge surrounding any one vehicle seems to be pretty amazing. Pretty sure this is the bus I see , I wonder why they were running it around in a totally different livery. Seems to be deed now anyways. MacEwans Coach Services Volvo B10M-55 Alexander-PS ( K745 DAO ) by stuartgillies91, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I grew up with these in Linlithgow, the town's Midland Bluebird depot had lots of these up until around 2000. ULS338T was part of the local fleet. As Andy said, alloy body and frame and a big unstressed shire horse of an engine made many of these see 20 years plus service. Hopefully this will be saved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Scotoshite Coaches"your getting there is fuck all to do wi us, pal" oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickwall Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 It's been haunted by the ghost of Jocky Wilson Looks more like a young Fred West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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