Guest Hooli Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Didn't they first come back to be megabuses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 IMG_1316.JPG Your mower is literally 2 years older than me.Are you still in service? Twiggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Brightbus at Anston? These are a regular sight near me, school contracts they use them for, see them a lot on the A57 chucking loads of black shit out the back. A mate of mine used to drive these, awful in the wet he said. They used to have the sliding windows originally at the front for traffic in HK.Not any more... Brightbus ceased at the end of term on July 27th. My lot have bagged three for schools up in Glasgow. The Leylands aren't bad; the Dennis Dominator based Condor and Dragon were terrifying. They had half drop opening windows throughout and opening hoppers on the windscreens, not for traffic but because in HK they didn't have demisters. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted August 22, 2017 Author Share Posted August 22, 2017 Spotted tonight on the mean street of Thrapston, this Midas was flaunting its pedigree in the wheel department. The factory used to be just down the road at Corby. Back seat looks cosy, dash looks Metroey. I'd have one. barrett, Sheefag, ProgRocker and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 My word, it's just like a Mini Ogle redesigned by a blind man who's never heard of a car. Aston Martin, Sheefag, cros and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted August 23, 2017 Author Share Posted August 23, 2017 Are you still in service?This lot are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Stopped at Apex Corner ,which is the bottom of the A1 near Edgware/Hendon, to pay cash into my bank via Post Office(?!)Anyway I spotted a Bluebird, so took a picture , then realised the Hire van behind was an R reg. To me that's practically brand new , but it dawned on me it's actually over 20 years old, then I noticed all their other vans were all at the newest Turn of the Century.What they drive like, God only knows but they all look presentable, some branded Ace some Apex but all seem to be the same company. Must have a lot of white paint. Dirk Diggler, worldofceri, Asimo and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Aren't that shape of Trannys full on LEZbians? Would explain the still in use moniker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 There is a pair of reg numbers there, R270ONK & R271ONK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty879 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Supernaut and SiC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essex V6 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Spotted tonight on the mean street of Thrapston, this Midas was flaunting its pedigree in the wheel department.IMG_20170822_201343205.jpgIMG_20170822_201401819.jpg The factory used to be just down the road at Corby. Back seat looks cosy, dash looks Metroey. I'd have one.Mk 2 Cavvy lights for the win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Not your average Taxi: petrol, V6, manual, immaculate, 16 years old. Sudsprint, ProgRocker, Mr Laurence and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Hammerite has it's uses: I painted a wooden (well mdf) toilet seat with aerosol Hammerite and it was still perfect when I binned it after 20 years. Absolutely useless for car use though.A toilet seat in a car could be useful ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 s-l1600 (4).jpgWas the near side lower corner Sandra Jean s last ride on the bus ? Aston Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Spotted tonight on the mean street of Thrapston, this Midas was flaunting its pedigree in the wheel department.IMG_20170822_201343205.jpgIMG_20170822_201401819.jpg The factory used to be just down the road at Corby. Back seat looks cosy, dash looks Metroey. I'd have one.Should of made the wiring loom a bit longer , he could of got the headlights nearer the front of the car ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 Should of made the wiring loom a bit longer , he could of got the headlights nearer the front of the car !And make the front look.like this? I don't think wiring was Mr Midas's forte as his factory burnt down in 1989. Despite this the cars re-appeared in various guises the way kit cars seem to. The moulds are often a special 'non-inflammable' sort... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Local daily driver this one and has been since the mid-80s when it was bought at auction. Scaryoldcortina filled me in the details and it's just a wonderful bit of kit with a great little back story the like of which I thought had died out when Y2K happened. Race support vehicle. I see this trundling about a fair bit locally. Also see a Volvo 140/early 240 estate in Leadbetter mustard fairly regularly but I can't find a picture of that. This horsebox was a neat surprise recently when the Purple Austin Rescue Mission happened. Sudsprint, Heidel_Kakao, cros and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidel_Kakao Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Local daily driver this one and has been since the mid-80s when it was bought at auction. Scaryoldcortina filled me in the details and it's just a wonderful bit of kit with a great little back story the like of which I thought had died out when Y2K happened.201509-01.jpg Race support vehicle.201708-03.jpg I see this trundling about a fair bit locally. Also see a Volvo 140/early 240 estate in Leadbetter mustard fairly regularly but I can't find a picture of that.201508-11.jpg This horsebox was a neat surprise recently when the Purple Austin Rescue Mission happened.201707-09.jpgI will own a 505 estate one day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 What's really weird is that 505 doesn't do that squeaky-creaky suspension thing as it goes down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 What's really weird is that 505 doesn't do that squeaky-creaky suspension thing as it goes down the road.'Cos it has a simple solid rear axle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 I did not know this! I thought they were the same as their smaller siblings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 And make the front look.like this?Cortez-Excelsior-1024x454.jpgI don't think wiring was Mr Midas's forte as his factory burnt down in 1989. Despite this the cars re-appeared in various guises the way kit cars seem to. The moulds are often a special 'non-inflammable' sort...I've seen worse ... a lot worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Still moving the people of Flintshire... cros, stephen01, strangeangel and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloth in a bowl Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 If trams are counting then Turin still has a couple of pre-WW2 trams running the historic route but you use standard local travel tickets for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted September 25, 2017 Author Share Posted September 25, 2017 That Bedford TK- superb. Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 That Bedford TK- superb.It is, the signwriting is special too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I've seen worse ... a lot worseMe too. Is it wrong that I really wanted one of those Midas things back in the day? This is fugly IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 5 LDVs + a Transit Shep Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Omg the midas touch wasn't working when he sketched that one .... but I probably would ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted September 25, 2017 Author Share Posted September 25, 2017 Horny horny horny. Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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