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busmansholiday last won the day on March 24 2021

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  1. They really do look wrong with the headlamps placed at the corners rather than a foot or so out from the radiator.
  2. @LightBulbFunand @Saabnut, how about a second project??
  3. https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202403077303500
  4. A bit like an ex SBG Y type Leopard then on local services in South Yorkshire (or even a Reliance with AEC's crash box on a full shift of contracts and schools). Yep, been there, got the T shirt and taken days to recover...
  5. Yes they were generally shit, assuming they hadn't turned into a pile of iron oxide within the first five years. I always remember my dad dragging me down the street to look at a "new" 101 that was the same age as his Mk II 'tina. "Look at the rust on that bonnet edge" he said. "Never buy a Vauxhall".
  6. Leeds, one of the ex London Feltham cars on the left.
  7. Ha, ha, ha. Many a small operator has fitted a ticket machine on the top of the engine cover to use such things for one man. The difficult bit was the doors, either a mechanical arm / handle or even a piece of rope. Ask me how I know. Don't also forget Ford offered their R192 or R226 (both front engined) with Plaxton Derwent bus body for one man operation.
  8. Hate Nationals that I do, it was a lot, lot easier for a shift than a crash box Leopard on local services, and South Yorkshire is hardly flat.
  9. Same interior trim as mine was, unfortunately I'd end up sleeping in it in the public car park down the road if I won it.
  10. Aaarrhhh, the sound of that V6 engine, screaming away in the back of a Roadliner was something to behold. I was lucky, Chesterfield had some (never got to drive one), but travelled on many, and travelled on Bournemouth's (on loan to LCBS), and.. Stay still my beating heart !!! The re-engined ones with the Perkins V8 may have been more reliable but....
  11. Looks good, the pics even make Donny look desirable*.
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