jon.k Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Got it in one! Friends are now very impressed* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 My turn to be papped... SEC in Glasgow last week with my daily driver. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk davidfowler2000, Six-cylinder, willswitchengage and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 For the first time during my time here on Autoshite has this thread title made sense. Yoss, cms206, SierraMikeHotel and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 'J' Reg, m8. Oof - yrr in fine company here cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 'J' Reg, m8. Oof - yrr in fine company here ... for the sake of completeness, tgis afternoon I had the K-reg one which is technically older than the J-reg one. So there. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk davidfowler2000, Inspector Morose and 83C 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Ex Ulsterbus Wright bodied Tiger, quite rare in the UK. So who was driving it on that U Tube video ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon.k Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 They look smarter than most stuff 15 years newer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrcento Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I miss buses how they used to be up to about 1996, particularly the Ailsas... the noise they made, my god, one of my earliest bus memories was being on an Ailsa charging up the Forfar road and the noise being similar to a herd of elephants howling through a megaphone as they jumped off a cliff Every journey as a kid felt like an event. Yoss, cms206, Steviemillar and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Ex Ulsterbus Wright bodied Tiger, quite rare in the UK. So who was driving it on that U Tube video ?25 built so quite rare in general; this was one of the seven (I think) brought in by Invincible at Tamworth. The K-plate is ex Ulsterbus 1408/WXI 4408 which is actually the first of the Wright 'Classic' style produced. The J-reg is ex Ulsterbus 1413/WXI 4413 which was the first of the 25 to actually enter service in June 1992. I wasn't aware of the YouTube video (seen it now) - it's our transport manager Mark at the wheel. It was K984 JNV's first public outing after repaint into red in October 2016 and it got passed about like a used scudbook for most of the afternoon. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 They look smarter than most stuff 15 years newer!Cheers Jon; we DO try to keep them tidy but we had a pretty rough spell earlier in the year which kinda fucked us a bit but we're starting to push on again. We lost eight of our nine newest coaches during a bout of unpleasantness best left for another time but we're actually doing better than ever. Repaints stopped for a bit which left some of the fleet looking quite tired but we've brought that back in house too with one new* addition just about to head for MOT before a Volvo B7R and a Volvo B10M come in to get done. Once they're done the other B10M is due in for re-repaint, followed by another B7R. The one just about finished was this very cheap Merc 29-seater; it was a genuine barn find which needed a wee bit of work but it should be back on the road by mid October (waiting on an MOT slot). It's also had six brand new wheel rims since these pictures, the bumper is now on and been fitted with new light units all round. Looks okay for 17 years old! Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk jumpingjehovahs, jon.k, catsinthewelder and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 That little Merc is now outside again. Just the front end to build up and then MOT... hopefully. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 The Cheetah isn't a bad old thing, but the Cheetah2, now that's an entirely different kettle of fish, oh the hillarity me and Penfold Tetley had with a brand spanker, it crabbed, the speed limiter was set at 55, just as the badermatic switched in to top, so on any kind of gradient, was up and down the box, the stereo would cut out when the limiter kicked in, and random bits of trim fell off, and the front foglights were held in by Sikaflex, Tetley was fuming, as he'd paid cash for it, was fun driving it back to Scab for repairs, it was gone for 6 weeks. I suspect all they did was build another and put the plates on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Saw a Paramount today. Not sure what chassis it's on as it was hidden half below a hedgerow - Cummins L10 engine though based on the burble (which is why I looked in that direction) - and unlike about the last dozen I've seen - still had the correct maaaaahossive tail lights, which made me far happier to see than it really should have. Just in plain white (looked shiny) so just out the paint shop I have to guess. Used to think they were dead boring when we got them for school trips...I only considered the Supremes or Dominants "real" coaches. Okay, the Jonkheere P499 got a pass simply because I'd never seen a Jonkheere up until that point, so it got points for being different. Even if based on a first gen B10M with the smaller engine it was geologically slow as the body was really a couple of tonnes too heavy for the engine. They look "proper" now though! Would happily ride one anywhere over the modern tat. Still wouldn't own one though. The chrome, veneer and attempt to convey glamour that we saw in the earlier days is what draws me in really - and visually I like the holder more brutalist looks of the 70s coaches really...Dominant II being the winner hands down in terms of looks for me. Shame they rust in such truly exciting ways. We had a Cheetah 2 on the Dyce Airlink in the first few months back in Aberdeen. The degree to which it leaked when it rained was truly comical. Only thing worse was the reliability record. Especially as we'd paid for vinyls for the blasted thing, and that the operator only set up one ticket machine for the route, so we never got fares when the wrong bus was in use... can't remember what it was replaced with between that and the Solo which lacked working heating as long as I knew it... I do miss the truly hilarious noises the Alison boxes these old Mercedes were usually fitted with used to make though. Especially the one which used to regularly appear on our route in MK which appeared to be stuck in kickdown mode...so it went pretty well, but sounded epic...made a change from them usually barely making it up a hill without losing drive which was more normal behaviour on the MK Metro fleet... LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 The Allison auto does make some rather odd whistles & whines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 It's not the gearbox that howls believe it or not. I've a mate who served his time at Turners who spent his time converting manual Mercs to auto and rebuilding Allison AT545s. None of then howl on the bench. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Just spent a good few days in Turin and it's a pretty bus heavy place. I noticed the hub of the local operator (GTT) is the following buses: Irisbus Cityclass 12 - GTT 2740 by Pi Eye, on Flickr Van Hool AG300 - GTT 982 by Pi Eye, on Flickr 9055 by Julian L. C., on Flickr They are a bit of a mixed bag to be honest. At one point, we had to take a replacement bus to cover the suspension of the (automated, neat) Metro, and one of those single deck Cityclass Ivecos turned up. It was arguably overladen, and it felt like the rear axle was moving about under all the weight, wiggling a bit too much, and a heck of a lean into bends! They seem to vary in condition wildly, between pretty tidy to absolutely fucked, with saggy suspension, oil and grease soaked panels and barely visible lights. Some of the bendy buses had bits of the articulated parts dragging along the road FFS... The Van Hool things were mid-mounted engined, which makes more sense in a bendy. The Bredamenarinibus looked odd, like someone sneezed some leftover trailer lights on the front and rear of them. There was also some electric buses too, some of which were tiny. You get on the bus and validate your ticket, I don't think you can actually buy the tickets from the driver. I noticed that NO ONE seemed to bother validating their ticket and I can only assume they were travelling for nothing. The drivers had a bank of CCTV (in black and white) monitors next to them, seemed like a good idea. Interiors are bare as hell though, plastic seats and made for standing really. I noticed the bendys were plated to carry 143 people!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Spotted this in the Lake District - apparently it was bought to turn into a holiday let but as usual it never happened LightBulbFun, davidfowler2000, Dick Longbridge and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 EFE actually did a Diecast model of that very bus when it was with Preston Bus. Went to York Pullman (sticker in back window) who never repainted it surprisingly. Though it had been scrapped. Where exactly is it now ? LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermchugh79 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Not a bus but Dublin buses newest tow car Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk davidfowler2000 and willswitchengage 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 EFE actually did a Diecast model of that very bus when it was with Preston Bus. Went to York Pullman (sticker in back window) who never repainted it surprisingly. Though it had been scrapped. Where exactly is it now ?Just outside Keswick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Just outside Keswick Back home on a proper computer so can add to this. It is on the old Keswick to Cockermouth road in a village called Thornthwaite and I am led to believe it could be for sale as the owner was thinking of scrapping it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernMonkey Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Fuck, don’t tell me that. If it had been a National, I’d have been on my way up there by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Proper Leyland chassis - checkL10 engine - checkHigh speed final drive - checkBodywork by Workington - ah. cms206 and davidfowler2000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 I bet the neighbors love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 You should have seen the state of the 'Not So Regal' Busways ex Preston shed from the same batch, it had several different mismatched panels, and was regularly seen dumped in a layby between North Weald & Epping, that firm went from a very tidy indie, to an absolute shower of shit, running various buses on loan from every man & their dog, more often than not with a tatty bit of paper in the windscreen for destinations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They_all_do_that_sir Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Clearing out the attic, I came across this which I forgot I bought years ago. Bought mostly for local interest and also because as a kid in the late 90s all my school buses were leyland leopards, Bristol REs and Leyland Tigers..... 200 pages of the stuff Sent from my F3211 using Tapatalk martc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Keeping it or offering it ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They_all_do_that_sir Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Keeping it or offering it ???If you want it fire me a PM and it's yours for postage. It'll only end up back in the attic Sent from my F3211 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 PM sent, hopefully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Back home on a proper computer so can add to this. It is on the old Keswick to Cockermouth road in a village called Thornthwaite and I am led to believe it could be for sale as the owner was thinking of scrapping it.Spotted the diecast model. There are masses of photos online of the bus in service. Let’s hope the owner sells it as a project, rather than weighs it in. Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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