Bus Shite

[Ghosty]

And an M-B 0303.

 

Untitled by max_burton, on Flickr

[busmansholiday]

MB 0303, one of my favourite non UK buses, although the 0302 was better. Remember my late father bringing me a model of a 0302 one back from Europe (on a works trip) some time in early the '70's, you could remove the roof, the front and rear running units, always liked them. Might still have it somewhere.

There's a fair few 0303s still in Greece and they are far better than any modern shite. I've driven lots of shite over the last 40 years or so, must find some pictures of them and post them here.

[Vantman]

Would anybody like this 2003 DVD?    Free!------TAKEN.

 

 

 

 

 

[busmansholiday]

PM me, I'm that sad that I might enjoy it....

[Vantman]

PM me, I'm that sad that I might enjoy it....

 

PM sent.

[Felly Magic]

Rare modernshite, only just in service with Adam Barham, and named after himself, an Optare bodied Dennis Trident (Enviro), ex CT Plus, Hackney, been single door converted, and goes for retrim and the full Panther treatment next week, and no doubt a private plate will be stuck on too

 

[Six-cylinder]

Once again guys what am I looking at? Finmere Railway today.

[Guest Hooli]

No idea but the green one is cool as fook

[Felly Magic]

Open topper is an ADL Enviro 500 export model, white single deck is a mk1 ADL Enviro 300, tht green thing is a cut down RML, and that Metroline decker is an RML

[Felly Magic]

First Eastern Counties had an open day at Norwich depot today in aid of East Anglia Childrens Hospice, a very worthy cause, a fair few preserved buse were in attendance, and fresh out of the paint shop was a heritage liveried ex First Yorkshire Volvo B7L single deck, which compliments Ipswich's B7TL, which has now been named after a sadly departed driver, who passed away suddenly. Here's a sample of what was there, more will follow when I edit them, including the very last Bristol VRT for NBC, now owned by Viv Carter, and was restored from an engineless hulk. 2 of the heritage buses are ex Yorkshire Rider, bizarre choices of buses really

 

 

 

 

 

[davidfowler2000]

WTF?!?!?! Why is there an export E500 sunk in to the ground somewhere in England?

[Six-cylinder]

WTF?!?!?! Why is there an export E500 sunk in to the ground somewhere in England?

 

9 miles from the Field of Dreams

 

Sharing the site with the NSE is Coulsdon Old Vehicle & Engineering Society (COVES) 

[Guest Hooli]

WTF?!?!?! Why is there an export E500 sunk in to the ground somewhere in England?

 

I went back & looked for a Big Merc saloon until I realised.

[Inspector Morose]

Even more strangely, that one was the chassis and emissions development rig. It used to thunder about all over the country. Never registered and I thought it was long scrapped. Same goes for the E300 too.

The green RM single deck is a bit of a folly. Bought by COVES as a complete RM, it was, erm, modified for use as their mobile workshop/crew bus/jolly machine. If I remember correctly, it's got a high speed diff, Cummins engine and the dash out of something modern. Why? Because they could. Why else? They really are a bunch of extremely talented engineering nut cases.

The RML is, well, an RML. Modernised later in life but still an RML Bloody things.

[chaseracer]

Routemaster_bus_RML2284

[Felly Magic]

Some twunt turned up at the Naaaruch depot open day with a friggin RML, I did not waste memory card space on it. Had a nice ride on the ex Carters Coach Services/Eastern Counties boat engined Greenway, and a Brizzle LS DP/coach. Surprised the heritage liveried Yarmouth based B7TL wasn't there, the rest of the Eastern Counties heritage buses were there. Norwich has borrowed Ipswich's decker to run round alongside the single deck, even though it may fall foul of the Norwich LEZ. I have noticed all Norwich's deckers have piss tanks fitted, even the aged ex London Tridumps, and the B7Ls

[Felly Magic]

A few more shots from yesterday including a repatriated Lodekka camper. The AEC Swift/ECW used to belong to a friend of mine from Wakefield, now lives much closer to it's original home, my mate Nigel Blair and his friend Tony White did a full on rebuild of it, and did the head gasket at least 3 times on it, nearly every time it went on a long run, it would kettle. crappy AH505 lump. They missed a golden opportunity to snap all 3 ECOC dereg liveried buses together. I think the fictitious 4th, an ex LT National has vanished, not seen it in a fair while

 

 

 

[Felly Magic]

I think that trim is like gold dust these days

[holbeck]

No spares like that available from Plaxton's themselves? 

[Felly Magic]

Not a chance, Plaxton have changed hands and factory sites, bits for Supremes and Panoramas have been obsolete decades now

[beko1987]

I found myself walking around a school in Chinnor earlier trying to get Charlie to sleep, when I saw this

 

 

Apparently it's been there years, is actually sitting on a metal framework underneath and is plumbed into the mains going by the caravan type plug and lead bolted to its arse, they use it as an outdoor learning place.

 

 

Lucky bastards! Judging by the paint I imagine it was arriva, their our local bunch along with carousel. Arriva have the better routes though.

[Felly Magic]

New to United Auto in the North East so deffo would be ex Arrivashite. Bizarrely today the Mrs was given a bubble wrapped parcel for me from the fitters at her workplace, the front reg plate of a bus I despised with a passion unequalled, a new to Ragecoach London Dennis Dart SLF ALX200 that became 438 in the Stephensons Haverhill fleet

[quicksilver]

It was with Arriva but the last operator was Heyfordian at Bicester and that was their livery for all their Olympian school buses. No further trace since they sold it in 2015 so I guess we now know where it went. Here it is in service with them (different reg but definitely the same bus as they kept that plate and put the original one back on).

 

[beko1987]

Although I'm amazed about the info gained, I'm not surprised!

 

St Andrew's school in Chinnor if it fills a hole in anyone's spreadsheet!

[CreepingJesus]

There is a story behind this contraption, it I forget what it is now!

[Pillock]

B255RAJ

 

 

This 1985 LEYLAND Unknown Unknown on numberplate B255 RAJ was first registered on Saturday 1st of June 1985 near Middlesbrough. It had been previously registered under DF4065, 8548VF, JFG939, ASV603. This bus had 2 previous owners before the current keeper acquired it.It was painted red/cream previously.

[beko1987]

It's now liveried in pogweasel arriva green! With whitewall* tyres

[Guest Hooli]

There is a story behind this contraption, it I forget what it is now!

 

Reminds me of a 1950/60s RAF crew bus, but I don't think it is.

[RoadworkUK]

Apropos of not much, I found myself wondering earlier, are there any Bova Europas left on British roads?

[busmansholiday]

My sister has sent me this picture she took whilst out walking her dog. It's in the back of a car scrap yard near Great Yarmouth and looks like one of the three Marshall bodied single deck Leyland Atlateans they had. Anybody know anything about it or why it's there (she says it's been there some time).