Bus Shite

[Inspector Morose]

A lot of the attraction of a 70s coach over a bus is the glamour of it............

 

............Bedford Y-series based Dominant II......

Sorry, does not compute. (Couldn't resist that one )

[chaseracer]

Why does the front end of this look funny?

 

 

[sierraman]

Or held against creep with the brakes in gear while the driver takes the fare, until the flywheel oil seal goes.

[Cleon-Fonte]

New Bradwell, Milton Keynes this morning.

 

A quick internet check says Leyland, MOT expired 28 July 2017, taxed 1 Dec 2017, 10450cc.

 

That'll be one of the dozens of Leyland (and later Volvo) Olympians with Northern Counties Palatine bodies that East Yorkshire bought new throughout the 1990s. I remember them when they were new and impressive so it's sad to see what that one's been reduced to.

 

Here's how it looked in its heyday.

 

[Six-cylinder]

From the internet another photo marked Leeds paintshop 2013. Then it had slightly different branding.

[Snipes]

Maynes of Manchester use to run them, or something very similar. Great seats, much nicer than the later moulded though plastic affairs.

[martc]

That'll be one of the dozens of Leyland (and later Volvo) Olympians with Northern Counties Palatine bodies that East Yorkshire bought new throughout the 1990s. I remember them when they were new and impressive so it's sad to see what that one's been reduced to.

 

Here's how it looked in its heyday.

 

East Yorkshire have just bought 18 MCV Evoseti busses (see http://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/mcv-unveils-evoseti-double-decker/ and https://cbwmagazine.com/eyms-receives-mcv-volvo-fleet/) which will replace some Wright bodied Volvoss - are these destined for the play bus market (as above)? What are MCV buses like for reliabilty, build quality etc? Apparantly the purchase was based on having an MCV on loan a couple of years ago (so sometimes it is worth having loan buses).

  

The mocquette (sp?) is fantastic.

 

[busmansholiday]

Zelandeth, on 12 Sept 2017 - 4:23 PM, said:

A lot of the attraction of a 70s coach over a bus is the glamour of it............

............Bedford Y-series based Dominant II......

 

It could be far, far, worse, it could be a Willowbrook Spacecar (007) bodied Bedford.  These really were a total bag of shite, I know of one episode where a drive had to ask the passengers to get off  and walk up a hill because it wasn't capable of climbing it loaded.  Even when mounted on a Reliance or Leopard chassis, it turned a decentish coach into a complete pile of shite.  Handling, performance, everything went down the pan. We weren't sad to see them go.

 

As for Duple, I remember back in the late 70's, early eighties that they used to build the basic body frames in advance of the NBC orders.  They would stack them in the rear of the yard at the back of their plant in Blackpool.  When the chassis from Leyland or AEC came in they dragged the bodies back inside and mounted them on the chassis and finished them off, they were going rusty internally before they were delivered to the operator.

[atlantean]

Sorry, does not compute. (Couldn't resist that one )

I think that's glamour in the autoshite sense......

[atlantean]

Or held against creep with the brakes in gear while the driver takes the fare, until the flywheel oil seal goes.

No...... just bloody no.....

 

Anyone caught doing that just needs to be slapped.

[Grundig]

Or held against creep with the brakes in gear while the driver takes the fare, until the flywheel oil seal goes.

 

The Leyland National used to rock back n forth & all its passengers too when you did that - quite funny when seen from outside the bus 

[Six-cylinder]

Today.

[davidfowler2000]

cms206 might have some serious wibble over that. I'll send the link.

[cms206]

Today.

cms206 might have some serious wibble over that. I'll send the link.

LEYLAND CUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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[davidfowler2000]

Thought so

[puddlethumper]

Spotted my first bus shite when I had a camera.

 

 

Looking to you bus shiters for info.

[Inspector Morose]

Black Country Tours Roe bodied Atlantean (NNN480W - ex Nottingham).

[lisbon_road]

@Zelandeth, there were a lot of Dominant 1 and 2 coaches on Malta and Gozo.  Some come up for sale occasionally, and I remember seeing a Dominant 1 for sale on Gozo for a long time.  Their condition was normally I believe pretty good bodily as they seemed to get very thorough rebuilds - no doubt not all of them of course.  Costs a bit to get them back but might be less than the rebuild cost.  All came off the road a few years back but tended to be family owned and many survived in sheds (lot of sheds in Malta to keep vehicles and other stuff out of the sun).

[chaseracer]

Black Country Tours Roe bodied Atlantean (NNN480W - ex Nottingham).

 

That - or another very similar in that series of registrations - used to be a caff on the A49 above Leominster.

[chaseracer]

Can anyone identify the tail lights on the middle bus?

 

 

Ta.

[Pillock]

That Leyland Cub belongs/belonged to a racer in the VWDRC, used as accomodation / party bus / den of low moral compass.

 

I think he's now upgraded to the other one. Can't find the picture I had of it with dildos stuck to the windscreen.

 

[Six-cylinder]

That Leyland Cub belongs/belonged to a racer in the VWDRC, used as accomodation / party bus / den of low moral compass.

 

I think he's now upgraded to the other one. Can't find the picture I had of it with dildos stuck to the windscreen.

 

That makes sense, it is in secure storage close to Santa Pot raceway.

[atlantean]

LEYLAND CUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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Known in this neck of the woods as a Bathgate bin lorry.  

 

I have a (loose) connection with a preserved example, it's awful, not even shite, just shit. Horrific driving position, dreadful brakes and an automatic.  Not BLs finest hour.

[Zelandeth]

...and I believe the earlier Plaxton Supreme (up to III I think) and possibly the Panorama.

 

Not 100% on that, Plakkys aren't my speciality.

[Felly Magic]

Known in this neck of the woods as a Bathgate bin lorry.  

 

I have a (loose) connection with a preserved example, it's awful, not even shite, just shit. Horrific driving position, dreadful brakes and an automatic.  Not BLs finest hour.

Not the idiot Fairchild's 'box of fags'?

[Vantman]

A local coach driver back in my earlier days--

[Inspector Morose]

Looking at the steering wheel and binnacle - I say AEC Reliance. Body? Not sure but I'll hazard a guess at Harrington.

 

Tail lights - Hella units as fitted to Plaxton Panorama Elite up to 1973. The ones that get me are the Plaxton Daimler Roadliners. The chrome surround around the tail lights incorporated vents to get rid of the heat from the rear mounted Cummins V6.

[Zelandeth]

Yeah, pretty sure that's a Reliance. ...looking at the dash, getting along at a fair old lick too!

[Vantman]

Yeah, pretty sure that's a Reliance. ...looking at the dash, getting along at a fair old lick too!

 

It's this coach--

[Inspector Morose]

Christ, a Beadle bodied one! Should have guessed East Kent because of the red steering wheel.

That means it could be KFN250, 251 or 252?

 

(Edit. Scrap that, I've looked up and they had more than 3 Beadle bodied AECs)