Bus Shite

[busmansholiday]

21 hours ago, Inspector Morose said:

Is there anything left to go in the book?  Well yes,there always will be

Tynesider ? (I have- why did they build it without PAS?)

[Inspector Morose]

10 minutes ago, busmansholiday said:

Tynesider ? (I have- why did they build it without PAS?)

I had a shot of buying it a good few years ago as whoever owned it at the time was struggling to hind a diff. Apparently, it has a worldmaster diff for some reason. 

3 grand and would have been mine. Unfortunately, I was chasing a  running BMMO S23 at the time for the same money. I missed out on both. 

Why no pas? I'm sure it would have been possible but there was that school of thought amongst certain engineers that power steering wore tyres out quicker and so was unfavorable. A similar reason as to why the first Ward Dalesman was manual steered. 

[SunnySouth]

Nice ancient Slavecoach chod in retro livery in Torquay. Evidently one of the ‘we don’t buy new buses here’ outposts, lots of ‘survivors’ in evidence!

[SunnySouth]

On 07/06/2025 at 16:29, busmansholiday said:

Tynesider ? (I have- why did they build it without PAS?)

Did you get a go in that other hideous thing they concocted to go with it; the Wearsider?!

[Christine]

Tell me what this  is a model of please ! 

 

 

[quicksilver]

1 hour ago, Christine said:

Tell me what this  is a model of please ! 

 

 

This.

1954 Strachans-bodied Trojan DT ex Napier Aircraft Company. Reg OVB 345, it still exists in preservation.

[Christine]

Marvellous . Thank you . My father modelled lots of obscure things ! 

[SunnySouth]

1 hour ago, quicksilver said:

This.

1954 Strachans-bodied Trojan DT ex Napier Aircraft Company. Reg OVB 345, it still exists in preservation.

Shit me that’s aesthetically challenged!

[Christine]

Not now it isn't! 

 

[SunnySouth]

28 minutes ago, Christine said:

Not now it isn't! 

 

It fucking is…👀😂 I’m not convinved that a Noddy paintjob has helped it a great deal!

[Christine]

Perhaps not..

[busmansholiday]

On 14/06/2025 at 09:55, SunnySouth said:

Did you get a go in that other hideous thing they concocted to go with it; the Wearsider?!

No, that was just a Route master with the cab moved back.  The Tyneside started off as a rear entrance Titan !

[Christine]

Lots of buses and coaches to shift !  Where ? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Christine]

There's a lot more too!  

[SunnySouth]

1 hour ago, Christine said:

Lots of buses and coaches to shift !  Where ? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ebay is your friend!

Either one job lot or batch them; i.e. Southdown stuff together, or different eras or companies etc etc.

Or alternatively, for an easier life, find a dealer who’ll make you an offer for the whole lot.

[High Jetter]

Watching an episode of Father Brown (don't judge me) recently, I was surprised to see this:

I've seen it in the metal and probably travelled on it when at school. I knew it was being preserved, but didn't know it was being hired out. An AEC Regal 11, AI suggests it's owned by Troopers Lodge Motor Services, but it doesn't show up on their website. Any of you knowledgeable bus people know any more about it?

[cms206]

Five shifts left before the buses turn red again for a spell... tonight's chariot is one of our pair of Optare Versas.

[busmansholiday]

4 minutes ago, cms206 said:

Five shifts left before the buses turn red again for a spell... tonight's chariot is one of our pair of Optare Versas.

Off back to the smoke ??

[busmansholiday]

On 14/06/2025 at 09:48, SunnySouth said:

Nice ancient Slavecoach chod in retro livery in Torquay. Evidently one of the ‘we don’t buy new buses here’ outposts, lots of ‘survivors’ in evidence!

Lots of old shite currently but get there soon as Torquay depot is supposed to be going all electric with in the next year.

Last new deckers were the 67 plate ones for the 12. Last new single decks were the 56 plate Darts, 34866 was still earning it's keep a couple of weeks ago.

[cms206]

18 minutes ago, busmansholiday said:

Off back to the smoke ??

Down for three weeks for Wimbledon and some odds and sods either side, thats the plan anyway!

[High Jetter]

2 minutes ago, cms206 said:

Down for three weeks for Wimbledon and some odds and sods either side, thats the plan anyway!

Oh, you know the tips will be good!

[artdjones]

On 16/06/2025 at 11:37, High Jetter said:

Watching an episode of Father Brown (don't judge me) recently, I was surprised to see this:

I've seen it in the metal and probably travelled on it when at school. I knew it was being preserved, but didn't know it was being hired out. An AEC Regal 11, AI suggests it's owned by Troopers Lodge Motor Services, but it doesn't show up on their website. Any of you knowledgeable bus people know any more about it?

1950 AEC Regal lll, with East Lancs body, originally owned by Eastbourne Corporation. 

[High Jetter]

10 minutes ago, artdjones said:

1950 AEC Regal lll, with East Lancs body, originally owned by Eastbourne Corporation. 

Sorry, Regal 111. Forgot to mention about Eastbourne (as I'm sure most of you know, Eastbourne had the first minicipal bus service in the world, 1903). We moved to Eastbourne in 1970, when I was 9 and  would have seen it in service and likely been on it.

[artdjones]

13 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Sorry, Regal 111. Forgot to mention about Eastbourne (as I'm sure most of you know, Eastbourne had the first minicipal bus service in the world, 1903). We moved to Eastbourne in 1970, when I was 9 and  would have seen it in service and likely been on it.

They lasted into the 70s, which is very late for a front engined single decker. Over the next 3-4 years from 1950 underfloor engined buses almost completely took over the municipal single deck market, and as they allowed omo, the front engined single deck buses generally disappeared by the early 60s. A few operators removed the single deck bodies, replaced the chassis side members with the ones from the double deck equivalent model, then put a double deck body on, and got a longer life from them.

[SunnySouth]

19 hours ago, busmansholiday said:

Lots of old shite currently but get there soon as Torquay depot is supposed to be going all electric with in the next year.

Last new deckers were the 67 plate ones for the 12. Last new single decks were the 56 plate Darts, 34866 was still earning it's keep a couple of weeks ago.

Oh, how very tedious 

[Joey spud]

I spied this old girl in serious need of a wash after coming out of storage at Chatham historic dockyard the other day.

[lisbon_road]

1 hour ago, Joey spud said:

I spied this old girl in serious need of a wash after coming out of storage at Chatham historic dockyard the other day.

I'd wondered where that was. Looks like it has been kept dry, that's the main thing.

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, Joey spud said:

I spied this old girl in serious need of a wash after coming out of storage at Chatham historic dockyard the other day.

I remember going to school on such a bus, maybe even that one.

[artdjones]

17 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

I remember going to school on such a bus, maybe even that one.

It's quite an early Atlantean, 1960. Here it is at 20 years old.

[High Jetter]

I think one of those in Southdown flavour was the first bus I was on that had passenger doors!