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a couple of events in the north east that may be of interest

 

[Vantman]

[cms206]

After about five weeks without it, I'm finally back in my MAN 19.360 and fuck me does it feel like a Rolls Royce compared to a Temsa Safari HD12; silky smooth and piles of torque. Forgot how much I'm spoiled with it.

College run round the Vale of Leven in about half an hour then off to Glenafton Park in New Cumnock this evening with the Clydebank supporters club - let it never be said the life of a coach driver isn't glamorous.

[quicksilver]

Rail replacement in Oxford today and I was surprised to see this. A BMC Condor airport shuttle must rank pretty high on the bus shite scale, especially when it's working alongside Tourismos, Irizars and other modern coaches.

I'm sure train passengers would be delighted* to see this turn up, but it didn't actually do anything, just sat at the back all day as a spare.

[Eyersey1234]

19 hours ago, cms206 said:

After about five weeks without it, I'm finally back in my MAN 19.360 and fuck me does it feel like a Rolls Royce compared to a Temsa Safari HD12; silky smooth and piles of torque. Forgot how much I'm spoiled with it.

College run round the Vale of Leven in about half an hour then off to Glenafton Park in New Cumnock this evening with the Clydebank supporters club - let it never be said the life of a coach driver isn't glamorous.

Why were you without it for 5 weeks?

[cms206]

1 hour ago, Eyersey1234 said:

Why were you without it for 5 weeks?

It was off for MOT for a week and a half - normally we test on a Thursday, with the week prior reserved for works.

It passed MOT on the Thursday, was off the road Friday, I did a football with it on the Saturday and it threw on every warning light. Just got it back yesterday after a back end rebuild and some electrical work.

For those interested, it had eaten an ABS sensor... which turned into two hubnuts, two hubseals, two hubs, two sensors, two ABS rings, two back discs, a full set of rear pads and a caliper. Buses can be bastards too 😂

[martc]

15 hours ago, quicksilver said:

Rail replacement in Oxford today and I was surprised to see this. A BMC...

I'm sure train passengers would be delighted* to see this turn up, but it didn't actually do anything, just sat at the back all day as a spare.

It really is the Pacer of rail replacement buses but your average passenger would revel in the comfort, smooth ride and overall de-luxe ambiance of the BMC.

[Zelandeth]

21 hours ago, quicksilver said:

Rail replacement in Oxford today and I was surprised to see this. A BMC Condor airport shuttle must rank pretty high on the bus shite scale, especially when it's working alongside Tourismos, Irizars and other modern coaches.

I'm sure train passengers would be delighted* to see this turn up, but it didn't actually do anything, just sat at the back all day as a spare.

Kill it with fire...

BMC...1100FE I think it was, has to be the most absolutely horrible vehicle I've ever driven.  It seriously had zero redeeming qualities whatsoever.

Well, other than that it wasn't mine so I was able to hand the bloody thing back when we were done!

This thing.

Basically the cheapest bus body in the universe plonked on top of the cheapest truck chassis they could find that's been stretched to be long enough, then fitted with completely the wrong gearbox just for fun.

[big_al_granvia]

8 hours ago, cms206 said:

It was off for MOT for a week and a half - normally we test on a Thursday, with the week prior reserved for works.

It passed MOT on the Thursday, was off the road Friday, I did a football with it on the Saturday and it threw on every warning light. Just got it back yesterday after a back end rebuild and some electrical work.

For those interested, it had eaten an ABS sensor... which turned into two hubnuts, two hubseals, two hubs, two sensors, two ABS rings, two back discs, a full set of rear pads and a caliper. Buses can be bastards too 😂

Was Brian swearing a bit

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Kill it with fire...

BMC...1100FE I think it was, has to be the most absolutely horrible vehicle I've ever driven.  It seriously had zero redeeming qualities whatsoever.

Well, other than that it wasn't mine so I was able to hand the bloody thing back when we were done!

This thing.

Basically the cheapest bus body in the universe plonked on top of the cheapest truck chassis they could find that's been stretched to be long enough, then fitted with completely the wrong gearbox just for fun.

So, overall, you liked it? 

[cms206]

13 hours ago, 83C said:

Oof. Thats some going for just an ABS sensor.

Grew arms and legs... couldn't get the ABS sensor out, workshop destroyed it trying to get the sensor out and in the process damaged the ABS ring.

Hub had to come off as the ABS ring is part of the hub. The (original and still servicable after 470,000km) brake discs were welded to the hubs.

This ran to a new hub, hubnut, hubseal, disc, pads, ABS ring & ABS sensor.

Built back up. Other side started showing a fault due to inconsistent readings across the axle.

Cue the other side... same again.  Two hubnuts, two hubseals, two hubs, two discs, two sets of pads, two ABS rings, two ABS sensors, plus a caliper rebuild.

Not bad for a missed hammer blow to an ABS sensor 😂

[martc]

Hounslow High Street, 1962

[martc]

[Eyersey1234]

Today's chariot, for some reason we have this beast on NX instead of the usual Levante 

[cms206]

Some day in the life shit from the past wee while; been jumping between buses a lot.

[cms206]

Also for the first time in a long time I managed a shift in this recently; new as SA02 RZB, this Volvo B12M has been on fleet since new in May 2002, having outlasted all it's newer and older Volvo Van Hool siblings here.

[AnnoyingPentium]

27 minutes ago, cms206 said:

Also for the first time in a long time I managed a shift in this recently; new as SA02 RZB, this Volvo B12M has been on fleet since new in May 2002, having outlasted all it's newer and older Volvo Van Hool siblings here.

Reminds me of the one I got to school, was a 1997/98 I'm sure. One of Smiths of Patna's ones.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

8 hours ago, cms206 said:

Also for the first time in a long time I managed a shift in this recently; new as SA02 RZB, this Volvo B12M has been on fleet since new in May 2002, having outlasted all it's newer and older Volvo Van Hool siblings here.

Noice! 😎 How does it compare to the B10M? I've driven two of these; one was an ex Oxford Plaxton Excalibur and the other an ex National Express Plaxton Panther- with over 1,000,000 miles on the odometer! 😎 

[martc]

Kings Cross.

[jon.k]

I was very pleasantly surprised to see this paramount doing a school run yesterday morning (in immaculate Wallace Arnold livery).

I'm pretty sure I've also seen these doing the route.

They have some really smart coaches.

 

[martc]

Anerley Road SE20, 1973.

[High Jetter]

My Dad worked for a machinery company in Anerley, Tarpen IIRC. 

[HarmonicCheeseburger]

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

Presumably that’s some sort of gas supplying equipment on the trailer for use during the war. If so, why would Dunlop advertise their tyres? The market for private car tyres must have been tiny.

[LightBulbFun]

2 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Presumably that’s some sort of gas supplying equipment on the trailer for use during the war. If so, why would Dunlop advertise their tyres? The market for private car tyres must have been tiny.

indeed a war time gas trailer on the back of an ST bus , some details can be gleaned from the excellent Ians Bus stop website http://www.countrybus.org/ST/ST.html#stand1

(scroll down till ya get to the ST's at war section)

[HarmonicCheeseburger]

1 hour ago, Metal Guru said:

Presumably that’s some sort of gas supplying equipment on the trailer for use during the war. If so, why would Dunlop advertise their tyres? The market for private car tyres must have been tiny.

According to Reddit it's a wood gas burner used during Wartime shortages of fuel.

[martc]

Ikarus 260 action in Berlin, Haupstadt der DDR.

[martc]

Manhattan: 14th Street and Broadway/Union Square East (5th July 1982).

[666jjp]

11 hours ago, martc said:

Ikarus 260 action in Berlin, Haupstadt der DDR.

@RetroShite Wartburg photobombing

[500tops]