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[lisbon_road]

5 minutes ago, Yoss said:

I haven't seen that since the last day of the Atlanteans, from which that picture was taken judging by the advert on the side. We went on it on the day on route 14 and it was really struggling up Cobden Ave and Mousehole Lane because it refused to change down and there was a smell of burning rubber (we were sat downstairs at the back). It was owned, and being driven, by Phil Blair who whilst an enthusiast is ultimately a businessman. So I don't what he did with it. He also owned 276 for a while and let that go too and that really should have been saved (it was Southamptons last Atlantean). 

Both sold to Sainsburys and fitted out with cash tills for training or something then weighed in.  Sad but it happens!  252 looked great, fixed up with loads of new surplus parts apparently, but whether it was as good in hidden areas of course who knows?

 

Looks like we were both at the last Atlantean day.  Was a very good day, I remember.  

[Yoss]

4 minutes ago, lisbon_road said:

Both sold to Sainsburys and fitted out with cash tills for training or something then weighed in.  Sad but it happens!  252 looked great, fixed up with loads of new surplus parts apparently, but whether it was as good in hidden areas of course who knows?

 

Looks like we were both at the last Atlantean day.  Was a very good day, I remember.  

Ah, so time for me to dig some more old photos out again! Give me a few days. 

[hammy]

3 hours ago, quicksilver said:

That Olympian brings back memories. The higher numbers in the F-MSL batch went to United Counties and I remember them running from Bedford and Northampton into Milton Keynes for years.

620-633 I think, then they reverted to Northampton issued registrations. 

Typically Stagecoach spec, save tuppence on everything which is why they had Gardner engines instead of Cummins engines.  That being said though they were absolute workhorses! 84 seats gave decent capacity, and the Gardners were reliable engines with decent running costs, if a little gutless on hills.  I started driving at UC in 2001 and the F and G regs were the best we had. The later J/K regs had been messed about by Volvo - noisy viscous fans. 

[hammy]

The green RELL6G is an odd thing, very few RELLs had those DP seats fitted.  They would normally be on a RELH! 

It's currently for sale too, just shy of £10k.