oman5 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Presumably most of these would be old enough to be speed limiter exempt? Not going to be much of an issue with Bedfords admittedly, but something with a Leyland TL11 engine and a high-ratio diff should be able to bomb along at 70+, leaving the flashy new National Express Scanias choking in its exhaust smoke. and the rest!! I used to go to school on stuff like this, My Faves were Leyland Leopards and AEC reliances, both with panorama elite II bodies. both of these could go off the clock. The AEC had the AV760 engine (which went on to become the TL12) and went like stink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 A bit off topic, but Midland Red's first motorway coaches would do 90ish... In 1959. A good Leopard is capable of topping 80, so you could certainly keep up with the traffic in one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselnutjob Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Instructions:-1 buy, insure etc2 reduce to nine seats3 register it with DVLA as nine seat MPV4 register it with TFL as congestion charge exempt5 register it with TFL as LEZ exempt6 paint "F U TFL" down the side7 drive around central London causing as much chaos as possible 500tops, Eyersey1234 and Minimad5 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Any update on the coaches? I hope to God they get saved, but short of finding a buyer for my CLK and arranging storage I'm out. If anyone does fancy some sort of 'group' save I'd chip in a bit. Maybe we could find a disused airfield or something and have bi-monthly meets where we could all have a drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2cvspecial Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 cymru ! Ghosty, 500tops, Fumbler and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 39 minutes ago, 2cvspecial said: cymru ! Bloody hell! I've just sent info on this to a fella massively into his 70s/80s coaches. Will now have to tell him to disregard the message as the content was from almost a decade ago... I wonder what became of them? That's crazy that the 75 YRT didn't sell for £850 and was subsequently scrapped. 😕 juular 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Looks like this one survived at least... passed a few more MOTS but on a sorn since 2015. The others mostly don't seem to have been tested again after 2012 so I presume they were scrapped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Scrapped? Urgh. I blame myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 10 hours ago, CortinaDave said: Looks like this one survived at least... passed a few more MOTS but on a sorn since 2015.... That reminds me of the oul Wallace Arnold livery.... Eyersey1234 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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