Bus Museum Shite

[Richard]

Some very un-shite stuff, some borderline shite and one example of utter utter shite.

 

Shite camera work.

 

I remember this when it was new.

 

Not quite sure what this is doing in a bus museum. Nice oil leak though.

 

Dreadful camera work. SWMBO impressed me by pointing out that 95 was a Fife route so would never have appeared on this bus.

 

 

 

[Richard]

 

 

 

I remember this when it was new too. They made a noise you don't forget, especially pulling away up the hill outside my dad's house.

 

We went to Dunfermline on this one. Back suspension needed attention I think.

 

Mini-based, as was this...

[Richard]

I've always liked these.

 

£100 Ford

 

Front view

 

Rear view

 

[Richard]

Shite transporter

 

 

 

 

 

[Richard]

 

 

 

Aussie bus.

[wuvvum]

That Ailsa bus is a funny-looking bugger, isn't it? It seems to have been built around the radiator grille. I always thought it was a very odd idea to design a double decker bus with the engine at the front. Agree about the noise though - one of the posh schools in Norwich had a couple as school buses until recently (when they replaced them with Plaxton-bodied Leyland Tigers), and we often used to hear them toiling up the hill outside the office bringing a load of boys back from playing rugby or polo or croquet or whatever they play in posh schools these days. They sounded very underpowered too, even compared to the clapped-out Leyland Olympians that still ply a couple of routes in Norwich.That Aussie bus is another weird one. Are the windows that small to prevent the convicts from escaping? The whole thing is just odd, from the wide-set headlights to the tapering sides to the letterbox windscreen. Still, much more interesting than the generic Mercedes single-deckers that seem to be everywhere in Oz these days.I do like that AEC transporter. There was a similar sort of thing in another post from a show a couple of weeks ago, wasn't there? Makes me want to get my HGV license so I can buy an old Leyland Roadtrain and a transporter trailer and drag my whole collection of tat to shows.

[Split_Pin]

Dagnammit I missed this AGAIN!! Will not miss the GVVT one coming soon.Some new additions to SVBM since I last visited, and some wonderful non-bus shite too. I've never seen a 2-door type 4 vee dub.The Ailsa is indeed weird looking! It is my favourite bus and possibly vehicle as it was concieved entirely for Scotland, by Scotland and in Scotland. Ailsa Trucks, a Volvo importer based in Irvine, tried to provide the Scottish Bus Group with a replacement for its much-loved Bristol Lodekka.In part, they suceeded and several municipals bought and used them well past their 20th birthdays.The 6.7 litre Volvo TD70 engine is quite small for a bus this size, and its pretty noisy. I love its distinctive Volvo sound though!

[Richard]

Is that VW a 4 door? To me the Ailsa just looks like a normal double decker and all the other ones look odd. It surprises me that they have such a small engine because I remember them being better at climbing hills than other double deckers. I'm sure they had quite a lot of seats for the time too. What were they like on fuel compared to the competition?