Dick Longbridge Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 I know there's an egay thread on here, but thought this old dear deserved a separate thread. Searching around the 'net, it transpires that the customer who it's being sold on behalf of is none other than Edd China. Seriously rare old thing now, and better looking than the twin steer Italian job coach in imo. It's also been mentioned on here in the past, on this thread:http://autoshite.com/topic/2814-old-travellers-trucks-photos/ It looks like a shitload of work, but let's hope it's given a reprieve. If it was local, I didn't have a house and had access to a field, I'd be buying it, getting it transported and moving into it.https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/252329689372 Back in '94... strangeangel, Rusty_Rocket, fred and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Gr9 for filling with metros ( if autoshite did gold heists in Turin) Junkman, Vince70, garethj and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 The thing that worries me about that Val is the missing rear screen as Duple bodies rot fast enough with all the glass intact and major body frame repairs can be very involving. Nothing is impossible but you'd need somewhere dry to keep it for now and deep pockets.Anyone got a spare barn? Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 To be fair, the extra wording added to egay ad suggests it's a full on, major project. The fact that China hasn't seen it through isn't a good sign, but to the right person, it's got to be worth doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisbon_road Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Eight people have bid on this. Eight people who are prepared to do that much work? Even if we discount the early bids as time wasters as it started at nearly nothing, it is still a lot of interest. Well hope it gets fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hauserplenty Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Roll up...roll up for the mystery tour...&c. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Whoever buys this will need serious metal and woodworking skills, as it's totally rotten sadly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 It's not beyond yet but it will be an imperial shitload (no metric nonsense in Blackpool in those days) of work. Best hope in reality is as a donor to keep the few remaining viceroys in body parts and glass. Just to prove it can be done is the King Alfred val that was restored a few years back. That was found as a cut down flatbed transporter and was rebuilt back as a coach. Needed a donor body to replace the missing rear two thirds of the body. Anything can be restored. rml2345, The Moog and mercrocker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 ^ If Edd can't fix it, etc. costadelglosta and Banger Kenny 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 I used to do buses in a big way but I don't honestly have a good word to say about Bedfords. Or Duple bodies. For that reason, ah'm oot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Is that not the one that was previously owned by Sam Glover and offered for sale here many moons ago? Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Oh, I just love that but don't know enough about them to take it on by myself. I would love to be a partner with other more knowledgeable Autoshiters? Dick Longbridge, LightBulbFun and Banger Kenny 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 Is that not the one that was previously owned by Sam Glover and offered for sale here many moons ago?Good sleuthing work. Turns out it's the one and the same. Back window was lost on the A14 in 2012! There seemed to be a lot of love for it when Sam owned it... Further down this page. http://autoshite.com/topic/10183-bus-shite-ive-been-papped-noooooo-lol/page-4 Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 I've just sent the link to my mental Foden restoring buddy. He'll either hate it or buy it. Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 When I was about 4, apparently I thought these things were off Captain Scarlett. Fatha N used to do a bit of moonlighting (from his job driving Midland Red Motorways Expresses)for a local character ; Billy Mann and I would go with him on Mystery Tours etc( usually ended up at a pub in Ludlow, according to Fatha) The actual Manns "6 legger" in question. It was yellow and black, must have been a dark yellow. strangeangel, garethj, Vantman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 I've just sent the link to my mental Foden restoring buddy. He'll either hate it or buy it.He needs* to buy it... Pete-M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH-R Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 ^ If Edd can't fix it, etc. It's too big to paint with stone chip, he'd be there all year. Dick Longbridge, pilninggas, Tamworthbay and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 TerryWogan, on 29 Mar 2016 - 10:06 AM, said: If Edd can't fix it, etc. "Having stripped down the bus it was clear that it needed a lot of work to put right, so I contacted my mate at a local bus company and have managed to get hold of a whole new bus at a very reasonable rate. I know its not what the bus purists would like to see us do but its the only reasonable option in these circumstances" Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 Edd needs to try harder; its on <£600 with only a few hours left... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 £686.66 selling price. I can only assume Satan's mate, Santa, purchased this fine automotive beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 That does not seem a lot of money, I wish I had been braver I do love it. Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Its a beautiful thing, I love it Banger Kenny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Case Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 For once I'd say that one is too far gone to restore, even by a group, and would be best used to keep other examples going, especially when a very good late one with class 6 MOT went a couple of years ago for (I believe) a shade under £10k. The one on Ebay would probably cost about £40k to restore, even doing part of the work yourself, which no doubt is why it has been going the rounds of some very experienced restorers Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I sank about £20k into both of mine and still they weren't on the road when I had to sell. Duple body? Yup, around 20-25 doing it partially yourself I'd have thought. Still my favourite body of the time though. So stylish. Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 When my old man operated coaches I'm sure this configuration was called a Chinese Six Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 When my old man operated coaches I'm sure this configuration was called a Chinese SixYup, it was a general term given to anything with that layout at one point. The two steering and one driven axle set up was popular on lorries but went out of fashion in the 70s. simmo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Other examples of chinese six buses and coaches: And still a current idea: rml2345 and simmo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisbon_road Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Johnsons of Hodthorpe have two (I think) Bedford VALs in fantastic condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 There's a bit of a sad story about the original Italian job VAL; survived till 1989 and was scrapped iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 Another old thread bumped, but I'm trying to do our re-mortgage online, and appear to have become a little sidetracked, as always. The Val I started this thread hasn't been spotted since the ebay auction ended, but I'd imagine it's sadly a spares package, bearing in mind it sold for <£700. Anyway, back to my main point. The Bedford Val I started the thread about looks like this: I've since seen photos of a 'Ford Duple Viceroy': It's not twin steer, but the body looks really similar. Could someone educate me on them? Classic coaches are a newish interest to me, and I'm still learning! TIA. (Mods: Would you be able to edit the thread title so it also says 'and related questions' at the end of it. Ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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