Buying a Bus: Advice please

[Snipes]

Didn't someone on RR blog a New Zeland truck house build a couple of years ago?

[JeeExEll]

I'd love to tour the north west coast of Scotshite and Skye and the Western Isles in this.

Would make an excellent base for hillwalking.

[Pillock]

That's very.... striking.

 

What, in a low bridge sort of way?

[Sheefag]

http://www.pigeondoor.com/

 

 

[SiC]

To drive in bus lanes and around bus routes, do you need to be a fare generating entity? If not, and just a case of driving a bus, it could be the quickest way in and out of the centre of Bristol...

[Guest Hooli]

Depends on the local rules, they are often limited to local bus services only.

[Felly Magic]

I know another DJ apart from Mr Popmaster who owns buses, BBC local radio (Suffolk & Norfolk) presenter Luke Deal has a Bristol VR fetish and recently owned the intact survivor from Dr Who, he flogged it on ebay for an inflated price IIRC

[lisbon_road]

I know the chap who had the Dr Who VR before Luke.

 

I have been on a friends AEC Regent through bus lanes though it isn't a PSV any more.  But he didn't take it through town centre ones.  Bus like that gets a bit of respect though, for sure.

[JohnDeere]

First in Norwich still run a load of ex-London Transport Dennis Tridents, mostly on 02 and 52 plates.  They break down quite a lot.

I recognise some of the Norwich buses as being ex-route 25 in East Laaandan. Remember them when they were new, were taken off when the hateful bendy buses came in.

 

For some odd reason the current 25 fleet seems to be the only service buses I've seen in the UK fitted with driver seat belts and where thr operator must mandate they are used. (Service buses in Hong Kong have belts all round, including for passengers).

 

Top thread. I'd like to be a coach driver on pensioner holiday trips.

[BorniteIdentity]

I know another DJ apart from Mr Popmaster who owns buses, BBC local radio (Suffolk & Norfolk) presenter Luke Deal has a Bristol VR fetish and recently owned the intact survivor from Dr Who, he flogged it on ebay for an inflated price IIRC

I used to work with Luke 16 years ago. He'd remember me as the work experience boy. Had no idea he was a bus anorak.

 

Yes. You've totally put me off tbh. I'm hoping the guy around the corner will pass the Bristol L5G on for a fair price along with his storage and repair contacts. He was already sounding my wife out about it earlier in the year.

 

Google LHY 994 to see it. Glorious.

[Eddie Honda]

Depends on the local rules, they are often limited to local bus services only.

 

The sign will (should) say if it is local or not.

 

[Felly Magic]

I used to work with Luke 16 years ago. He'd remember me as the work experience boy. Had no idea he was a bus anorak.

 

Yes. You've totally put me off tbh. I'm hoping the guy around the corner will pass the Bristol L5G on for a fair price along with his storage and repair contacts. He was already sounding my wife out about it earlier in the year.

 

Google LHY 994 to see it. Glorious.

 

Luke pestered me for a load of photos of one of his buses in service, he recently bought a Bristol RE single deck from a local op who was slimming down his fleet due to impending semi retirement, and spunked a fair few grand on it getting the bodywork sorted. He's also gone and done his PCV, he's deffo a fully paid up Bristol/ECW apologist

[Guest Hooli]

I think someone around my way was reading this. This turned up a few days ago about a quarter of a mile around our regular dog walk.