Split_Pin Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Dez, this came up in a Bus Facebook page I follow but as it has details of a London location I thought you might like to see it. Dyslexic Viking, HMC, LightBulbFun and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 2 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Dez, this came up in a Bus Facebook page I follow but as it has details of a London location I thought you might like to see it. thats cool! not seen that one before, I appreciate the heads up https://www.facebook.com/groups/2569675313253986/posts/3755599047994934/ somewhere in this thread or maybe the youtube thread, is a video of the last day of RT buses in regular London Service (which was Route 62, 1979) and you can spot a Model 70 in the background in one of the scenes in that video I know @Remspoor commented on it because his dad was involved IIRC and there was a curious scale model of a B type bus or something along those line as well Remspoor and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Bugger the driver is hiding. So I cant see his face. Cannot confirm if it is him or not. What is the video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Something to keep you gainfully employed.. What happened to, and what is it, lot V26 .... egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 35 minutes ago, busmansholiday said: Something to keep you gainfully employed.. What happened to, and what is it, lot V26 .... pretty sure thats a french thing a bit outside of my wheelhouse but most foreign countries never developed anything as advanced as the full bodied vehicles we had here in the UK so in Europe they where stuck with machines like that for a long time busmansholiday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Can't find anything about a Motoconfort Deray anywhere online for the life of me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 12 hours ago, Remspoor said: Bugger the driver is hiding. So I cant see his face. Cannot confirm if it is him or not. What is the video? here we go its a fairly well digitised video, so you can even spot the background chod quite well https://youtu.be/559nWORDSFY Snake Charmer and Remspoor 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 24 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said: here we go its a fairly well digitised video, so you can even spot the background chod quite well https://youtu.be/559nWORDSFY The image you have in post below is not in the same video as linked above. 20 hours ago, LightBulbFun said: thats cool! not seen that one before, I appreciate the heads up https://www.facebook.com/groups/2569675313253986/posts/3755599047994934/ somewhere in this thread or maybe the youtube thread, is a video of the last day of RT buses in regular London Service (which was Route 62, 1979) and you can spot a Model 70 in the background in one of the scenes in that video I know @Remspoor commented on it because his dad was involved IIRC and there was a curious scale model of a B type bus or something along those line as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 4 minutes ago, Remspoor said: The image you have in post below is not in the same video as linked above. oh, when I said this 20 hours ago, LightBulbFun said: somewhere in this thread or maybe the youtube thread, is a video of the last day of RT buses in regular London Service (which was Route 62, 1979) and you can spot a Model 70 in the background in one of the scenes in that video I know @Remspoor commented on it because his dad was involved IIRC and there was a curious scale model of a B type bus or something along those line as well that was a separate statement just to say theres funnily enough another scene quite similar to that Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Scruffy Bodger has ripped the guts, bulbs and ballasts , out of 2 massive explosion proof lamps, removed from the Mersey Tunnel service tunnel . Sucessfully replaced with colour changing LED s .. Very awesome chadders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdgeCutler Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Sexy!!! NOS and correct type wing mirror now fitted to Brian. Weird Car, ETCHY, beko1987 and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Charmer Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 42 minutes ago, AdgeCutler said: Sexy!!! NOS and correct type wing mirror now fitted to Brian. Looks expensive and fragile, is it all plastic? AdgeCutler and bobdisk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, AdgeCutler said: Sexy!!! NOS and correct type wing mirror now fitted to Brian. Awesome! Brian looking sharp as always 39 minutes ago, Snake Charmer said: Looks expensive and fragile, is it all plastic? they are indeed, hence why they are so rare these days, they where OE fitment from the Invacar Mk12c and AC Acedes Mk14A, to sometime in the later part of the Model 70's production run (not yet nailed down exactly when they switched away, but for Invacar they where still present during the NVW-P block however gone by the TTW-R block I think) but they where so fragile/prone to getting broken that very few machines kept them for long, I would say based on anecdotal evidence that by the end of the 1970's, start of the 1980's most machines had replacement metal bodied equivalents fitted Snake Charmer and AdgeCutler 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Looks a bit 60s National Health ... like the kids glasses everyone took the piss out of at school! Remspoor, RoverFolkUs, Snake Charmer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdgeCutler Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 The only other application I’m aware of was on the works Mini Cooper rally cars, weight loss! Though, why you’d need a mirror is beyond me. LightBulbFun and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdgeCutler Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 6 hours ago, Christine said: Looks a bit 60s National Health ... like the kids glasses everyone took the piss out of at school! I don't know? It has a certain charm, in keeping with the vehicle but maybe I'm just odd. I always favoured the band camp girl in American pie much to the confusion of my friends. adw1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 @LightBulbFun this has just come up on my Faceache feed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 I saw a Bentley with 5PAK registration ! Joey spud, Sheefag and chadders 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdisk Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 On 23/03/2024 at 08:30, AdgeCutler said: Sexy!!! NOS and correct type wing mirror now fitted to Brian. Definitely fragile plastic! Desmo made metal version of this as an accessory which can be put on cars of this age, and here when plastic breaks Eyersey1234 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummiejon Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 On 24/03/2024 at 07:30, Eyersey1234 said: @LightBulbFun this has just come up on my Faceache feed I spotted that too but you beat me to it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummiejon Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 On 23/03/2024 at 09:51, LightBulbFun said: Awesome! Brian looking sharp as always they are indeed, hence why they are so rare these days, they where OE fitment from the Invacar Mk12c and AC Acedes Mk14A, to sometime in the later part of the Model 70's production run (not yet nailed down exactly when they switched away, but for Invacar they where still present during the NVW-P block however gone by the TTW-R block I think) but they where so fragile/prone to getting broken that very few machines kept them for long, I would say based on anecdotal evidence that by the end of the 1970's, start of the 1980's most machines had replacement metal bodied equivalents fitted I would be tempted to use it for shows only, it wouldn't last 5 minutes where I live LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffy Bodger Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 On 23/03/2024 at 07:02, Christine said: Scruffy Bodger has ripped the guts, bulbs and ballasts , out of 2 massive explosion proof lamps, removed from the Mersey Tunnel service tunnel . Sucessfully replaced with colour changing LED s .. Very awesome Grass! chadders, Snake Charmer, RoverFolkUs and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 in REV news , she has assumed the position as they say! front axle has been taken apart and the old kingpin has been extracted not sure if everything has been put back together with the new kingpin or if additional work is required, but hopefully it is plain sailing from here on out! Vimesy, Mrs6C, Floatylight and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 @wuvvum quick random question, do you happen to have a picture of the Citroen Belphégor you used to own? I know there is one somewhere on the site but with the search function currently having issues, I cant find it its nothing* to do with this AC Acedes Mk15 at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 I like your man's safety* footwear there! Great to see Kingpin progress. Assume that's corrosion on the pin itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Charmer Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Great to see some progress. 😎 Are these jockey wheels going as training stabilisers? 😁 RoverFolkUs, Remspoor, bobdisk and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Yep. Stabilisers. New kingpins will be delivered tomorrow as I only got back from the NEC today. There is no way to apply lubrication to the kingpin as original so options to fit grease nipples are being considered. Snake Charmer, lesapandre and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Charmer Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 4 hours ago, Saabnut said: There is no way to apply lubrication to the kingpin as original so options to fit grease nipples are being considered. Seems odd, AC were rather fond of grease nipples or did Invacar do things differently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 8 hours ago, Snake Charmer said: Are these jockey wheels going as training stabilisers? 😁 6 hours ago, Saabnut said: Yep. Stabilisers. I think once Duncan has sufficent behind the handle bar time in REV he will find them to be unnecessary! I am told that once you get used to the pitching and rolling inherent to a 3 wheeler, you can chuck a Model 70 about with quite a bit of vigour (shame this one was filmed on a potato that was then mashed through god knows what compression software) 7 hours ago, Saabnut said: New kingpins will be delivered tomorrow as I only got back from the NEC today. yeah sorry about the PM on Thursday, it was only after I sent it and started seeing NEC stuff fill my feed did I realise "oh yeah he is at the NEC this weekend!" 7 hours ago, Saabnut said: There is no way to apply lubrication to the kingpin as original so options to fit grease nipples are being considered. 2 hours ago, Snake Charmer said: Seems odd, AC were rather fond of grease nipples or did Invacar do things differently? thats interesting, the Model 70 is wholly an AC design, especially the parallelogram leading arm front suspension, so in theory you can blame AC for that, unless Invacar went rouge! but I note that in the grease chart there is no mention of greasing the kingpin although I note there is something that looks be pointing to the back of the hub saying "grease" perhaps that is referring to the kingpin? the one below "oil swivel pin", @Zelandeth does TPA have any grease points for her kingpin? egg and lesapandre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Charmer Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 1 hour ago, LightBulbFun said: Although I note there is something that looks be pointing to the back of the hub saying "grease" perhaps that is referring to the kingpin? the one below "oil swivel pin", Wheel bearing? egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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