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Yoss Rank: Lancia Gamma

Yoss

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9 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

Yeah! the frontal indicators or side markers mounted bellow the head lamps almost give me a vibe of it spent some time abroad, you only normally see such additions on RM's that have spent time a long way from the UK/proper parts supply etc

thats a good point on the offside illuminated advert, makes me want it even more LOL

@busmansholiday would you have any idea on which RM it might be?

 

I just wish I knew if the price was genuine or not, because damn it, I have wanted a Routemaster since I was 5, I have wanted an RM of some kind as much as I have wanted an Invacar

 

but I have always just written it off as a pipe dream, as you say they are normally £20K-£40K and unless I literally win the lottery, no way I can afford that

but £1295, Ill pull that out of my arse for a Routemaster if I have to LOL

but then of course theres the question of where do you put the fucking thing and the whole upkeep and restoration of a bus is £LOL, but still damn it!

id be more then happy to a joint autoshite Routemaster venture LOL

but again the price must too good to be true, although I am tempted to message the seller ask a few questions, if he has any pictures of the inside and such incase that gives us any clues

(plus im interested to see if it still has tungsten lighting of course :) ) 

 

 

If the price is right, it will already be sold. Also as you said yourself the purchase price will just be the start. You'll be paying that much every month for something or other from what little I can see in the pictures. 

I've decided if I ever do it again it has to be kept under cover as I was fighting just to keep the moss from growing in the beading and the windows turning green. And thay are not the easiest things to wash. Just turn up at your local Lithuanian hand car wash I suppose and see if they'll do it for a fiver. And of course it's red so it will pogweasel. And yet I've seen buses kept under cover that still look perfect after ten years so it really is the only way to go but expect to start at £100 a month for undercover storage, probably more. 

One day I'll retire to an old farm with lots of outbuildings, and then I'll think about it. It will be big enough for the  bus and several cars and a proper workshop and another barn just for the model railway. That's how I daydream most of my days away. 

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busmansholiday Rank: Lancia Gamma

busmansholiday

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35 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

Yeah! the frontal indicators or side markers mounted bellow the head lamps almost give me a vibe of it spent some time abroad, you only normally see such additions on RM's that have spent time a long way from the UK/proper parts supply etc

thats a good point on the offside illuminated advert, makes me want it even more LOL

@busmansholiday would you have any idea on which RM it might be?

 

I just wish I knew if the price was genuine or not, because damn it, I have wanted a Routemaster since I was 5, I have wanted an RM of some kind as much as I have wanted an Invacar

 

but I have always just written it off as a pipe dream, as you say they are normally £20K-£40K and unless I literally win the lottery, no way I can afford that

but £1295, Ill pull that out of my arse for a Routemaster if I have to LOL

but then of course theres the question of where do you put the fucking thing and the whole upkeep and restoration of a bus is £LOL, but still damn it!

id be more then happy to a joint autoshite Routemaster venture LOL

but again the price must too good to be true, although I am tempted to message the seller ask a few questions, if he has any pictures of the inside and such incase that gives us any clues

(plus im interested to see if it still has tungsten lighting of course :) ) 

 

 

Ian's bus stop lists RM 1577 and RMs 1923 to 2121 as being built with illuminated adverts, but that was before LT swapped the bodies around, so yours, mine or @Yossguess is as good as anybodies. 

It is / was kept at Coach Services on the industrial estate to the north of Thetford 

 

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Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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3 hours ago, sdkrc said:

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/bmw-isetta-replica-micro-car-mini-bubble-car-villiers-tot-rod-project-classic-vintage/1437881774

 

Has a starter motor , a proper steering rack with drum brakes. The tyres apart from one have all got air in them... Engine turns over freely on the flywheel

Sadly, that seems to be sold now.

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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18 hours ago, morrisoxide said:

Morris 8

 

I'm not sure if the finger is supposed to be blocking the number plate or not?

Plus bonus shot of Kenith the local smack ed sparkin up in the back.

So it goes on Dope Street. 

BeEP Rank: Renault 16

BeEP

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3 hours ago, Yoss said:

If the price is right, it will already be sold. Also as you said yourself the purchase price will just be the start. You'll be paying that much every month for something or other from what little I can see in the pictures. 

I've decided if I ever do it again it has to be kept under cover as I was fighting just to keep the moss from growing in the beading and the windows turning green. And thay are not the easiest things to wash. Just turn up at your local Lithuanian hand car wash I suppose and see if they'll do it for a fiver. And of course it's red so it will pogweasel. And yet I've seen buses kept under cover that still look perfect after ten years so it really is the only way to go but expect to start at £100 a month for undercover storage, probably more. 

One day I'll retire to an old farm with lots of outbuildings, and then I'll think about it. It will be big enough for the  bus and several cars and a proper workshop and another barn just for the model railway. That's how I daydream most of my days away. 

I've sent the seller a message but suspect the price is missing at least one digit/it's sold/it's a scam.  In the unlikely event that none of the above are true I have plenty of outside storage FOC should one of you succumb to temptation!

Yoss Rank: Lancia Gamma

Yoss

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3 minutes ago, BeEP said:

I've sent the seller a message but suspect the price is missing at least one digit/it's sold/it's a scam.  In the unlikely event that none of the above are true I have plenty of outside storage FOC should one of you succumb to temptation!

Good luck! 

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LightBulbFun Rank: Talbot Tagora

LightBulbFun

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38 minutes ago, BeEP said:

I've sent the seller a message but suspect the price is missing at least one digit/it's sold/it's a scam.  In the unlikely event that none of the above are true I have plenty of outside storage FOC should one of you succumb to temptation!

Thanks! it will be interesting to hear how it goes! :) 

and I appreciate the offer on storage! should somehow the stars magically align 

 

and we will fully ignore the fact that I am in and probably will never in any position both finically and physically to restore a Routemaster to road worthiness 

as im all too well aware that as @Yoss even if someone was to magically conjure up a Routemaster out of thin air,

just the up keep of a bus is a full time Job pretty much, except instead of getting paid a living wage, you get fined/docked a living wage LOL

and I cant even get a plastic 3 wheeler on the road, let alone a double decker bus

but its fun to think about what could be, (if my life was not such a mess!)

 

and who knows could always build a shed around it to keep it out of the elements LOL

 

and it would be foolish of me to not at least see if the option is magically there!

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255642814816?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20180816085401%26meid%3Ddf2e09f2eb8b4ed9be36b6f1a39273b6%26pid%3D100970%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D175360884986%26itm%3D255642814816%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100970.m5481&_trkparms=pageci%3Ab85e4f4f-0ab5-11ed-b6b1-82722455d4fa|parentrq%3A2c54803b1820aa7105cfe506ffee25dc|iid%3A1

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I ALSO HAVE A FEW OTHER CLASSIC VEHICLES I AM THINKING OF SELLING 
SO IF YOUR INTERESTED JUST GET IN TOUCH 
A 1969 BEDFORD HA CLASSIC CAMPER
A 1962 BEDFORD J2 VERY SMALL 20 SEATER CLASSIC COACH
A 1966 SOLYTO 3 WHEEL FRENCH VAN 

Sooo... this, then? Awesome!

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BeEP Rank: Renault 16

BeEP

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13 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

Thanks! it will be interesting to hear how it goes! :)

This is the reply from the seller:  "I am in France till Thursday on holiday.  I am more then happy to add you to the list to see it / buy it but unfortunately I have had over 100 messages before you. The list is rather long. Sorry"

So it sounds as if it might be genuine and someone could be getting a bargain.

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LightBulbFun Rank: Talbot Tagora

LightBulbFun

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7 minutes ago, BeEP said:

This is the reply from the seller:  "I am in France till Thursday on holiday.  I am more then happy to add you to the list to see it / buy it but unfortunately I have had over 100 messages before you. The list is rather long. Sorry"

So it sounds as if it might be genuine and someone could be getting a bargain.

Thanks! yeah im not surprised by that response, if its genuine no wonder their inbox exploded at that sort of price!

hopefully it finds a good home with someone!

rather then turned into a glamping pod! 

 

I am just wondering how it managed to fly under the radar so to speak, end up getting listed for so cheap

in that listing a Routemaster for a Grand, is like someone listing a 1960's Mk1 Mini for £50, just because thats what they bought it for back in 1985, and somehow completely missed what they go for these days

 

you pull any joe public off the street and they know that a Routemaster/Mk1 Mini is worth way more then £1000/£50 so its rather curious from that front as well

hence my initial comment of "that can be right!"

 

although I wonder if they even know its a Routemaster? its not actually listed as such, so maybe just sheer blissful ignorance? 

bizarre but not impossible (but again its like someone having a Mini and not knowing its a mIni and just listing it as a "an old British Motor corporation car of some kind")

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vaughant

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11 hours ago, grogee said:

Yeah that would be fun. Although I think one of the things that makes them fun is the lightweight petrol engine, so having this boat anchor in the front might spoil it a bit. 

Still, I like the sound of a diesel sleeper. But it's probably a bit crispy. 

They drive just the same with the diesel in them, still exceptional handling and grip in a fiesta style way. 

I had one years ago and the td is great, let's it pick up really well, great torque and really fills in the gaps the old flat derv couldn't. 

Good on fuel too. 

Yoss Rank: Lancia Gamma

Yoss

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1 hour ago, BeEP said:

This is the reply from the seller:  "I am in France till Thursday on holiday.  I am more then happy to add you to the list to see it / buy it but unfortunately I have had over 100 messages before you. The list is rather long. Sorry"

So it sounds as if it might be genuine and someone could be getting a bargain.

 

1 hour ago, LightBulbFun said:

Thanks! yeah im not surprised by that response, if its genuine no wonder their inbox exploded at that sort of price!

hopefully it finds a good home with someone!

rather then turned into a glamping pod! 

 

I am just wondering how it managed to fly under the radar so to speak, end up getting listed for so cheap

in that listing a Routemaster for a Grand, is like someone listing a 1960's Mk1 Mini for £50, just because thats what they bought it for back in 1985, and somehow completely missed what they go for these days

 

you pull any joe public off the street and they know that a Routemaster/Mk1 Mini is worth way more then £1000/£50 so its rather curious from that front as well

hence my initial comment of "that can be right!"

 

although I wonder if they even know its a Routemaster? its not actually listed as such, so maybe just sheer blissful ignorance? 

bizarre but not impossible (but again its like someone having a Mini and not knowing its a mIni and just listing it as a "an old British Motor corporation car of some kind")

I mean, if this is real they might get a bit of a shock if they do ever decide to see what they're going for. But more fool them if they don't because a quick Google (and I mean quick, in under a minute) found this. Surely if you're selling something you would do this? 

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Would love to know how this pans out but I doubt we'll ever find out. 

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warch Rank: Renault 16

warch

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It’d be a great conversation to have with your next door neighbour/wife once you’ve conveyed the thing back to the safety of your driveway.

’I see you’ve bought a bus’…

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LightBulbFun Rank: Talbot Tagora

LightBulbFun

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55 minutes ago, warch said:

It’d be a great conversation to have with your next door neighbour/wife once you’ve conveyed the thing back to the safety of your driveway.

’I see you’ve bought a bus’…

time to bust out one of my most favourite photographs :) (originally shared to this forum by @Remspoor)

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I still would love to know the story behind it, the sheer chutzpah of it all LOL

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High Jetter

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I think that, or something very similar, was in 'On The Buses', not sure if series or film.

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AnnoyingPentium

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13 hours ago, Flat4 said:

Cheapest, road legal LPG'd car ever???

https://www.gumtree.com/p/vauxhall/£45-to-fill-up-with-lpg-pays-for-itself-in-7-fill-ups/1437931734

Sadly it's a 1.4 Vauxhall or I'd have bought it already....

Misery. Absolute misery.

I was hoping it was a bottle green Mk3 Astra with the 1.4. I'd have bought it then, to piss my Mum off. She had an SPI one and despised it.

D.E Rank: Lancia Gamma

D.E

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12 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

time to bust out one of my most favourite photographs :) (originally shared to this forum by @Remspoor)

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I still would love to know the story behind it, the sheer chutzpah of it all LOL

That's amazing!

I am not sure if I told this before on this forum (I don't think I did), but up until the early 2000s there was a guy in this town who ran a business in importing, selling and maintaining British buses, preferably double deckers. He bought a derelict petrol station to store them all, but not all double deckers could fit under the roof of said petrol station. His solution was to let the air out of the tyres so they could just squeeze underneath it😁

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Yoss Rank: Lancia Gamma

Yoss

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15 hours ago, High Jetter said:

I think that, or something very similar, was in 'On The Buses', not sure if series or film.

On The Buses  used mostly old Bristols. But in one of the films they are sent for retraining to London Transports Chiswick Works and have a go on the skid pan with RM 200. Best part of the film. 

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On 7/20/2022 at 12:49 PM, grogee said:

When I worked at Ford Dunton, these were on the employee scheme and were super-cheap, I think it was at the time they were struggling to sell them. As a contractor I wasn't eligible but LOADS of people bought them, mainly in Aspen Green I think. Possibly the facelift bug-eye lights one, I can't remember.

Yes the seat cloth is a bit 50 Shades of Grey but overall I think they've aged well. I bet it's alright, this

Love a Mk1 and they make a cracking daily motor. But the enthusiasts want STs so can’t imagine they’ll get £2K for it. 
£500 maybe and only because of the current inflated market. 

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