JeeExEll Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Another Bedford Shorty spotted in the wild. This one's happily snuffling around it's natural habitat looking for some diesel and cheeseburgers. Pic courtesy of David Attenborough. anonymous user, Banger Kenny, Richard and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Doors open for The Magical Mystery Tour. Step right this way. Richard, Banger Kenny, anonymous user and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstraight6 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 We are the South Preservation Society.That's ace, there's one like this that floats about Plymouth but it looks much older with a lovely chrome grille that's slightly oval in shape, and I'm sure it has fins over the rear lights which again makes it look older. It's apparently available for hire and I might be just doing that as part of my 50th birthday bash in just under 12 months time JeeExEll and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 We are the South Preservation Society. Is that a glimmer of interior lighting there - confirming life not yet extinguished? Lovely thing, I never realised they had made these Plaxton shorties long enough to update the front end. JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 They didn't. It's a recent(ish) modification. Probably because the usual chrome grille was missing/beaten to fuck and made of purest unobtanium. Have a slightly bigger small Bedford coach thingy. Partridge and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Thanks for the clarification FBP.....I missed a lot of things that happened in the 1970s but felt sure I hadn't missed that! Inspector Morose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 They didn't. It's a recent(ish) modification. Probably because the usual chrome grille was missing/beaten to fuck and made of purest unobtanium. image.jpeg Have a slightly bigger small Bedford coach thingy.I think that's the same one used in an old VOSA training video, where later on the VOSA wheeltapper starts feeling about inside a wheelarch of a D10M in London Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I think that's the same one used in an old VOSA training video, where later on the VOSA wheeltapper starts feeling about inside a wheelarch of a D10M in LondonWhats a D10M? Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 NC bodied Citybus London General one IIRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead_E23 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 There's a page dedicated to 'Blims' on the excellent TravellerHomes website. Anyone know why they're called a 'Blim'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 NC bodied Citybus London General one IIRCAhhh, a Citybus. D10Ms, like B9Ms, DO NOT FUCKING EXIST. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Ahhh, a Citybus. D10Ms, like B9Ms, DO NOT FUCKING EXIST. Sent from my SM-G930F using TapatalkExplain this then. The B9M seems to have existed enough for badges to be made, unless somebody cobbled this one up using an upsidedown 6 from a B6.The Wray way by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Partridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Explain this then. The B9M seems to have existed enough for badges to be made, unless somebody cobbled this one up using an upsidedown 6 from a B6.The Wray way by Adam Floyd, on FlickrI've seen B9M badges, all of which have been on Mk.4 B10M-48s like that B10M-48 in the picture. However there is no actual reference to a B9M in Volvo speak, nor is there a D10M; they (almost all) carried B10M on the chassis plate, largely because short B10Ms didn't have a 9-litre engine. I say almost all; our former demonstrator B10M Citybus was a development hack and it's chassis designation was BD10X. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I've seen B9M badges, all of which have been on Mk.4 B10M-48s like that B10M-48 in the picture. However there is no actual reference to a B9M in Volvo speak, nor is there a D10M; they (almost all) carried B10M on the chassis plate, largely because short B10Ms didn't have a 9-litre engine. I say almost all; our former demonstrator B10M Citybus was a development hack and it's chassis designation was BD10X. Sent from my SM-G930F using TapatalkIt must be some kind of 'semi-official' thing then - maybe the UK supplier realised customers were calling them B9Ms for some reason and decided to badge them as such but I've never actually seen a proper explanation. Officially they're B10M-46 and B10M-48 and the B9M name doesn't actually make any sense as they're neither 9 metres long nor have a 9-litre engine (unlike the B9R). cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Just to annoy you both, have a B7M cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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