A few bits and bats...(pic heavy)

[Captain Mainwaring]

Here's a mixed bag of snaps I've had on my hard drive for a few months. Hopefully there'll be summat of interest for most on here. Some of the photos are a bit shite, sorry!

 

Tidy 216

 

Mini lacking lights, interior and pretty well everything else. Hopefully it's going to be further raped for it's engine for the benefit of a Metro or something

 

Nice early Snag

 

YES!

 

Beautifully restored Leyland National II

 

Ditto an earlier one

 

Ex-London platform lugging thing

 

IIRC this was just about to be scrapped before the owner bought it off the banger racing knobhead/stock car racing type

 

Olympian is looking rather the worse for wear...

 

First thing you do before leaving for an event where you know you'll be taking loads of pics? Check the batteries in yer camera of course. Which I didn't before going to the Renault World Series, which meant this gorgeous 155 parked in the car park was one of about three cars I snapped that day.

 

Aggro VDP by night

 

Ambastardor parked in same location, there's always some form of BL tat parked there

 

Guy truck retains period signwriting, if not wheels

 

Shite-Rover minibus

 

Dolomite

 

Might be a bit too classic-ified for some but I certainly wouldn't kick this mother out of bed.

 

AEC Matador?

 

Green Goddess keeping a scary looking AEC company

 

And finally a weird sideloader thing abandoned outsite the Keighley Bus Museum.

 

Sorry for all the pics!

[meggersdog]

Austin Ambassador Y.reg.Y.reg.Y.reg

Austin Ambassador Y.reg it's the car that I revere.

 

[155V6]

Not normally a fan of bodykits,but love the 155 .

[Captain Mainwaring]

I'm the same, but I thought that one was rather tastefully done. Well, apart from those stupid white vents in the bumper.

[Polystratus]

Leyland National MK2 - went on one once London once because National Express had a shortage of coaches at the time !

[Cavcraft]

Green National (WFM) looks very Croseville-ish to me.*Not all banger racers are knobheads by the way.

[shite_meister]

Ditto an earlier one

 

Ex-London platform lugging thing

 

Oddly whilst bored I was doodling a headlight and indicator arrangement from one of these Leylands today at work

 

Lansing Bagnall later became Linde Forklifts...like anyone gives a shit.

[Captain Mainwaring]

Green National (WFM) looks very Croseville-ish to me.

It is an ex-Crosville. I've seen it out and about around Bradford, actually, it truly is mint.

[Albert Ross]

The Triumph is not in fact a Dolomite, but it's earlier un-named incarnation, the 1500.............. hence the "1500" badge on the front panel. Rocking horse shit. And ex-girlfriend of mine's Mother had one. It's how I met her in fact. There was this tidy looking bird leaned over (under?) the bonnet, whacking the starter with a hammer. I let her get on with it, and asked her afterwards if she fancied going out for a drink. To my delight, she said yes, and she took me in her GSA.... (No, that's not a euphemism) We got on real well, for 14 months, until I replaced her handbrake pads, then she dumped me... She's married now. Still, her Mother had a right nice Triumph, Auto too IIRC. Seem to remember she scraped the offside doors not long after I was dumped. Did I fix the damage?? Did I buggery.Still ,the daughter did a nice line in food and sex. Like I say a 1500, not a Dolly. Of course, I was terribly, terribly drunk at the time.

[Cavcraft]

Green National (WFM) looks very Croseville-ish to me.

It is an ex-Crosville. I've seen it out and about around Bradford, actually, it truly is mint.

Sad bastard that I am I thought the colour and the local reg number gave it away!

[hammy]

According to the LNG website, WFM is the oldest Leyland National preserved by one of its members since the demise of pre-production prototype FRM 499K.

 

I doubt there are many others on a K reg that still survive in any kind of condition.

 

 

Looks like its in 'Carlyle' livery (Carlyle being the Midland Red Engineering works in Brum - which branched out into body building in the 1980's on minibuses and then single deckers before the company ran into trouble and went bust.

 

I'm guessing it was a demonstrator for the later type of purpose built bodywork, rather than the early buses which were converted from the walk through van body (see below)

 

Compared with this later one (by which time bigger chassis vehicles like the Metrorider, Merc 709D and Dennis Dart were stealing sales from the Sherpa & Transit.

[Captain Mainwaring]

Cheers for the info, Albert and Hammy!

[Split_Pin]

Nice spots therePity the 1500 is on the scrapline :(I'm sure theres a K-reg National in the Selnec livery in some museum or other?

[VWPowered]

strangly drawn to that kitten

 

great pics btw, keep 'em comin'