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One for Seth...
« on: 09 June 2012, 22:07:19 »

... Thought of you today. Spotted on the isle of white. Lovely job. :y

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Re: One for Seth...
« Reply #1 on: 22 June 2012, 23:39:35 »
Just came across this - very tidy of ya, young 'Gixer! :y

IIRC; this fine example of a Duple Vista-bodied Bedford OB came from an East Anglian operator.


Here's the only OB which has remained in the same ownership from new ........ in 1951!


When our friends Len and Sylvia Cooper retired as proprietors of Leathers Coaches (of Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire), they kept this fine specimen. It now resides in a purpose-built garage alongside their home, and occasionally attends vintage shows/steam rallies/etc.
Paintwork is original!
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Re: One for Seth...
« Reply #2 on: 22 June 2012, 23:43:33 »
very nice.   OB=old bus.  ::)
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Re: One for Seth...
« Reply #3 on: 22 June 2012, 23:55:25 »
Quote from: The Red Baron on 22 June 2012, 23:43:33
very nice.   OB=old bus.  ::)

Stay online for a few mins Jon - just came across summat that may well interest ya.
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Re: One for Seth...
« Reply #4 on: 23 June 2012, 00:38:17 »
Quote from: chrisgixer on 09 June 2012, 22:07:19

... Thought of you today. Spotted on the isle of white. Lovely job. :y

I didn't have you down as the type for yomping through the mud at a music festival. ;)
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« Reply #5 on: 23 June 2012, 00:39:54 »
Quote from: Seth on 22 June 2012, 23:39:35
Just came across this - very tidy of ya, young 'Gixer! :y

IIRC; this fine example of a Duple Vista-bodied Bedford OB came from an East Anglian operator.


Here's the only OB which has remained in the same ownership from new ........ in 1951!


When our friends Len and Sylvia Cooper retired as proprietors of Leathers Coaches (of Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire), they kept this fine specimen. It now resides in a purpose-built garage alongside their home, and occasionally attends vintage shows/steam rallies/etc.
Paintwork is original!

........ and here's a back end view of the old girl:


Traditionally signwritten, and as original as the day it left Duple's Hendon factory over 60 years ago :y
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Re: One for Seth...
« Reply #6 on: 23 June 2012, 00:46:41 »
Can we add this the the bus thread?.....just to keep it up to date..... :y :y
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Re: One for Seth...
« Reply #7 on: 23 June 2012, 01:07:29 »
I knew he'd trump that pic. Bus top trumps... Seth wins.  ;D

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Re: One for Seth...
« Reply #8 on: 23 June 2012, 01:11:27 »
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 23 June 2012, 00:38:17
Quote from: chrisgixer on 09 June 2012, 22:07:19

... Thought of you today. Spotted on the isle of white. Lovely job. :y

I didn't have you down as the type for yomping through the mud at a music festival. ;)
your bloody right there Kev. Ecccch :(

Took that a couple of weeks ago. Weather was almost as horrific then too. Zero visibility on the m3 on the way down. Aqua planing on the m27(?) too.

Although, at least the ferries ran ok, and by the time we got to the isle, it was just windy.
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