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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #270 on: 25 March 2010, 22:29:23 »
I had to get a bus yesterday from Edinburgh Airport to Glasgow, bus travel is not that bad these days it was very comfortable inside:

This is the bus I travelled on:
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #271 on: 25 March 2010, 22:30:36 »
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I had to get a bus yesterday from Edinburgh Airport to Glasgow, bus travel is that bad these days:

This is the bus I travelled on:


An air bus Jim ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

No seriously no picture is showing! ;) ;)
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« Reply #272 on: 25 March 2010, 22:31:44 »
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #273 on: 25 March 2010, 22:32:18 »
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I had to get a bus yesterday from Edinburgh Airport to Glasgow, bus travel is that bad these days:

This is the bus I travelled on:


An air bus Jim ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

No seriously no picture is showing! ;) ;)
Sorted now ;D ;D
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #274 on: 25 March 2010, 22:37:56 »
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The Y-type could be specified with the longer panoramic windows, or the shorter multi-bay arrangement as seen on this trusty Leopard.

The third shot is of an Alexander T-type body (fore-runner of the TE) on a Leyland Leopard.

At around this time, Leyland announced that it was to discontinue the 4-speed manual gearbox option on the Leopard.

As the Scottish Bus Group was reluctant to accept the ubiquitous semi-automatic version, it turned to Seddon, who came up with the 'Pennine 7' chassis, powered by the Gardner 6HLX unit. However, this chassis wasn't entirely successful, and SBG returned to semi-auto Leopards for it's requirements.
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #275 on: 25 March 2010, 22:42:50 »
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The Y-type could be specified with the longer panoramic windows, or the shorter multi-bay arrangement as seen on this trusty Leopard.

The third shot is of a T-type (fore-runner of the TE) on a Leyland Leopard.

At around this time, Leyland announced that it was to discontinue the 4-speed manual gearbox option on the Leopard.

As the Scottish Bus Group was reluctant to accept the ubiquitous semi-automatic version, it turned to Seddon, who came up with the 'Pennine 7' chassis powered by the Gardner 6HLX unit. However, this chassis wasn't entirely successful, and SBG returned to the Leopard with semi-auto 'box for it's requirements.
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #276 on: 25 March 2010, 22:46:37 »
Fame at last....... :y :y
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #277 on: 25 March 2010, 22:49:11 »
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Fame at last....... :y :y



So Andy Warhol was right 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #278 on: 25 March 2010, 23:08:56 »
More Charabancs........................................

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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #279 on: 25 March 2010, 23:13:14 »
to me the white one could be a guy?
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #280 on: 25 March 2010, 23:27:40 »
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to me the white one could be a guy?

You could be right,  this one I'm not sure, I thought it was made in the States.
The originals, that we called charabancs, came from the states and were mainly Fords. :-/ :-/ :-/
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« Reply #281 on: 25 March 2010, 23:51:50 »
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to me the white one could be a guy?

You could be right,  this one I'm not sure, I thought it was made in the States.
The originals, that we called charabancs, came from the states and were mainly Fords. :-/ :-/ :-/
no doubt byron will put us right on it :y
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #282 on: 26 March 2010, 00:06:56 »

this is burton corporation no 16 i have shares in. :y
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #283 on: 26 March 2010, 00:15:44 »
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this is burton corporation no 16 i have shares in. :y

It's a bit old....... :D :D :D
Can I have a drive..... :y
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #284 on: 26 March 2010, 09:15:48 »
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to me the white one could be a guy?

You could be right,  this one I'm not sure, I thought it was made in the States.
The originals, that we called charabancs, came from the states and were mainly Fords. :-/ :-/ :-/
no doubt byron will put us right on it :y

Are you ready for this folks?

It's a Leyland Lioness, and was owned (maybe it still is) by Winkleigh guru Colin Shears.
West of England Transport Collection etc.
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