awoo
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Nov 30, 2006 22:27:50 GMT
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Nov 30, 2006 22:30:59 GMT
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I FEAR...that my dad owns something like you have explained! so i have been told!!!1 I'd love an old leyland to live in though and occasionaly move to stretch its legs.
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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Colonelk
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Nov 30, 2006 22:56:49 GMT
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IIRC you can drive it on (older) driving liscenses (pre 1998 was it?) as long as it weighs less than 7.5 tonnes and a certain number of seats. Pretty sure old routemasters fell into that weight band. Dunno about coaches tho!
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Nov 30, 2006 22:57:04 GMT
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My mate has just bought an old coach of some description... I'm seeing him on Saturday so if I remember, I'll take a camera!
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Anglia68
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Nov 30, 2006 23:01:33 GMT
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I wonder if The Smoke City Wheelers old chopped bus is still about.A work of genius.
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Last Edit: Nov 30, 2006 23:02:22 GMT by Anglia68
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bryn
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Nov 30, 2006 23:49:28 GMT
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I'd love to live in a bus, posted a load up here ages ago. Really fancy me an old school house bus...
As for the Smoke City double decker. Inspirational, the first time I saw it, i took a while to clock what had been done it's that good in the metal. Legend.
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Volvo, Buggy, Discovery and an old tractor.
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find pics of busses hereid love an old double decker. leyland atlantean or bristol VR ftmfw. ;D one day, when the lotto comes up.
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I'm pretty sure you can have as many seats as ya like as long as your not using it for commercial purposes
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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I wonder if The Smoke City Wheelers old chopped bus is still about.A work of genius. The chopped Routemaster is parked round the back of a pub down the road from me. Been there AGES!
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AFAIK, they changed the rules (again) on this. If its a "classic" bus and not used for hire & reward you can drive it on a normal licence regardless of number of seats I think. Best to check, I'm sure www.dvla.gov.uk has some details... I have driven a Leyland Atlantean II on private ground (a huge warehouse complex) and they are a right laugh to drive! Its a really weird feeling like a scoobyvan or similar as you sit forward of the front wheels so you feel like you are being swung round on a boom when you steer. You also hgave to remember to drive past stuff you want to turn round before actually turning. Storing these things is tricky... If you get one can I have a go? They are usually cheap. When I drove one I was with Nick Larkin of Popular Classics fame who was rescuing one from a fleet being decommissioned. There was another lad who was also having one and a mate of mine and I who wee just there for the giggle. I think they were even given the busses for free to take them away... I was offered one for like £250. Some of these busses have pre-select gearboxes, some have aurtomatics and some have crash-boxes. Some getting used to involved in driving them...
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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If living in a bus is one thing, running an estate agency from one has got to be worth a mention! www.camdenbus.co.ukCool!
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I thought the Smoke City RM had been unchopped?
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I've driven a few buses on private land. Could probably organise something if enough people are interested in doing something a bit different? Cost me £35 for an hour on my own. They did have a double decker which I drove but then they switched to a Leyland National which I also drove.
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1986 Citroen 2CV Dolly Other things. Check out my Blog for the latest! www.hubnut.org
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DutyFreeSaviour
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Been hankering after one for ages...... there's two old London routemasters around here in Brussels but I can't find out the owners - 1 of 'em is getting rather dilapidated Another one in a car place where VW boys meet in Dusseldorf - but that's a static cafe thing now. Been in an RAF one when they did the old skid pan testing - what a laugh! ;D ;D ;D ;D RIP RAF St Athan
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Back from the dead..... kind of
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JC
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skid pan testing in a bus! that must be scary! probably fun though, with that amount of weight it should have a fair bit of inertia if it doesn't tip over.
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If living in a bus is one thing, running an estate agency from one has got to be worth a mention! www.camdenbus.co.ukCool! I know one of the guys who works there! He's a regular at the Ace Cafe too, but not with that bus! ;D
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bxer
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Many years ago, (I'm getting old now ), you could've passed your driving test in a Mini, and then gone and driven a double decker (with no passengers etc) on your own I applied to be a bus driver at the tender age of 21, the interview took place in a bus and went like this: A quick description of the gears (semi auto, gated gears operated on air probably, just brake and accelerator), then fire it up and off you went, driving the bus ;D Didn't pass my PSV, I had a good instructor for the first two weeks, then a complete nighmare for the last. You'd go through a gap and he'd scream at you for going to fast, then go through a similar gap and he'd tell you that you were too slow... On the training, they mentioned that the bus didn't need L plates, as we had a full driving licence... Training was fun, involved driving round the SE corner of England stopping at various bus garages for greasy spoon fryups (most of them have gone now ) Nowadays, I think you're much more restricted on the size of things you can drive on a regular licence, think it's 3.5 ton for lorries (I've got 7.5 due to being old), and 18 or something seats for a bus? (Older licences had no limit, as long as it wasn't for hire or reward) And skid pan testing? I'm jealous!! Don't think you could flip a bus, all the weight is really low down...
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IIRC you can drive it on (older) driving liscenses (pre 1998 was it?) as long as it weighs less than 7.5 tonnes and a certain number of seats. Pretty sure old routemasters fell into that weight band. Dunno about coaches tho! off topic what does iirc mean lost on these abreviations . thanks
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ive got a track day coming up soon, get to drive new mini cooper s, e type jag and a BUS full of my family and friends!!
accident waiting to happen or what!!
always wanted to give it a whirl, we'll see what happens!
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