Old bus photos

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    06/10/22 Ford AA OU 8792 This Ford AA looks to have been hidden away for many years (its not on PSV Circles preserved lists) Apparently it was new to A F Hassell of Liss in May 1931 they were a coal merchant and also ran a newsagents shop. Looks like they also ran the bus…

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    29/12/19 Feathers Coaches/Samuel Ledgard In 1957, I think, I went on the Albert Road Junior School day trip from Saltaire to Southport. The coach company was Feathers of Bingley. Our coach was amazingly fast for the period. I watched the speedo on the East Lancs Road staying top side of 60mph. The driver told me…

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    07/09/22 Budgens Coaches, Wincanton I wonder if anyone has any information of the Bedford OB coach operated by Budgens Garage Wincanton in the early to mid 60’s, I used to travel to school in it. We also used it for a journey to RAF Lyneham for our annual ATC camp. They also operated a similar…

  • Any Other Thing

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    07/07/22 AEC Regent IV Until recently I didn’t believe that the AEC Regent IV ever existed but it did! It just never caught on as a bus. They put a Crossley body on it, but that was too heavy. They then tried rebodying it with a Park Royal body, and it was even painted in…

  • How a Manchester Daimler morphed into a squealing Leyland!

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    Occasionally a thread wanders off the actual posted vehicle and reveals some fascinating comments. Here we have one such case the posting was a Manchester Corporation Daimler CVG6 until comments from Roger and Chris brought up the steering and braking characteristics of certain vehicles. The thread then laid dormant for three months until Diesel Dave…

  • The lifespan of a PSV vehicle

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    A question to those better informed than I, arising out of Ian Wild’s photo of the Sheffield Leyland and David Oldfield’s comments on the lifespan of these vehicles. My recollection is that new vehicles came with a 7 year Certificate of Fitness; they were generally given further 5 year CoFs after overhaul, and so, since…

  • Payne’s of Harrogate

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    In Leeds in the late 1950s, I vividly remember seeing half-cab Daimler coaches in a beautiful purple and off-white livery operated by what I think was Payne’s (Paine’s?) of Harrogate. Try as I might, I can’t find any photos of these. I would love to see them again – particularly in colour. Any ideas where…

  • A Whistling Guy

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    On YouTube there is footage of a ride aboard Chester Guy Arab DFM 347H. The bus has a manual gearbox and Gardner engine and sounds delightful. However, what intrigues me is the high-pitched ‘whistle’ that rises and falls with the engine revs. It sounds somewhat similar to a turbocharger, but I know it’s not. There…

  • An Abbreviations Query

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    It’s good to have all these definitions listed on the ‘Abbreviations’ page – but I see the Bristol SC is described as “underfloor engine”. I always though it was fitted with a front vertical engine, and that it was the replacement SU series (SUS, SUL) that had an underfloor engine (amidships). Also, the usual designation…

  • “Blue Bird Motors” or “Stretford Tours”

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    Can anyone please help with old photos or information of “Blue Bird Motors” or “Stretford Tours” from the 1940s to the 1950s. They had their offices in Oldham, Rhodes Bank and Hollinwood. They did a Service to a Sanatorium at Market Drayton during the war years and a daily service to Blackpool and Cleveleys as…