Ummm … needs to get out more ?
That were luxury compared to the old days…
Nowadays, Underframes are delivered by trailer. Unlike the stout Mercedes Chassis, Underframes do not have sufficient strength to support themselves or be driven.
They need a Transportation Frame for this.
FoL#2 helps run buses in Bristol and recently had to put some routes out to tender as the previous operator had folded. They were taken up by an operator out of Brighton called The Big Lemon & he was delighted to find that their vehicles were electric, the first such in Bristol.
I remember when they started in Brighton, they got really old buses, painted them yellow and powered them with recycled chip fat.
Thought they still did, you could smell them a mile off!
Always made me bungryy
Edit and hungry
Trains this time
Midland Red Memories:
Right, let’s hop on a Smiths/ Shearings coach and go on a trip along the Rhine Valley!
BTW, if anyone has the bigger version of the Tigers Head emblem, then I’ll buy…
Make sure you drive it properly. They don’t grow on trees!
Rare Big Jim Sullivan rock band. Vinyl.
Bus road test!
Ikarus was once the world’s biggest bus manufacturer …
Impressed that it can be done in 3 days!
We’ve all been there. Your Leyland Olympian has developed an Engine Fault Condition.
Put t’kettle on, prepare your tools; workshop equipment and watch this useful video.
And don’t be tempted to ‘Roll Coal’ as you’ll fuck your engine up.
What a fantastic pair of Bristols.