Routemaster

[KWM338R]

Any Routemaster bus enthusiasts among us? went to pick one up from the docks in New York with my mate to add to his collection, somewhat different to his Europa<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> . 40 mph top speed on the highway made for some interesting braking manouvers from the locals!<br>
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cheers<br>
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Mark

<p>1979 Dolomite Sprint<br>
1972 TR6 (now breaking for spares to fund the Dolly)<br>
1993 Mazda Protege ($250 Winter Hack)<br>
2000 Mazda MPV (For Sale)</p><i></i>

[davepoth]

Surely they would notice a bright red vehicle that's 10 foot higher than anything else on the road?<br>
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Actually, haven driven on US freeways, I guess they probably wouldn't. I used to see people reading the <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Wall Street Journal</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> while driving. Scary.<br>
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Did you get any pictures, and more importantly, were you all singing "Summer Holiday"?

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[2F45T4U]

Skip to the chase. Can you wheel spin a bus? I've always wonderd that <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>


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[KWM338R]

I forgot to mention the top was cut off before shipping 'cos the bridges are too low over here. He has another bus with the roof cut off and if you sit up stairs whilst traveling down the highway you are alarmingly close to loosing your head<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :x --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/sick.gif ALT=":x"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> .<br>
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Of course "summer holiday" was mentioned. I was following behind in the support vehicle so didn't get a chance to burst into song onboard. Haven't go any pics, even if I did I doubt i would know how to post them.<br>
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as far as wheelspinning the bus, most unlikely, i was surprised he got it up his ice covered drive without the wheels spinning.<br>
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Cheers<br>
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Mark

<p>1979 Dolomite Sprint<br>
1972 TR6 (now breaking for spares to fund the Dolly)<br>
1993 Mazda Protege ($250 Winter Hack)<br>
2000 Mazda MPV (For Sale)</p><i></i>

[1300dolly]

wheel spining a routemaster. nope as its a very slow semi auto box(like a manual but no clutch) made for carrying 80 people- or persons- though london<br>
Wheel spinning a volvo B10 ( single deck 8 litre turbo'd 40 foot long glassfibred bodied bus) then yes if you plant your right foot on a slightly wet road.<br>
I have had a bus sideways on icey roads which gets some intresting reactions from passengers.<br>
In the states some folk race the yellow school buses on a 8 circuit.<br>
Justyn<br>
Mark if you get any pics of the chopped bus send them to <br>
J.procknow@ntlworld.com<br>
Thanks, Justyn

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[1300dolly]

Can i just point out that im not a bus spotter, i just drive them<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :o --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... rassed.gif ALT=":o"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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School bus racing sites<br>
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http://www.worldsfastestclown.com<br>
http://www.denvers-dirt-track.com<br>
http://www.rashba.com/busracing<br>
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Justyn

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[alun n]

Isn't 'double decking' a euphemism for something deviant in the States. Perhaps this is another reason to have cut the top off? <br>
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I know that the famous Cadbury confectionery bar of similar name caused great mirth amongst some Americans who visited a couple of years ago, but when I asked what they were laughing at they just blushed and went very quiet...<br>
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Perhaps I'm just niaive<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :o --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... rassed.gif ALT=":o"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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[davepoth]

Quick question. Why would you want/need more than one duble decker bus?

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[Jon Tilson]

I had a very long and boring journey home from school. Bus spotting broke the tedium for the 6 months before I discovered girls and football til I'd seen every bus in Southampton and ridden on most of them too. So I was given Ian Allen Buses Anual for 1965 for Christmas in which is a fascinating illustrated story of how London Transport took 3 buses on tour of the USA in the early 1950's to promote tourism. One stayed a bus, one was turned into a mobile museum and garage and the other into sleeping quaters for the entire party.<br>
Brilliant. They used to drive them round these low bridges, sometimes involving a very circuitous route and lots of forward reconaisance in an A90 Atlantic no less.<br>
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The buses were the RT and RTL forerunners to the Routemaster and were thought of as proper buses by the men of their time...whereas the Routemaster with its integral chassis and auto box was thought of as a bit new fangled. "Never catch on...the RT is the best"<br>
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Some things never change....<br>
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I suppose this was true in some ways. RT's (AEC Regent IIRC) and the Leyland Titan III or similar equivalents were used all over the country, the RM remained confined to the capital.<br>
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I'll get me anorak...<br>
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Jonners <br>
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[KWM338R]

no one a work here has heard of 'double decker' as anything other than a bus Alun, must have been some right weirdos you bumped into!<br>
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he flogs ice cream out the back of his other bus (<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.themagicbus.ws)">www.themagicbus.ws)</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> he's not decided what to do with this one yet, although its not going to be ice cream.<br>
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I'll send some pics Justyn of when we picked it up at the docks when Noel sends them to me.<br>
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Cheers<br>
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Mark <br>
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PS was never a bus spotter myself, but feel i've missed out on something now!

<p>1979 Dolomite Sprint<br>
1972 TR6 (now breaking for spares to fund the Dolly)<br>
1993 Mazda Protege ($250 Winter Hack)<br>
2000 Mazda MPV (For Sale)</p><i></i>

[SuffolkSprint]

I owned a 1967 bus for seven years, until it burnt to the ground in 1993. The plan was to tour the country in it, but that never happned sadly.<br>
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I also had a go at driving a Routemaster many years ago, I really would recommend it - great fun! Best off the public road, though. Although (at that time, at least) you could drive a privately owned bus on the road with just a car licence - I think that may have changed now, which is probably not a bad idea since a car and a bus are two very different machines to drive and manouvre!<br>
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I did get a couple of wheelspins from my old bus (an AEC Reliance if anyone else is as anorak like as me) in the mud on the farm where I kept it.<br>
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Anyway, if anyone is considering buying a bus (and I suspect very much that no one is!) my advice would be: don't! You think Dolly parts are hard to find...!

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[1300dolly]

If you really want one i can get you a routemaster for the small sum of £8250. and you need a pcv (passenger carrying vehcile) licence to drive a bus/coach<br>
aec relience, b6's, b10's, aleanteans(volvo and leyland)and many other buses available for the right price, all with tax and ticket.<br>
Oh and spares are there if you know where to look<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :hat --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/pimp.gif ALT=":hat"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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Justyn<br>
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[SuffolkSprint]

I remember when a Routemaster could be bought for £2000, mind you that was probably about 10 years ago! LT kept most of the RMLs though. I remember travelling to school on a MCW bodied Atlantean, they were often so full of school kids that the front entrance step dragged on the kerb! I found one for sale following withdrawal from Hertfordshire for £2200. I only had my pocket money at the time! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :rollin --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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[1300dolly]

HELP.. ive just tried to post the routemaster pics that were emailed to me from mark but for some reason it wont let me post pics. can i email them to one of you kind chaps so you can post the pics?<br>
Justyn

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[2F45T4U]

bloody old people.... <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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Yer go on send it my way.<br>
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Adam

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