ParkRoyal2100:
coomsey:
Still can’t get my head around it
0I presume that’s an RT(…?) As much as I’m fond of the RM, I’d rather see more RT’s on the (LT bus) restoration circuit.
A generation before the RT: looks like an STL to me.
Dennis Javelin:
fodenway:
5thwheel:
coomsey:
Still can’t get my head around it
0Interesting to note the difference between both inclinometers,some 7 or 8 degrees,also only showing 1 headlight.
David
Obviously Wartime - under Blackout Regulations the mudguard tips and edges are painted white, the bulb would have been removed from the offside headlamp, and the nearside one has a slot with a hooded cover to deflect the pitifully small amount of light down on to the road - although on this one it appears to be fixed vertically instead of horizontally.
This bus was first registered in March 1933 to London General so the tilt test would have been done then. That was the year that LGOC was incorporated into what became London Transport. Doesn’t explain the single headlight though.
Could it be re-certification after a 10-year major overhaul/rebodying? - which would put it into wartime - note the white-painted wing edges to aid visibility in blackout conditions.
Obviously Wartime - under Blackout Regulations the mudguard tips and edges are painted white, the bulb would have been removed from the offside headlamp, and the nearside one has a slot with a hooded cover to deflect the pitifully small amount of light down on to the road - although on this one it appears to be fixed vertically instead of horizontally.
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This bus was first registered in March 1933 to London General so the tilt test would have been done then. That was the year that LGOC was incorporated into what became London Transport. Doesn’t explain the single headlight though.
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Could it be re-certification after a 10-year major overhaul/rebodying? - which would put it into wartime - note the white-painted wing edges to aid visibility in blackout conditions.
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Might be that, but it’s liveried up for London General and I would have thought that everything in 1943 would be in London Transport colours and logo’s.
Found this webpage which suggests the pic was taken 1st Jan 1933.
Dennis Javelin:
Might be that, but it’s liveried up for London General and I would have thought that everything in 1943 would be in London Transport colours and logo’s.
Ironically there’s actually a new type ‘routemaster’ on the 87/N87 route that’s in original London General livery.
Saw it for the first time at around 3am on the way back from London bringing a relative back from the late Queen’s state queue.
Firstly couldn’t believe what I was seeing and then he told me the route which I never even knew about.
So now when I get the last train into Euston from Manchester I won’t need to pay a 30 quid cab fair to Putney for night routes home via Kingston.
Carryfast:
Dennis Javelin:
Might be that, but it’s liveried up for London General and I would have thought that everything in 1943 would be in London Transport colours and logo’s.Ironically there’s actually a new type ‘routemaster’ on the 87/N87 route that’s in original London General livery.
Dennis Javelin:
Obviously Wartime - under Blackout Regulations the mudguard tips and edges are painted white, the bulb would have been removed from the offside headlamp, and the nearside one has a slot with a hooded cover to deflect the pitifully small amount of light down on to the road - although on this one it appears to be fixed vertically instead of horizontally.
This bus was first registered in March 1933 to London General so the tilt test would have been done then. That was the year that LGOC was incorporated into what became London Transport. Doesn’t explain the single headlight though.
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Could it be re-certification after a 10-year major overhaul/rebodying? - which would put it into wartime - note the white-painted wing edges to aid visibility in blackout conditions.
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Might be that, but it’s liveried up for London General and I would have thought that everything in 1943 would be in London Transport colours and logo’s.
Found this webpage which suggests the pic was taken 1st Jan 1933.
alamy.com/stock-photo-safet … 44925.html
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My father had a book with this picture in it. The book was published prewar.
mj3200:
I spotted this picture of an Atlantean in Glasgow painted to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the city. I don’t recall it from '75 but every child at school was given a mug which amazingly I still have. I did drive one of this type out of Possilpark Shed in 1990, LA701 possibly. It was kept for last resort but it went like the clappers up the hill to East Kilbride, complete with its bladder screenwash and what have you. Feeling oldAdded the original too.
Indicating that you perhaps recall Edinburgh from 1175? 
This coach is now in my possession and undergoing conversion to a mobile home.
MAN 360hp engine, RTO 610 gear box MAN, hub reduction diff.
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This coach is now in my possession and undergoing conversion to a mobile home.
MAN 360hp engine, RTO 610 gear box MAN, hub reduction diff.
Good work SDU, whose bodywork? Wouldn’t have come with a Fuller/ RR as standard would it?
ParkRoyal2100:
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This coach is now in my possession and undergoing conversion to a mobile home.
MAN 360hp engine, RTO 610 gear box MAN, hub reduction diff.Good work SDU, whose bodywork? Wouldn’t have come with a Fuller/ RR as standard would it?
It deffo sounds like my kind of bus! 
ERF-NGC-European:
ParkRoyal2100:
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This coach is now in my possession and undergoing conversion to a mobile home.
MAN 360hp engine, RTO 610 gear box MAN, hub reduction diff.Good work SDU, whose bodywork? Wouldn’t have come with a Fuller/ RR as standard would it?
It deffo sounds like my kind of bus!
Gi’s us go mister.
Being used to British buses and coaches, it took me a little while to appreciate the bodywork types when I landed here (Oz); these days, I love things like old Dennings (screaming Detroit 2-smoke and all). That said, Australian coachbuilders made some appalling eyesores (see NSW STA Atlanteans for example: flickr.com/photos/29029178@N03/51330536559/).
That MAN with the Fuller 610 box reminds of the well-established American bus builder, Crown. Crown specialised in school buses but built general coaches as well. Some were Detroit powered with 5sp manual or Allison auto boxes.
However, many were ■■■■■■■ powered with Fuller RT 610 10sp 'boxes. The ones pictured below have 300bhp ■■■■■■■ with RTX 610s.
ERF-NGC-European:
That MAN with the Fuller 610 box reminds of the well-established American bus builder, Crown. Crown specialised in school buses but built general coaches as well. Some were Detroit powered with 5sp manual or Allison auto boxes.However, many were ■■■■■■■ powered with Fuller RT 610 10sp 'boxes. The ones pictured below have 300bhp ■■■■■■■ with RTX 610s.
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Cheers Ro. American buses are a foreign language to me.
A Spanish coach on the coast road at Mojacar in Almeria Province in Spain,
opposite Indabella Apartment where I have stayed many times.
Ray Smyth.
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This coach is now in my possession and undergoing conversion to a mobile home.
MAN 360hp engine, RTO 610 gear box MAN, hub reduction diff.
Very nice too,what a project!
David
ParkRoyal2100:
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This coach is now in my possession and undergoing conversion to a mobile home.
MAN 360hp engine, RTO 610 gear box MAN, hub reduction diff.Good work SDU, whose bodywork? Wouldn’t have come with a Fuller/ RR as standard would it?
As built specs, back in the 70s MAN would fit RRs. I had a mate who owned a MAN prime mover, that had a 13 speed on the column.
Body by GBW, all management from Denning immediately after their demise. You don’t have to squint to see the design cue’s and influence from Denning.
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ParkRoyal2100:
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This coach is now in my possession and undergoing conversion to a mobile home.
MAN 360hp engine, RTO 610 gear box MAN, hub reduction diff.Good work SDU, whose bodywork? Wouldn’t have come with a Fuller/ RR as standard would it?
As built specs, back in the 70s MAN would fit RRs. I had a mate who owned a MAN prime mover, that had a 13 speed on the column.
Body by GBW, all management from Denning immediately after their demise. You don’t have to squint to see the design cue’s and influence from Denning.
I drove these in the '80s. They all had (floor stick) 13-sp Fullers. Beautiful installation too: knife through butter changes. 
