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1948 BMMO S9 rebodied by Roe 
Class: Bus, Single-deck — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2017-08-16 22:34 |
A nest of 3 BMMOs for jfs, possibly Stratford on Avon (so Shakespeare may well have gone to school on one of them)![[Image: 04-06bmmostratb.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/04-06bmmostratb.jpg) ![[Image: 04-06bmmostratc.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/04-06bmmostratc.jpg) ![[Image: 04-06bmmostratd.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/04-06bmmostratd.jpg) LHA 3x6 (main) = Smethwick, Feb-Dec 1948, -- Last edit: 2017-08-16 23:27:00 |
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◊ 2017-08-16 22:54 |
LHA bus is BMMO S9. All 100 buses built 1949/50, withdrawn 1962-7 all bodies by Brush. NHA bus is BMMO S10. All 136 buses built 1949/50, withdrawn 1961-6 some bodies by Metro-Cammell, some Brush. Without wishing to bore everybody rigid by detailing the minute changes from one series to the next, let's say that the Midland Red always built its buses to match the latest legislation in respect of such vehicles, and to be as economical as possible to build and to operate. They experimented with disc brakes and rubber suspension units in this era, and also automatic and semi-automatic transmissions, independent front suspension and followed on into lightweight vehicles with single rear wheels. These were not very comfortable, I can tell you from dozens of trips to and from school! Lord help us if you find some double deckers to play with! -- Last edit: 2017-08-16 23:33:10 |
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◊ 2017-08-16 23:46 |
The registration numbers do not tell a truthful story, the Red took out large blocks of numbers and retained them until the buses were built. |
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◊ 2017-12-21 00:51 |
BMMO S9 with LHA 3xx and 4xx plates (which seems to be all 100 S9s) had "B40F bodywork by Brush to BMMO design. Fitted with horizontal BMMO 8-litre engine mounted underfloor. Entire batch lengthened from 27′ 6″ to 29′ 3″ by Charles H. Roe between 1951 and 1953, and re-seated to B44F. Withdrawn from April 1962". - http://www.midlandred.net/vehicles/fleetlist.php?type=s9&operator=bmmo. So in 1954 the Roe rebodying would apply. |
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◊ 2022-01-07 13:41 |
"Midland Red bus memories kept alive at transport museum" - BBC website tribute page because "it's exactly 40 years since a fleet of distinctive Midland Red buses last carried passengers all around the Midlands, but a transport museum in Worcestershire remains determined to preserve their memory." |
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◊ 2022-01-07 14:34 |
One of which was driven by Jeremy Price, a boyhood friend. Nerds rule, OK! |
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◊ 2022-01-08 08:42 |
The description “rebodying” is incorrect. Roe lengthened the buses behind the rear axle to allow for an additional row of seats, the rest of the body was left unchanged. Please correct this error. |
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