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unknown in Stacey, Movie, 1973

Class: Bus, Custom

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s13a ◊ 2020-04-29 19:38
Ddey65 ◊ 2020-04-29 22:04	Looks like a rebuilt AEC double decker from here. Maybe even an old Routemaster. -- Last edit: 2020-04-29 22:04:55
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2020-04-30 12:19	I have to say that I do not think that the Routemaster theory holds water. How do you reconstruct a chassisless bus into the thing above? http://www.thermmanual.com/RMartwork.htm
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2020-04-30 12:39	The engine compartment (if real) is too far ahead of the front axle for a British bus chassis.
Ddey65 ◊ 2020-05-01 07:52	Well, the grille looks familiar. Gag Halfrunt wrote The engine compartment (if real) is too far ahead of the front axle for a British bus chassis. I thought a lot of them originally had that even after World War II. -- Last edit: 2020-05-01 07:53:10
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2020-05-01 08:26	What you are thinking about is possibly a Guy Arab, if I may put thoughts in your head, the AEC Regent did not look so front heavy, nor did the Leyland Titan. AEC Regent III /vehicle_506170-AEC-Regent-III.html Leyland Titan Link to "en.wikipedia.org" Other British d/d buses, restricted to approximately 30s/40s types, and pre tin front jobs. Albion Venturer http://www.wythall.org.uk/vehicles/vhdg448.asp Bristol K5G http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/DDL-50.jpg Crossley DD42. https://www.flickr.com/photos/55505560@N07/8312063859 Daimler COG5 http://www.wythall.org.uk/vehicles/vcvp207.asp Dennis Lance http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/?tag=dennis-lance SOS FEDD http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/?p=13653 Thornycroft Daring http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/?p=1574 Guy Arab /vehicle_933478-Guy-Arab-II-1945.html /v098347.html The government (Ministry of War Production, I think) decreed that only Arab d/d and Bedford OB s/d buses were to be built new, and, after the other firms had used up stocks and ceased bus building for other war work it was so. They also made the Gardner 5LW the only available engine but when the puissance proved inadequate for hilly places they had to relax this and allow use of the 6LW in some cases. The extra length meant that the engine wouldn’t fit, so a redesign lengthened the bonnet, necessitating a relaxation of the then current construction and use regulations, and giving quite a noticeable snout effect. To save material and time by standardisation all Arabs produced thereafter had the longer bonnet. The subject picture appears to have ifs, since no beam is visible and the engine looks too low in the frame to permit the clearance necessary. This would eliminate most British d/d vehicles from consideration, and the Routemaster has already shot itself in the foot. The wheels look too small, and my theory is that this is a cobbled up built for a requirement thing. -- Last edit: 2020-05-01 17:38:46
ewood.eddie ◊ 2020-05-02 19:23	The profile of the grille and position in relation to the axle looks like a RATP (Paris) Renault but these were never Double Deck

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