Advertising Last completed movie pages 1975 Bedford YRT Plaxton Panorama Elite III Ep. 4.05Class: Bus, Single-deck — Model origin: 
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◊ 2014-10-27 13:24 |
1side-![[Image: vlcsnap-2014-10-24-12h46m43s90.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/3808/vlcsnap-2014-10-24-12h46m43s90.jpg) |
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◊ 2014-10-27 13:25 |
1975 Bedford YRT/Plaxton |
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◊ 2014-10-27 13:33 |
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◊ 2014-10-27 13:43 |
@johnfromstaffs: Just curious; how are you able to see this is a Bedford and not i.e. a Bristol or a Leyland or any other brand, without the badge? I'm impressed! |
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◊ 2014-10-27 14:10 |
You need to know where to look, there are lists of such things available to the enthusiast. Try "bus lists on the web" but don't expect much before the 1970s, there one has to use wit and low cunning, like counting the number of spaces where the letters might go, but that isn't much help in telling a Bedford from a Leyland or a Bristol, or even a Gilford. Very useful for Tilling Stevens or Straker-Squire though. -- Last edit: 2014-10-27 14:16:33 |
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◊ 2014-10-27 17:38 |
KGV 38P was a Plaxton Panorama Elite III bodied Bedford YRT new to Beeston's of Hadleigh in August 1975. |
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◊ 2014-10-27 18:45 |
Thank you very much indeed. That was a pretty impressive site. I found another imaghe of this bus here https://www.flickr.com/photos/roadtransportphotos/7656710342/ . But what I really meant with my question is, if there's no number plate, would there have been possible to know what chassis there was underneath? Is there any other feature than possible the wheels that differ the makes? To my untrained eye this Bristol https://www.flickr.com/photos/lva45/5081316506/ looks the same as the Bedford. But I had no problem seeing it's a Plaxton. (I'm interested in buses...) |
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◊ 2014-10-27 19:56 |
Sometimes it is possible, maybe you may see the position of the fuel filler on the bodywork, or spot the design of the wheels or the proportion of the wheelbase to the front and rear overhang. Bedfords tend to have a vertical engine at the front, so a high floor and a shorter distance between the front wheel and the front of the bus, the same applies to Fords, but a Leyland or an AEC with the engine horizontally fitted in between the axles will look different. The Bristol RE has the engine at the back, and if you look you can see the way that the trim strip kicks up at the back of the body. I can't explain all of it, but after 60 plus years of looking I still sometimes can't tell them apart. |
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◊ 2014-10-28 09:13 |
Their is lots of detail about bus fleets on the net , almost as much info as on railway locomotives . Where rail buffs seem to like recording minute detail . and woe betide anyone who gets something wrong .gif ":)") Strangely lorry fleets are almost totally ignored. Suppose there must be lots more bus enthusiats than lorry enthusiasts . -- Last edit: 2014-10-28 09:38:08 |
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◊ 2014-10-28 14:43 |
Possibly one reason is that you can pay your fare and climb on a bus for a ride, and also that buses remain in their fleets for a lot longer than trucks do. The bus enthusiast is then able to say that his favourite vehicle surpasses other makes for comfort, silence, leaning over on bends or whatever. |
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◊ 2014-10-28 14:48 |
Maybe, suppose there is a lot more 'people involvement' with buses and trains . |
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