How ancient is this bus?

http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/new...ncil_1_2012813

On 13/04/2013 19:59, Basil Jet wrote:

How ancient is this bus?

http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/new...ncil_1_2012813

Not an ancient as it looks at first glance? Googling the registration
doesn't find anything.

Something looks odd. Is it less than full size?
http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/new...813.1365720741


(I'm now filling my hard drive with furry pr0n - I wouldn't want to take
the risk of someone finding UKIP stuff on it)
--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:29:19 +0100, Arthur Figgis wrote:

How ancient is this bus?

http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/pol...5697_1_2014604!
image/3608114369.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_490/3608114369.jpg
or
http://snipurl.com/26ttejs

Not an ancient as it looks at first glance? Googling the registration
doesn't find anything.

Something looks odd. Is it less than full size?

Almost certainly.

The plate appears to be 78x OVL, with the obscured digit being either a 5
or a 6. But the obscured digit is in the centre of the plate - which it
wouldn't be for a six digit plate, so it must be seven - there's almost
certainly a character behind his leg. Four numbers, three letters was
never mainland UK issued - so it's either an NI plate or it's a post-83
year prefix letter, which'd make it one of the modern repro-retro buses,
and therefore almost certainly a Q plate. Q785 OVL is on a 1987 "Lion
Omnibus". Chucking that in to DVLA's tax disc checker scotches my
immediate assumption, that it's probably a Ford Transit underneath it.

Oh, no. Nothing so sensible...

998cc petrol. And, when you look closely at the front suspension, there's
definitely a driveshaft in there.

It's a sodding Mini...

At first glance, vaguely credible. But when you look closely, it's a
barking mad faux-retro pastiche, utterly useless in real life.
How very... fitting.

About the only thing I can find out about the Lion Omnibus is...
http://www.miniexperience.com.au/fil.../mag/12_issue/
magic_bus_story.pdf
or
http://snipurl.com/26ttgvc

(and, just to confirm it all, look at the reg in the second pic)

In message , Adrian
writes
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:29:19 +0100, Arthur Figgis wrote:

How ancient is this bus?

http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/pol...5697_1_2014604!
image/3608114369.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_490/3608114369.jpg
or
http://snipurl.com/26ttejs

Not an ancient as it looks at first glance? Googling the registration
doesn't find anything.

Something looks odd. Is it less than full size?

Almost certainly.

The plate appears to be 78x OVL, with the obscured digit being either a 5
or a 6. But the obscured digit is in the centre of the plate - which it
wouldn't be for a six digit plate, so it must be seven - there's almost
certainly a character behind his leg. Four numbers, three letters was
never mainland UK issued - so it's either an NI plate or it's a post-83
year prefix letter, which'd make it one of the modern repro-retro buses,
and therefore almost certainly a Q plate. Q785 OVL is on a 1987 "Lion
Omnibus". Chucking that in to DVLA's tax disc checker scotches my
immediate assumption, that it's probably a Ford Transit underneath it.

Oh, no. Nothing so sensible...

998cc petrol. And, when you look closely at the front suspension, there's
definitely a driveshaft in there.

It's a sodding Mini...

Have you got a mate called Watson?

--
Paul Giverin

My Photos:- www.giverin.co.uk

In uk.transport.london Adrian wrote:
It's a sodding Mini...

At first glance, vaguely credible. But when you look closely, it's a
barking mad faux-retro pastiche, utterly useless in real life.
How very... fitting.

And notice also the small puddle of oil underneath it in the first pic...

Theo

"Paul Giverin" wrote in message
...
In message , Adrian
writes
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:29:19 +0100, Arthur Figgis wrote:

How ancient is this bus?

http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/pol...5697_1_2014604!
image/3608114369.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_490/3608114369.jpg
or
http://snipurl.com/26ttejs

Not an ancient as it looks at first glance? Googling the registration
doesn't find anything.

Something looks odd. Is it less than full size?

Almost certainly.

The plate appears to be 78x OVL, with the obscured digit being either a 5
or a 6. But the obscured digit is in the centre of the plate - which it
wouldn't be for a six digit plate, so it must be seven - there's almost
certainly a character behind his leg. Four numbers, three letters was
never mainland UK issued - so it's either an NI plate or it's a post-83
year prefix letter, which'd make it one of the modern repro-retro buses,
and therefore almost certainly a Q plate. Q785 OVL is on a 1987 "Lion
Omnibus". Chucking that in to DVLA's tax disc checker scotches my
immediate assumption, that it's probably a Ford Transit underneath it.

Oh, no. Nothing so sensible...

998cc petrol. And, when you look closely at the front suspension, there's
definitely a driveshaft in there.

It's a sodding Mini...

Have you got a mate called Watson?

You rang, Holmes?

--
Brian Watson
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."

"Theo Markettos" wrote in message
...
In uk.transport.london Adrian wrote:
It's a sodding Mini...

At first glance, vaguely credible. But when you look closely, it's a
barking mad faux-retro pastiche, utterly useless in real life.
How very... fitting.

And notice also the small puddle of oil underneath it in the first pic...

I put THAT down to anxiety...

--
Brian
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."

Adrian wrote:
[snip]

http://snipurl.com/26ttgvc

(and, just to confirm it all, look at the reg in the second pic)

Because its Farage (who on earth dressed him in those ludicrous trousers?)
it's a shame that by the time he was photographed someone had sanitised the
advertising on the front of the vehicle compared to the photos you found.

--
•DarWin|
_/ _/

On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:38:50 +0000, Adrian wrote:

On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:29:19 +0100, Arthur Figgis wrote:

How ancient is this bus?

http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/polopoly_fs/
hpt_16_farage_5697_1_2014604!
image/3608114369.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_490/3608114369.jpg or
http://snipurl.com/26ttejs

Not an ancient as it looks at first glance? Googling the registration
doesn't find anything.

Something looks odd. Is it less than full size?

Almost certainly.

The plate appears to be 78x OVL, with the obscured digit being either a
5 or a 6. But the obscured digit is in the centre of the plate - which
it wouldn't be for a six digit plate, so it must be seven - there's
almost certainly a character behind his leg. Four numbers, three letters
was never mainland UK issued - so it's either an NI plate or it's a
post-83 year prefix letter, which'd make it one of the modern
repro-retro buses, and therefore almost certainly a Q plate. Q785 OVL is
on a 1987 "Lion Omnibus".

Q785 OVL it is..

http://tinyurl.com/******sbus

--
Mike P

In message , Brian Watson
writes

"Paul Giverin" wrote in message
...
In message , Adrian
writes
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:29:19 +0100, Arthur Figgis wrote:

How ancient is this bus?

http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/pol...5697_1_2014604!
image/3608114369.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_490/3608114369.jpg
or
http://snipurl.com/26ttejs

Not an ancient as it looks at first glance? Googling the registration
doesn't find anything.

Something looks odd. Is it less than full size?

Almost certainly.

The plate appears to be 78x OVL, with the obscured digit being either a 5
or a 6. But the obscured digit is in the centre of the plate - which it
wouldn't be for a six digit plate, so it must be seven - there's almost
certainly a character behind his leg. Four numbers, three letters was
never mainland UK issued - so it's either an NI plate or it's a post-83
year prefix letter, which'd make it one of the modern repro-retro buses,
and therefore almost certainly a Q plate. Q785 OVL is on a 1987 "Lion
Omnibus". Chucking that in to DVLA's tax disc checker scotches my
immediate assumption, that it's probably a Ford Transit underneath it.

Oh, no. Nothing so sensible...

998cc petrol. And, when you look closely at the front suspension, there's
definitely a driveshaft in there.

It's a sodding Mini...

Have you got a mate called Watson?

You rang, Holmes?

Wrong Watson..... you don't have any mates

P.S. hope the hangover wasn't too bad.


--
Paul Giverin

My Photos:- www.giverin.co.uk