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Bus Chassis

mw0njm. said:
i dont see the connection? they are trucks.
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I do it shows the evolution of a chassis and all the ways it could be configured, after all for me that's what a bus is a truck chassis with windows and seats
When looking at many of the bus pictures they show how many varying body styles were on the same chassis
The auto industry has a long history of putting a new style body on a old platform, example Morris Marina under the sheet metal was a Moggy 1000.
 
mw0njm. said:
na this is a recovery truck.View attachment 137478
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That's a keeper looks like it may be out of commission but just looking at it you can see it's been a work horse for many years.
I really like the cab configuration, makes me think that this was indeed a purpose built break down rig, rather than some kind of conversion of a truck.
I really love the whole bus affair, but for some reason I want to pull the curtains aside, I want to see what made and makes the whole system tick.
I have spent a major portion of my life with chassis and engines and the roadshow that goes along with that
 
Robert Ensor (bob) said:
I do it shows the evolution of a chassis and all the ways it could be configured, after all for me that's what a bus is a truck chassis with windows and seats
When looking at many of the bus pictures they show how many varying body styles were on the same chassis
The auto industry has a long history of putting a new style body on a old platform, example Morris Marina under the sheet metal was a Moggy 1000.
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i dont know about that .most bus chassis were made for buses. not cement mixers,or dust carts.
 
In the 1960s-1970s I lived on the Wolverhampton Road in Oldbury and I regularly saw bus chassis being driven along that road. I always assumed that they Leylands. The driver always had a motorcycle crash helmet and goggles.
 
mw0njm. said:
i dont know about that .most bus chassis were made for buses. not cement mixers,or dust carts.
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You are of course correct the point I was trying to make is all the variants of body's on the same platform.
Some bus coach work has 2 sets of doors and other differences on the same chassis.

When I went to college a instructor said a bus chassis had the axles above the frame rails ?, I have always thought this was to lower the COG this increasing the angle of the dangle.
 
Robert Ensor (bob) said:
You are of course correct the point I was trying to make is all the variants of body's on the same platform.
Some bus coach work has 2 sets of doors and other differences on the same chassis.

When I went to college a instructor said a bus chassis had the axles above the frame rails ?, I have always thought this was to lower the COG this increasing the angle of the dangle.
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Also probably stopped your head banging on the ceiling!
 
DavidGrain said:
In the 1960s-1970s I lived on the Wolverhampton Road in Oldbury and I regularly saw bus chassis being driven along that road. I always assumed that they Leylands. The driver always had a motorcycle crash helmet and goggles.
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Spent many hours waiting to collect parts from Leyland Motors Wolverhampton road, only parts dept that rarely answered their phone and you needed a packed lunch as you could be there for most of the day,
 
mw0njm. said:
i am comfused now but intregued
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So am I, but rest assured, there are a million members out there waiting and ready who will be able to explain in words of one syllable to all for us. If push comes to shove I will look in my Leyland Atlantean or D9 books to see what they have to say, because they were both buses built on specialist chassis, I understand.
Radiorails said:
BON 531C (3531) a Daimler Fleetline entered service in early 1966. It was burned out on 13/10/71 when in PTE ownership. It was used for a while for training of mechanical apprentices. It was re-bodied, with a slightly longer body, re-entering service in August 1978 as 5531. It had the distinction, it is said, of being the only post war ex BCT bus to be re-bodied.
Since those days of the nineteen seventies other, usually metal, tall steps have been the order of the day I guess.
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You forgot to give us details of the half cab behind it which I assume was a one off with upper saloon front opening lights.


Bob
 
It is a good job I didn't as the thread is confused enough! :laughing:
However, the bus was one of of seven of the 2901 - 3000 and LOG 300 batch, Guy Arab IV: JOJ 926, 967-970 and 998-999. They had Auster opening vents fitted to front and side windows.
 
Radiorails said:
It is a good job I didn't as the thread is confused enough! :laughing:
However, the bus was one of of seven of the 2901 - 3000 and LOG 300 batch, Guy Arab IV: JOJ 926, 967-970 and 998-999. They had Auster opening vents fitted to front and side windows.
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Thanks....and the drivers name was?
Bob
 
boomy said:
Bus, and some ambulance chassis, had their rear axles fitted on top of the road springs to reduce chassis frame height and also cross-members were lowered to provide a lower central gangway.
Boomy
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Makes sense and of course what I was told in college this would lower the central walkway along with the COG .
 
Robert Ensor (bob) said:
Makes sense and of course what I was told in college this would lower the central walkway along with the COG .
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The attached picture shows the prototype of the Morris Commercial Dictator bus chassis, photographed at the company's Foundry Lane works in 1929.
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The attached picture shows the prototype of the Morris Commercial Dictator bus chassis, photographed at the company's Foundry Lane works in 1929.
Boomy
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Super picture showing some great detail
In the back ground at the rear of the chassis is a pile of wood, but looking it appears to be a pile of temporary seats for a driver position.
Now what are all those round objects to the left of the seats.
How about that fuel gauge in the tank, I'm sure the glass stayed clean and was easy to read in coming years
 
A muse on the fuel thing did they use that gauge or did the tank just get topped off
Then was a mileage calculation done for fuel consumption and a audit for miles traveled each day.
How many glass's or tiger tails did the BCT get each week ? Ha Ha
 
mw0njm. said:
great pic.thanks
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Before purpose designed low frame psv chassis were used, companies such as Wolseley used truck/bus chassis such as these 1904/05 20hp and 1907 30hp models, both of which were available with single deck or double deck bodies.
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Robert Ensor (bob) said:
THIS THREAD WAS CREATED FROM AN ORIGINAL COMMENT BY mw0njm AS SHOWN IN THE FIRST QUOTE BELOW

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does anyone remember bus chassis being driven along washwoodheath rd to mcw. with the driver wearing a biggles hat and goggles? or am i being daft as usual lol.


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I remember seeing a lot of chassis being driven around those guys would be bundled up like Scott going to the Artic
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I remember them being driven on the motorway ,health and safety would love it now a days.
 
boomy said:
Before purpose designed low frame psv chassis were used, companies such as Wolseley used truck/bus chassis such as these 1904/05 20hp and 1907 30hp models, both of which were available with single deck or double deck bodies.
Boomy
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My good Lord how far a chassis has traveled (pun unintended) from it's early days the leap from the Wolseley to a Daimler.
boomy said:
Before purpose designed low frame psv chassis were used, companies such as Wolseley used truck/bus chassis such as these 1904/05 20hp and 1907 30hp models, both of which were available with single deck or double deck bodies.
Boomy
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