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Volvo school buses from the 90s/00s

  • 02-10-2013 5:59pm
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    I'm talking about the ones that's had the engine block right at the front door, and they weren't used for anything other than countryside school runs. I heard that those buses were all from Singapore, BE bought the fleet en masse & distributed them around the country.

    Those things were like Land Rover Defenders, you feel like they'd climb mountains. I wonder what happened to them? I always wondered if anyone converted one to a camper bus. I'd love to see one, I reckon it'd be epic.


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    gbob
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    SeaSlacker wrote: »
    I'm talking about the ones that's had the engine block right at the front door, and they weren't used for anything other than countryside school runs. I heard that those buses were all from Singapore, BE bought the fleet en masse & distributed them around the country.

    Those things were like Land Rover Defenders, you feel like they'd climb mountains. I wonder what happened to them? I always wondered if anyone converted one to a camper bus. I'd love to see one, I reckon it'd be epic.

    The infamous VS, bought from Singapore for £1000ea and came with non-standard wheels ans tyres which had to be replaced at a cost of £1500 per vehicle, no heaters or demisters. And considered to be the CIE equivalent of the army deafness claim.

    vs.jpg


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
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    Yep, I remember these like it were yesterday. VS48 (81-D-1550) took me to and from secondary school from 1997-2002. Very loud and leaky. Were any of them preserved or retained?


  • #4
    cdebru
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    gbob wrote: »
    The infamous VS, bought from Singapore for £1000ea and came with non-standard wheels ans tyres which had to be replaced at a cost of £1500 per vehicle, no heaters or demisters. And considered to be the CIE equivalent of the army deafness claim.

    vs.jpg

    And the bamboo seats.


  • #5
    Mycroft H
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    Jesus, they were awful sheds of things. Had one for primary school. Cold and wet and stank.


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    GTE
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    Were those horrible Lynx things the modern equivilent of that? Well, I say modern. They popped up in the late 00's from the UK eh? Effing terrible things too.


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  • #7
    gbob
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    bbk wrote: »
    Were those horrible Lynx things the modern equivilent of that? Well, I say modern. They popped up in the late 00's from the UK eh? Effing terrible things too.

    Yeah the LS (Leyland Schools)..... Here's one doing the Knock shuttle.......

    LS145KnockAirport.JPG


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