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    hi disco.
    the pics you took were from the birkenhead park festival of transport. i was working with mtt on this day on shuttles from outside liverpool world museum

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    The blue Birkenhead bus has a 1967 registration. Did they make 1930s looking buses in 1967?
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    Quote Originally Posted by halewood View Post
    hi disco.
    the pics you took were from the birkenhead park festival of transport. i was working with mtt on this day on shuttles from outside liverpool world museum
    Was this yours Disco ?
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    dont know gregs dad but i was at that bus for most of the day but was most prob on the platform at the back out the way

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    I always loved the busses the Leyland was in many ways as good as the Route master. The 73 remained a back loader after most of the fleet had become Atlantean. The Atlantean became the one man bus but originally it had conductors. Every now and then Leyland sent the Corpy new or experimental busses that?s why you see oddities around. The standard Atlantean became the norm for the corporation. Middle doors being the main change.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paddy View Post
    I always loved the busses the Leyland was in many ways as good as the Route master.
    But the Routemaster looked far better - it was commissioned to "look good". Designed by Douglas Scott, a designer not an engineer. He designed toasters, and even the Rayburn stove. It shows too. He was not happy with the final design wanting the bonnet to be more curved.

    Aircraft manufacturing techniques from WW2 were used. The lightweight, non-corroding construction of the body and chassis was aluminium - like the Spitfire?s. This meant it was cheaper to run in fuel too. The hydraulic brakes were also from aircraft designs. Power-assisted steering and easy to use transmission were standard.

    What Leylands matched the Routemaster?

    BTW, the Austin A35 car was "engineered" by aircraft engineers - a full monocoque construction without a chassis - the first car in the world as so. The aircraft engineers thought the car looked hideous, as Austin had the decision on the shape.
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    the date for the 4th mtt running day is 20th september 2009. theres a route tour celebrating the 10th anniversary of the formation of the group on easter sunday.

    vehicles that hopefuly will be out on running day



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    The proposed fleet running on the day (all are subject to availability) is hoped to be:
    Leyland PD2 L255
    AEC Regent A36 (pending completion of restoration), A267
    Leyland Royal Tiger XL171 (pending completion of restoration)
    Leyland Atlantean PDR L501, L835, 1111, 1236
    Leyland Panther 1054
    Bristol RE 2025
    Leyland Atlantean AN68 1836, 1055

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