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Post by Transportman91 on Sept 23, 2023 22:20:55 GMT
I don't know why I keep asking more and more questions 😂😂. Anyway My question is, you know when you have preserved bus and your doing a running day from East Grinstead To Purley route 22 as an example, I don't know if it's just me or does anyone noticed that when Bromley Bus preservation Group (BBPG) put binds onto their buses it's either at the front or side blinds sometimes. Is that because buying and installing blinds fully from the, front of the bus, side blind and adding a rear number to the bus costs a lot of money, or is it down to the owners choice perfrence? I know when it comes to running days BBPG uses, Blinds For Buses.
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Post by Transportman91 on Sept 23, 2023 22:28:42 GMT
My other question is, when a Bus us preserved why do some buses have no stopping sign bells instilled in their buses, is that also down to prices?
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Post by capitalomnibus on Sept 24, 2023 0:14:52 GMT
My other question is, when a Bus us preserved why do some buses have no stopping sign bells instilled in their buses, is that also down to prices? They only started to have these on buses in the late 1980's, before that there was nothing. Some buses got them retrofitted like Titans, Metrobuses etc.
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Post by JamesG on Sept 24, 2023 4:35:43 GMT
My other question is, when a Bus us preserved why do some buses have no stopping sign bells instilled in their buses, is that also down to prices? If the bus had iBus when in service, then TfL remove them before the buses are sold. They are fitted to new arrivals.
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Post by JamesG on Sept 24, 2023 5:34:14 GMT
I don't know why I keep asking more and more questions 😂😂. Anyway My question is, you know when you have preserved bus and your doing a running day from East Grinstead To Purley route 22 as an example, I don't know if it's just me or does anyone noticed that when Bromley Bus preservation Group (BBPG) put binds onto their buses it's either at the front or side blinds sometimes. Is that because buying and installing blinds fully from the, front of the bus, side blind and adding a rear number to the bus costs a lot of money, or is it down to the owners choice perfrence? I know when it comes to running days BBPG uses, Blinds For Buses. I'm not exactly sure what you're asking but I can tell you that properly made blinds are insanely expensive.
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Post by WH241 on Sept 24, 2023 8:52:07 GMT
I don't know why I keep asking more and more questions 😂😂. Anyway My question is, you know when you have preserved bus and your doing a running day from East Grinstead To Purley route 22 as an example, I don't know if it's just me or does anyone noticed that when Bromley Bus preservation Group (BBPG) put binds onto their buses it's either at the front or side blinds sometimes. Is that because buying and installing blinds fully from the, front of the bus, side blind and adding a rear number to the bus costs a lot of money, or is it down to the owners choice perfrence? I know when it comes to running days BBPG uses, Blinds For Buses. I'm not exactly sure what you're asking but I can tell you that properly made blinds are insanely expensive. There used to be a big market for blinds on eBay that went for silly prices. I have various blinds and one full set for a WH Trident from around 2011 which really showed how many routes the garage ran at it's peak! I really should think about getting rid of them as they are just gathering dust and I have no plans to buy a bus
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Post by Transportman91 on Sept 25, 2023 8:39:53 GMT
I don't know why I keep asking more and more questions 😂😂. Anyway My question is, you know when you have preserved bus and your doing a running day from East Grinstead To Purley route 22 as an example, I don't know if it's just me or does anyone noticed that when Bromley Bus preservation Group (BBPG) put binds onto their buses it's either at the front or side blinds sometimes. Is that because buying and installing blinds fully from the, front of the bus, side blind and adding a rear number to the bus costs a lot of money, or is it down to the owners choice perfrence? I know when it comes to running days BBPG uses, Blinds For Buses. I'm not exactly sure what you're asking but I can tell you that properly made blinds are insanely expensive. ah okay, what blinds do you think is more expensive, Blinds For Buses, or Mckenna brothers?
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Post by JamesG on Sept 25, 2023 11:03:13 GMT
I'm not exactly sure what you're asking but I can tell you that properly made blinds are insanely expensive. ah okay, what blinds do you think is more expensive, Blinds For Buses, or Mckenna brothers? Email them both with your request and see what price they come back with.
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Post by VPL630 on Sept 25, 2023 11:45:02 GMT
I don't know why I keep asking more and more questions 😂😂. Anyway My question is, you know when you have preserved bus and your doing a running day from East Grinstead To Purley route 22 as an example, I don't know if it's just me or does anyone noticed that when Bromley Bus preservation Group (BBPG) put binds onto their buses it's either at the front or side blinds sometimes. Is that because buying and installing blinds fully from the, front of the bus, side blind and adding a rear number to the bus costs a lot of money, or is it down to the owners choice perfrence? I know when it comes to running days BBPG uses, Blinds For Buses. TBH, the blinds that are most important are the front and side, the rears don't normally get done as it's an extra cost, there have been times when the rear blind has been done but it's another cost at the end of the day, the majority of the BBPG vehicles have blind sets that were fitted to the vehicle when it was in service, VPL630 has its original set from Holloway complete with a lot more wear on the 43 and 390 displays. Any other displays are inserts, for S***s and giggles it even has 498 on it as those who know me know that's the best route in London but again only front and side as the rear would essentially be pointless
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Post by Transportman91 on Sept 26, 2023 16:12:03 GMT
Ahh okay thank you VPL630 for answering my questions as it gives a better understanding to when I'm in the preservation business. Another question lets say u brought a bus and it doesn't come with the original blinds sets or with no blinds. Can mckenna brothers or blinds for buses produce the full blinds sets or is it best to go to mckenna brothers for that
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Post by Transportman91 on Sept 26, 2023 16:12:15 GMT
Ahh okay thank you VPL630 for answering my questions as it gives a better understanding to when I'm in the preservation business. Another question lets say u brought a bus and it doesn't come with the original blinds sets or with no blinds. Can mckenna brothers or blinds for buses produce the full blinds sets or is it best to go to mckenna brothers for that
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Post by JamesG on Sept 26, 2023 19:50:55 GMT
Ahh okay thank you VPL630 for answering my questions as it gives a better understanding to when I'm in the preservation business. Another question lets say u brought a bus and it doesn't come with the original blinds sets or with no blinds. Can mckenna brothers or blinds for buses produce the full blinds sets or is it best to go to mckenna brothers for that Any blind provider can produce anything you like, if you have enough money.
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Post by Transportman91 on Sept 26, 2023 23:14:26 GMT
Nice that makes sense, thank you for answering my questions. This won't be the last time I ask questions 😂,as I'm very interested in getting into bus preservation one day.
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Post by JamesG on Sept 27, 2023 4:56:38 GMT
Nice that makes sense, thank you for answering my questions. This won't be the last time I ask questions 😂,as I'm very interested in getting into bus preservation one day. Just make sure you have very deep pockets...
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Post by allentc on Sept 27, 2023 7:09:07 GMT
...I'm very interested in getting into bus preservation one day. Perhaps you may wish to make contact with this lot:
They are looking for controllers and marshallers for running days and ad hoc cleaners. There would be no better way of learning all the ins-and-outs of bus preservation than by "learning on the job".
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