Compo 10,328 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Here are some pictures of a bus (LSX 16P) seen in Lidl's car park, Wick, Caithness on Wednesday morning. Can anyone tell me the manufacturer and model, please? More photos at https://picasaweb.google.com/paul.simonite/2July2015?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCJ3_t7KzxNn2Qw&feat=directlink Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 There was a thread on here some time back that allowed you to check the details of a vehicle if you had the Rego No.....I presume the LSX 16P is the Rego. Hopefully someone will come forward with the details if that is the case. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Is that a Volvo ? Don't know about the body work. Originally registered in Scotland. Fife Transport ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 That front grill is reminiscent of those on Volvo trucks in the mid 70s out here in Oz so it could have a Volvo engine and chassis but the body???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Eeya Compo, I thought it was ! Volvo bus with Alexander bodywork ! https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Preserved_bus_in_the_UK_%28LSX_16P%29 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Compared with the Volvos (B10B's) I have driven the steering wheel angle looks to close to horizontal. Volvos are more like your car. I would say Leyland Olympian or Titan with Alexander body. I am saying Alexander body because of the Scottish reg. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Aaah well. I got the Alexander bit right! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 The British Taxpayer funded a new factory in Scotland many moons ago or Volvo to assemble bus & truck chassis, this provided jobs for the Scots & a nice little earner for Volvo to get around import rules of some kind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 372 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Apart from a more streamlined windscreen and a few other mods it looks very much like one of these http://www.bus-and-coach-photos.com/picture/number1754.asp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 You fellas are all talking reg numbers, make, factory etc and all I'm thinking when I saw the picture in #1 is, I hope they're not going under a low bridge! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 .....'In 1974 Volvo's UK truck-importer Ailsa started assembling its own double-decker bus chassis in Irvine, Scotland.....'....and a couple of pictures:- https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Volvo+Ailsa+B55+buses+in+the+United+Kingdom&biw=1920&bih=911&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ThuXVc2mAdPioATln7OIDw&ved=0CBwQsAQ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 I remember Volvo's stickers on new trucks & buses reading "Volvo - Built in Britain" , ought to have said "Volvo - Assembled in Britain" ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 We had new Volvos around 1974 on the GCT but can't remember them looking anything like that. Perhaps it is a Daimler Fleetline. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 "Alexander AV on Volvo Ailsa B55 buses in the United Kingdom" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 It is a Volvo - there's another picture of it here: http://www.chinamotorbus.com/bus/jumbo/leylandfleetline/SVBM-01-06.php If anyone's not aware, the engine was not at the back like the Daimler Fleetline and other types, but at the front squeezed in between the driver and the entrance. NCT had some later examples with different bodywork, for example: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/bryan_a_smith/23698855 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GN7001983 1 Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 I bought LSX16P for restoring, it's a volvo ailsa. It was new to Alexander (fife) later Fife Scottish. It was the longest serving volvo ailsa with fife. I intend to restore it over the next two years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 Welcome to Nottstalgia, GN7001983. Thanks for the info and I hope you enjoy your time restoring the bus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GN7001983 1 Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 Thanks Michael, I've a few projects at the moment, I have a few ex Highland Scottish buses too as my grandad drive for Highland from the late 50s to the early 90s, Highland acquired fifes first ten ailsas in 1980, although never with Highland LSX16P is from the same batch of Fife ailsas. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 Welcome to Nottstalgia, GN7001983. I look forward to sharing your memories... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GN7001983 1 Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Thanks Trevor S Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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