'Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated'!
Should have been said by Mark Bus ... rather than Mark Twain ;-)
First Potteries (or PMT to us locals) Dennis Lance N866 CEH had originally been acquired as a potential source of spares for my own long term project, sister bus 863. The intention had been to strip it of usable bits, then weigh in the hulk as we'd been informed t o'ther one was far and away the better bus. However ... salvation came for 866 from the direction of Mr 'Dobiesx2' who wished to add it to his ever expanding collection. Recently the need to return it's rental tyres saw it extracted from our compound and whilst out it seemed daft not to see what it required for a Class V MoT. The answer was ... very little, so with a few tweaks and adjustments followed by a quick clean up and attention to the fuel system (since fully 'bottomed'), the Plaxton Verde bodied bus passed first time.
This photo, also taken on today's fuel system road test revealed that it is now the better bus of the two ... bummer!
'Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated'!
Should have been said by Mark Bus ... rather than Mark Twain ;-)
First Potteries (or PMT to us locals) Dennis Lance N866 CEH had originally been acquired as a potential source of spares for my own long term project, sister bus 863. The intention had been to strip it of usable bits, then weigh in the hulk as we'd been informed t o'ther one was far and away the better bus. However ... salvation came for 866 from the direction of Mr 'Dobiesx2' who wished to add it to his ever expanding collection. Recently the need to return it's rental tyres saw it extracted from our compound and whilst out it seemed daft not to see what it required for a Class V MoT. The answer was ... very little, so with a few tweaks and adjustments followed by a quick clean up and attention to the fuel system (since fully 'bottomed'), the Plaxton Verde bodied bus passed first time.
This photo, also taken on today's fuel system road test revealed that it is now the better bus of the two ... bummer!