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London Transport FS19 on Dial-a-bus duties in October 1975.
Scanned from a Kodachrome slide taken by the late John Hambley, now in my collection.
Another Ford Transit Mk1, this time with the later grille and mirrors on top of the front fenders. Since many Transits nowadays are repaired especially on the lower sheet metal parts and are poorly painted due to cost, I saw no problem in using few parts in similar colors, that doesn't exist in dark azure.
The model is 7 studs wide, so as minifig scale as possible, and as always I only used genuine LEGO parts, no cutting, no glue, no painting.
This van was found on a Periphery of Dreux in Eure Et Loir. The car is from the capital of Bulgaria.
Place: Zhaoxing, Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province
Chinese name: 福田五星路麒 (fútián wǔxīng lùqí)
Year of launch: ?
Beiqi Foton Motor, or simply Foton, was established in 1996 as a manufacturer of light and heavy-duty trucks, commercial vans and pick-ups, SUVs, agricultural tractors, and various other machinery. Foton is a subsidiary of BAIC. There are Foton Aumark, Foton Auman and Foton Ollin trucks, Foton Forland light trucks, Foton AUV buses, vans including the Foton Gratour, View, Toana, MP-X and MP-X Midi, pick-ups SUP and Tunland and SUVs Saga and Sauvana.
Foton Wuxing is a subsidiary of Foton and produces three-wheeler cars and motorbikes, including this VW Polo-resembling copy.
FS26 was acquired in 1979, one of a batch of five used from Finchley garage on the H2 and at Potters Bar on the PB1. They were Ford Transits with Dormobile body conversion. Between them, the routes required just three buses. This example was eventually sold to a local Scout group.
Ford Transit/Dormobile FS19 (MLK719L) was representative of 20 minibuses that London Transport bought in 1973 to launch new services in underserved parts of London, where the twists and turns of the local roads hampered the use of full-sized buses. Hampstead Garden Suburb in London NW11 was one such example. Launching the service in 1974 as Hampstead Dial-A-Bus using a single vehicle allocated to Finchley (FY) Garage, the initially demand-responsive route soon merited a second vehicle, and it was later upgraded to the scheduled H2 service. The H2 service continues today, still using midibuses.
FS19 is seen here at Golders Green Bus Station, the route’s terminus. The bus enjoyed a longer life with LT than its 1973 brethren, as after being taken out of passenger service in 1980, it was retained as a radio training vehicle. After disposal in 1986, FS19 was bought by a preservationist. Ian’s Bus Stop traces no further history after 1997, however.
February 1976
Zorki 4 camera
Agfa CT18 film.
New project
After months of looking and researching vans, yesterday we bought one.
We should take ownership of it sometime next week.
Our aim is to convert it into a Camper van. We spoke to a guy that converts them a few months ago… he lives quite nearby to us. Of course he’s busy for 2 or 3 months converting other vans into campers… we’re happy with the wait; we have a bit of designing to do in the meantime.
#Vanlife
Over forty years ago, more lost names in retail in Commercial Road in January 1981. British Home Stores, Dixons, Richard Shops and Freeman Hardy Willis form the backdrop to Corporation Ford Transit M1 on Centreride duties.
Pentax SP1000/50mm
Ilford FP4
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