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Tenía pensada hacer una serie junto con la anterior foto, pero he decidido meter esta foto entre medias para notificaros de una nueva entrada en el blog.
TED: "D'yew remember we did a Klimpt jigsaw pussel when we wuz on our holibob in Cumbria? Well, this is annuvver one, it's the same, only diffrunt. But the peeces is ever so thin, like bitsa paper! It wuz complete so I wuz pleezed."
This was a special request and, at the moment, I don't have a lot of supporting information. Isle of Man operator Bus Vannin began trial operation of two Arriva Mercedes Citaros O530Gs in February 2013, later joined by a third example. Rumours suggest the subsequent purchase of several examples, although there does not appear to be any evidence to support this. Should the purchase be confirmed, it is possible that batch may received the same predominately cream livery with maroon skirts as the Wright Streetlites. This digital mock-up carries the earlier livery with a more extensive area of maroon.
As a footnote, I should add that this image is a bitsa - a bit of this and a bit of that. The front part is a rigid Citaro (the same source image as the Northern Rail version) and the rear is from a genuine artic, which had too much contra-vision advertising to use in its entirety. I've since learned that the rear is from an earlier model, which incorporates detail differences - oh well, let's simply put that down to accident repairs (10-Jun-13).
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Garath Dunlop's strangely named KTM with Maico forks - it looks like a bit of a 'Bitsa'. The paddock at the Bell's farm classic scramble.
Moskou | Moscow | Москва, 26-09-2015.
Chertanovo Severnoe (North) on Wikipedia (English)
Bitsa Park on Wikipedia (English)
Chertanovka on Wikipedia (Russian)
My Moscow, September-October 2015 set in my Eastern Europe collection
I'm sure there are others out there who will be able to fill in some of the many gaps about this vehicle. It's a rare survivor from those brave and plucky times when operators, undeterred by what mainstream builders wouldn't build for them (or sheer bloody-mindedness) built stuff for themselves instead. Carlisle based independent Blair & Palmer were enthusiasts of the Commer marque at one time and the story goes that they wished that firm would build them a coach chassis with a mid mounted engine. Commer apparently refused, so the operator took it upon themselves to build just such a chassis using Commer's famed TS3 'two stroke' Diesel engine. Where it appears to fall down logically (as I was reminded the other day) is that Beadle of Rochester were already offering just such a chassis!
Anyway, the bus above remained unique and survived through luck, and diligence of a couple of people into the era of preservation. Eventually it was sold on to a Staffordshire based preservationist, who, with the help of a few friends, eventually began its restoration from largely scrap-yard condition and they made a good deal of headway to the point of making it move-able under its own power again.
Sadly, that's where the good news ends as the latest owner unfortunately passed away after a brief illness and the 'Commer' sits patiently awaiting a new savior.
Sorry about the clutter in the foreground, but the photo was the best that I could do at the time and was taken to show to a possible purchaser.
A 'bitsa' as Citroen never made a yellow and white 2CV (the Charleston was available in yellow and black though).
Chad Valley for GWR
plywood
150 pieces, used and complete - with a lot of loose paper
2022 piece count: 111,221
puzzle: 160
TED: "Cor, wot a manky pussle! Mum brung it back from the Flee Fare yestidday but I wish she'd left it be'ind, it's mingin'! It's compleet but too many of the peeces 'ave got there top peeces of paper comin' away, an' the box is dredfull too. The pikchur's borin' - if that's Gloryuss Devon yew can keep it. She only payed £1 so I've got me paws crossed she'll bin this one."