Where I grew up there was an odd little single decker bus that always intrigued me and that was nicknamed the "pan loaf" - due to its likeness to the bread that was popular locally.
It was clearly a former double deck vehicle, I knew it as Kelvin Central's 1100 in the mid to late 1990s.
Not my photo or history, full credit on link:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/theor...U6J-5CJ89Y-9eXK8N-k839hB-73sXQo-fEkVSZ-bgZT7z
I know damaged double deckers are often converted to open toppers, but how many others got treatment this severe and saw service?
From the write up on the above a quick bit of googling tracked down the 8 Atlantean's Strathclyde cut down on purpose, and also conjured up an Ailsa of theirs that was converted after a bridge fight, again, not my photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/42318062@N07/4772130416/
Does anyone know of any others?
It was clearly a former double deck vehicle, I knew it as Kelvin Central's 1100 in the mid to late 1990s.
Not my photo or history, full credit on link:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/theor...U6J-5CJ89Y-9eXK8N-k839hB-73sXQo-fEkVSZ-bgZT7z
Leyland Fleetline 1697 was a double deck until the early eighties. After an encounter with Wargrave railway bridge at Newton-le-Willows parted the upper deck from the rest of the bus it was thought that its future was doomed.
However, a need for a short single deck at Bury depot for the Summerseat service led to GMT's engineers to look into using the perfectly serviceable lower deck as the basis of a single deck for the above purpose. Strathclyde PTE used similar converted Atlanteans on an inter station link service in Glasgow and one was inspected [but not used in service] by GMT before making a decision on the accident damaged Fleetline.
The work was authorised and the conversion was carried out by Northern Counties. An extra emergency window was fitted to the nearside and shrouds added over the rear 'pods' to give the body strength.
I know damaged double deckers are often converted to open toppers, but how many others got treatment this severe and saw service?
From the write up on the above a quick bit of googling tracked down the 8 Atlantean's Strathclyde cut down on purpose, and also conjured up an Ailsa of theirs that was converted after a bridge fight, again, not my photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/42318062@N07/4772130416/
Does anyone know of any others?
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