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Living in fantasy land here I know(allthough it's not exactly impossible or far fetched). But which old buses would you most like to see replica buids being produced and brought into service across the UK?
I would go for a Bristol VR. If I had my way I'd like to see them built exactly as they were, same chassis, same engine, the step up entrance/exits, everything. However being a bit more realistic to today's standards I'd have it with an environmentally friendly engine, and step-free entrance and exits. As with a number of the VR's I would have the buses all having a middle exit door to help solve the "bottle neck" problem these step-free single door modern buses have nowadays. I would have the seating just as it was, along with the interior lighting - the not overly bright yellow type lighting, NOT the horrendously bright white lighting buses(and trains) have nowadays. A bus with a bit of character and fun to travel on, unlike all these bland, sterile, and charactorless "Gemini" buses that the vast majority of double decker buses are in Bristol nowadays.
Most of you probably know what a Bristol VR looks like. But here's a lovely photo of one anyway http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishbuses/3625073986
Which buses would you most like to see replica builds being built and reintroduced into service?
I would go for a Bristol VR. If I had my way I'd like to see them built exactly as they were, same chassis, same engine, the step up entrance/exits, everything. However being a bit more realistic to today's standards I'd have it with an environmentally friendly engine, and step-free entrance and exits. As with a number of the VR's I would have the buses all having a middle exit door to help solve the "bottle neck" problem these step-free single door modern buses have nowadays. I would have the seating just as it was, along with the interior lighting - the not overly bright yellow type lighting, NOT the horrendously bright white lighting buses(and trains) have nowadays. A bus with a bit of character and fun to travel on, unlike all these bland, sterile, and charactorless "Gemini" buses that the vast majority of double decker buses are in Bristol nowadays.
Most of you probably know what a Bristol VR looks like. But here's a lovely photo of one anyway http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishbuses/3625073986
Which buses would you most like to see replica builds being built and reintroduced into service?
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