Ex-Donnybrook RA257 is to be used in closed-top format at Dualway, and is awaiting signwriting.
More pictures, including RA299 at Dualway, in a new feature at www.allaboutbuses.com
Aquavid
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ex RA257 looking different
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Posts: 2277 23/06/2008 21:47:54 Archivist |
Ex-Donnybrook RA257 is to be used in closed-top format at Dualway, and is awaiting signwriting. More pictures, including RA299 at Dualway, in a new feature at www.allaboutbuses.com Aquavid |
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Posts: 3039 23/06/2008 21:51:39 Repaint Archivist |
Nice pic, looks strange. Water drains fitted so perhaps future conversion to open top is in mind.
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Posts: 2278 23/06/2008 22:11:59 Archivist |
Yes, David McConn told me it is to be used closed-top over the summer for shuttles and various odd duties, then it will be converted to open-top over the winter ready for next years season. They have not decided what they will be doing with RA299 yet, it could be converted, or it might be refurbished and sold on. Aquavid |
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Posts: 1724 23/06/2008 22:23:36 Full Member |
Are they putting logo's on it ?
Are they new wheels or just painted ? They look great ! |
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Posts: 1096 25/06/2008 09:27:03 Full Member |
Would I be right in saying that some Olympians with a roof need water drains ?
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Posts: 1737 25/06/2008 13:58:06 Full Member |
E.N. I understand these drains are for future conversion into open-top tour duties.
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Posts: 1098 26/06/2008 09:25:44 Full Member |
I think you misunderstood me AV320.
What I meant was - do some Olympians leak in heavy rainfall ? |
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Posts: 1749 26/06/2008 14:54:57 Full Member |
Oh sorry E.N. To be honest I'm not sure, I've never been in the situation of where the rain has come in on the upper saloon.
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Posts: 3056 26/06/2008 21:34:52 Repaint Archivist |
Following accident repair RV417 often had a problem with water intake in the upper saloon.
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Posts: 109 26/06/2008 21:55:47 |
I visited Happy ALs in Birkenhead who now have RAs 182,183,185,187,188,189,193,194,195 on Monday and Tuesday of this week and one of the drivers told me a
couple of them leak badly when it rains through the window fixing rubbers !
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Posts: 600 26/06/2008 22:57:34 Industry |
Yes the AX buses have had major problems with water leaks which is why windows are sealed in on the production line. The 90 RHs and the 95 RAs were bad
offenders for water ingress.
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Posts: 1093 27/06/2008 16:29:42 Full Member |
RH175 wrote: I remember a fitter telling me, when a window gets smashed its never fitted the same again. Them '94 RAs would stream down the periscope all over the
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