strange "what's it worth" question
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Sorry if this is the wrong place, it's the best place that I could see for this question.
A friend of mine is trying to find out what the going rate is for a 1967 London routemaster double decker bus, he is looking at one that has been converted into a mobile bar as a potential business venture but he can't seem to find out how much the base Bus would be worth.
Does anyone know roughly what the bus itself would be worth please?
Thanks
A friend of mine is trying to find out what the going rate is for a 1967 London routemaster double decker bus, he is looking at one that has been converted into a mobile bar as a potential business venture but he can't seem to find out how much the base Bus would be worth.
Does anyone know roughly what the bus itself would be worth please?
Thanks
I found that same page too thanks and I am trying to make sense of it, I'm thinking that it's probably worth roughly £30k at the moment because we haven't seen any that are currently for sale and there were a few on there ranging between £25-35k. Worryingly they don't seem to fetch much at auction.
555 Paul said:
that is what they seem to have been reaching at auction so that seems to be a realistic indication of what they are really worth. Thanks for letting me know what that one was up for, it's most useful.
Before your friend dives in can I suggest he gets a drive in one. Not for the faint hearted believe me!J
slightly OT maybe, but here's a little video I put together this year, footage supplied by a friend who filmed it back in 1983.......it gets interesting at around the 1 minute mark..
https://vimeo.com/140331977
https://vimeo.com/140331977
555 Paul said:
Sorry if this is the wrong place, it's the best place that I could see for this question.
A friend of mine is trying to find out what the going rate is for a 1967 London routemaster double decker bus, he is looking at one that has been converted into a mobile bar as a potential business venture but he can't seem to find out how much the base Bus would be worth.
Does anyone know roughly what the bus itself would be worth please?
Thanks
They can also be a pig to maintain if not used regularly, the brakes in particular can cause almighty problems. Suggest he speaks to a company called South East Coachworks in Kent who know all about them. A friend of mine is trying to find out what the going rate is for a 1967 London routemaster double decker bus, he is looking at one that has been converted into a mobile bar as a potential business venture but he can't seem to find out how much the base Bus would be worth.
Does anyone know roughly what the bus itself would be worth please?
Thanks
back on topic (sort of).......I was at Ensign Bus one Sunday in 2004 when they put 32 Routemaster's into preservation at the same time. The price (I think) was £3,000 each. They were all driveable, MOT'd, new tyres etc etc. You turned up after stumping up the 3 grand in advance, you then pulled a ticket out of the hat, the ticket had the number of the bus you had just 'won'. So when you arrived, you knew you were taking home a Routemaster that afternoon, but not exactly which one!
lotus72 said:
slightly OT maybe, but here's a little video I put together this year, footage supplied by a friend who filmed it back in 1983.......it gets interesting at around the 1 minute mark..
https://vimeo.com/140331977
Now that does look like fun, I don't think we'll be doing that though https://vimeo.com/140331977
lotus72 said:
slightly OT maybe, but here's a little video I put together this year, footage supplied by a friend who filmed it back in 1983.......it gets interesting at around the 1 minute mark..
https://vimeo.com/140331977
brilliant, thanks for sharing that!!https://vimeo.com/140331977
yeah,but that's the 'skid bus'
lightweight carbon fibre shell I reckon.
I remember travelling on the 275 from Barkingside through woodford and it used to make a detour around the 'green' turning left on a downwards slope with adverse camber.
how it didn't flip over I will never know but as a kid on the top deck I swear I could have kissed the tarmac if the window was open.
lightweight carbon fibre shell I reckon.
I remember travelling on the 275 from Barkingside through woodford and it used to make a detour around the 'green' turning left on a downwards slope with adverse camber.
how it didn't flip over I will never know but as a kid on the top deck I swear I could have kissed the tarmac if the window was open.
'lightweight carbon fibre shell I reckon.'
You jest.
The 'Skid Buses' were absolutely standard buses that were a little tired and taken off passenger services and put on the skid pan so the drivers could practice their skid control.
You spotted the people on the lower deck in some of the skid buses in my video, right?
You jest.
The 'Skid Buses' were absolutely standard buses that were a little tired and taken off passenger services and put on the skid pan so the drivers could practice their skid control.
You spotted the people on the lower deck in some of the skid buses in my video, right?
I can just imagine all the health and safety bods having heart attacks about the thought of such a thing happening, everything there would get them wringing there hands so hard, loads of random punters on the bottom deck and everyone standing watching behind a piece of string for safety. fantastic.
as an aside I used to tilt test buses and try and make them fall over, a single decker must go over to 35 deg and a double deck to 25 deg if I remember right,when a double deck is over at 25 deg you can look in the top deck windows standing on the ground outside.
as an aside I used to tilt test buses and try and make them fall over, a single decker must go over to 35 deg and a double deck to 25 deg if I remember right,when a double deck is over at 25 deg you can look in the top deck windows standing on the ground outside.
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