http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/ Best Bus In Town Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:11:43 GMT Gary Conn http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/108 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/108 1929 now with blinds fitted http://www.flickr.com/photos/bestbus/4248714205/ Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:22:20 GMT Gary Conn http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/107 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/107 For those of you who prefer Flickr to fotopic i've uploaded some pics of our preserved buses to here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bestbus/ This includes some Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:36:03 GMT Gary Conn http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/106 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/106 RM910 and 501 operated on free services at the Bridgeton Open Day, a cab ride video of RM910 behind the albion viking can be seen here: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:29:10 GMT Gary Conn http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/105 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/105 Just a reminder that the GVVT's Annual Open Day is this Sunday at Bridgeton Garage. Access via Broad Street entrance. Further details here: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:14:40 GMT bestbusintown http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/104 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/104 All nearly went to plan for the Lathalmond weekend, RM910 developed fuel starvation problems on it's journey from Bridgeton to SVBM. It did manage to make it Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:12:54 GMT Gary http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/103 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/103 These are the plenned movements of our preserved buses to Lathalmond this weekend. Sat: NLO16, MRF168 & 1669 departing Bridgeton approx 0830. RM910, MRF168 & Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:48:03 GMT Gary http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/102 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/102 Thanks Kenneth, I've posted a message at roughly the same time as this on the GVVT forum suggesting that the plaste may be on retention with First, something Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:55:43 GMT Kenneth Hay http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/101 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/101 Hi Gary. There is a very good chance that First Glasgow still have registration WLT 910 on retention - it was on CO248 (orig. Kelvin Central 2848, M848 DUS), Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:38:54 GMT Gary http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/100 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/100 Good and bad news! First the bad news, we took the lower deck panels off of D4 on Sunday, revealling nothing much behind them (and large piles of rust on the Wed, 27 May 2009 19:25:20 GMT Gary http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/99 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/99 It's been a busy month. In the end only M781 and 501 made the journey to Lathalmond. Both performed well and operated free services. I've uploaded some Fri, 08 May 2009 19:03:40 GMT Gary http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/98 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/98 We are now getting the buses ready for the Running Day at Lathalmond on 17 May. M781 has had a little facelift, not giving anything away you'll have to wait Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:30:44 GMT Gary http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/97 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/97 Blackpool 501 will be attending the Kirkby Stephen rally this weekend and should be out on the free service between KS Station and Brough on Saturdayn and Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:46:30 GMT Gary http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/96 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/96 This vehicle joins the collection for further preservation and is saved from the gas-axe. New as London Transport DMS2185 it has also operated for A1, Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:08:54 GMT Gary http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/95 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/95 1669 visited Blackpool last weekend as the Glasgow bus on the GVVT Social Event. The Eastern Scottish Seddon M-type Motorway coach was the Edinburgh bus. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:27:18 GMT Gary http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/94 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BestBusInTown/message/94 NLO16, MRF168, 1669 & 501 all made the trip to Lathalmond last weekend, with 168 only going for the Sunday. All vehicles performed well. 501 operated the