Vintage buses

[Aspergers_Aspie]

I know a few autistic people who enjoy travelling on vintage buses. In Glasgow they have old route master style ones running on special days for passengers. They no longer have these style in London running and in Edinburgh the back door is closed. So I am surprised the vintage ones on Glasgow are allowed out picking up people due to health and safety

 

[Judge]

Love those old double-decker busses.

Reminds me of being a child in 1961 and getting a Matchbox car of such a thing. About as close as I could get back then to one of them while being "across the pond".

 

[Aspergers_Aspie]

Also there's lots of fumes so not so good for people with breathing issues and not so good for the environment

 

[Judge]

Also there's lots of fumes so not so good for people with breathing issues and not so good for the environment

Another memory I had as a child in the late 60s, when we visited my grandmother living in an urban Los Angeles suburb. When I once came close to being in a panic, having told my mother it was so hard to breathe.

 

[Neonatal RRT]

I know a few autistic people who enjoy travelling on vintage buses. In Glasgow they have old route master style ones running on special days for passengers. They no longer have these style in London running and in Edinburgh the back door is closed. So I am surprised the vintage ones on Glasgow are allowed out picking up people due to health and safety

As you say... "running on special days". In this context, I am sure they are given exemptions to all the emissions and safety standards that the newer buses are subject to... similar to how vintage automobiles are often given exemptions.

Keep in mind, Scotland still runs steam trains for tourists, as well. I've been on the "Harry Potter" Hogwarts Express/Jacobite steam train out of Fort William... coal smoke filling the passenger cars as it travels through a tunnel... the noises, the whistle, the old cars rocking back and forth... a visceral experience. I think the tourists are thrilled to experience a steamer.

I love vintage vehicles... planes, trains, automobiles, buses... all of them.

 

[the_tortoise]

I wasn't sure if this thread was going to be about actual buses or old VW vans.

(I like both but I old VW vans have a special place in my heart.)

I've never had a chance to ride on a old double-decker bus anywhere - would probably have to wear an N95/P100 mask to enjoy it but I always have those for really bad allergy seasons and wildfire smoke. Have been on new double-decker buses in Canada though.

 

[Judge]

I wasn't sure if this thread was going to be about actual buses or old VW vans.

(I like both but I old VW vans have a special place in my heart.)

You aren't alone. Love those Micro-Buses too. Barrett-Jackson Auction, Reno Nevada 2013:

Makes me want to swoon.....lol. Better than right off a Volkswagen assembly line. Better still if one replaces the engine with one from Porsche to get over those hills effortlessly.

 

[Outdated]

You aren't alone. Love those Micro-Buses too.

Here they were called a Kombivan, or just Kombi for short. Not sure were the name came from, possibly the original German name?

They were a bit of an icon here in the 70s and 80s, especially with the Surfy crowd. A lot of them got hotted up with V6 and V8 engines too. Like that line in the Men At Work song:

Travelling in a violent Kombi,
On a hippy trail,
Head full of zombie.