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I'd buy an old routemaster and call it horas Sexualexpress 8)
Is it true that the first routemaster dont have a fuel guage, just a dipstick to the tank?
Well, not pressed the button yet, going to book some lessons to see how I get on first & the Mrs has said 'do what the hell I like as long as its not parked near her', this could be a goer 😉
Thinking more a mobile 'walk in Cafe' than a bike lugger, but you never know 😉
(long time ago) i used to do install work for a bus that had been converted into a travelling art gallery, I converted one for similar purposes too.
The gallery one was operated by a council and could be driven by anyone with a standard drivers license and a certain amount of chutpah (this was pre 1997 mind - only people with older licenses could do it now), in much the same way as a 7.5t truck can be/ could be. I don't know whether there needed to be an 'O' License held by someone, I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't though.
I only had to move the ones I worked on around my yard, rather than on the open road - its interesting, pre-selectors and nonsense like that. Its like a ghost is driving the bus you you're trying to stop it.
Depending on how its reclassified the size / weight would be irrelevant to HGV or Operator License rules - if its not being used to carry goods - some SUVs are heavier than laden commercial vehicles, and so called 'Dual Purpose' vehicles (Navara type 4x4 pickups) can dodge the train-weight rules when towing and have an all up weight that would require an 'O' license with any other kind of vehicle
The buses I worked on had all the seats out, and in some cases had the top deck floor removed to make a larger exhibition volume. That means they had probably been re-classified as another kind of vehicle.
I'd buy an old routemaster and call it horas Sexualexpress
*shudder*
At least the police would be able to find you quite easily.
horas Sexualexpress
Ding ding! (ding dong)
read a copy of something like [i]bus restoration monthly[/i]at the dentists once and was surprised that you can drive a classic bus then let the urge to buy one pass me by
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Seems the bus would be way over the allowable weight limit...Exempted passenger carrying vehicles
Holders of a full category B (car) driving licence may drive any of the vehicles listed below:
a passenger carrying vehicle manufactured more than 30 years before the date when it is driven and not used for hire or reward or for the carriage of more than 8 passengers
magazine i remember reading seemed to suggest above means that for a 30yr old bus anyone can drive with an ordinary license - all seem a bit odd as fairly sure only reason can hire an mpv/minibus with 8 seats or more is because have had a license prior to i think around 1995 and in those days it was automatic
here's a linky with what looks like facts - albeit nerdy not officialdom
[url] http://www.self-preservation-society.co.uk/jotter/driving.htm [/url]
i guess you to have wear a period uniform or get rasta stylee with a dog on a string though
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/thinking-about-buying-a-bus-for-conversion
have a look at the final post.
I went to a lecture once on adventure travels. Two blokes who I think were from Thornbury Glos (I could be mis-remembering) had bought an old bus. They did it up over several months and at a lot of cost to be a very classy mobile home. The talk was photos and info about thier tour around Europe with it and what fun they had.
By the time I had heard the talk, they had already sold it on as they felt they had 'been there, done that' and I believe they made a profit on the purchase and outfitting.