Many know my more recent genre Buses and Girls photography as those earlier buses I really like have all gone so now I enjoy my bus hobby more for the photography. As well as being an artist I owned a small transport business before I retired but today I have a little job too driving a minibus dong a school run to Wolverhampton in the afternoon and occasionally other jobs. It gets me out and about and satisfies my childhood ambition to drive a bus.
Yes I like them too as the were a nice mix of DAB, Leyland National2 styling and of course your Utic of Portugal. Do you know what engines were in them?
Evora when Praça do Geraldo have 2-way traffic! Can we have a bigger scan of this one, please? About the engine, I'm not sure, but I think it's the TL11.
The full Leyland type number was MTL11R that was built up by Utic with "Standard" type coachwork (this example) for urban services and with the "Europe" type coachwork for tourism purposes and long haul (Expresso) services.
Another great memory from you !
ReplyDeleteI loved theses buses, because they were soo smooth compared to the older buses from UTIC based on AEC...
And their ride was also very confortable.
But the last time I've travelled on one, we had to make an exchange to a Volvo B58, due to mechanical failure, at the RN facilities at Caneças...
Yes I like them too as the were a nice mix of DAB, Leyland National2 styling and of course your Utic of Portugal. Do you know what engines were in them?
ReplyDeleteEvora when Praça do Geraldo have 2-way traffic!
ReplyDeleteCan we have a bigger scan of this one, please?
About the engine, I'm not sure, but I think it's the TL11.
The TL11 sounds right as it was the contemporary of the Tiger and Similar DABs with the same unit.
ReplyDeleteThe full Leyland type number was MTL11R that was built up by Utic with "Standard" type coachwork (this example) for urban services and with the "Europe" type coachwork for tourism purposes and long haul (Expresso) services.
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