Sunday, 13 August 2017
Aldershot & District 1953 Dennis Lance at Alton
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3 comments:
It's probably an age thing and looking back to the familiar scenes and sounds of childhood, but nowadays I find myself getting nostalgic for Leyland Nationals like the one behind, especially if they still have the original Leyland 510 engine and that characteristic whine.
Ross maybe it's because what used to be an irritant has become a rare pleasure. No they didn't look very exciting but like the original Routemaster they had a sound of their own which is something we probably miss. They were certainly nicer than the horrible minibuses that replaced them and those bland Dennis Dart Pointers.
Ironically I saw an Optare City Pacer at Dewsbury on Sunday and whilst I didn't exactly drool over it, I was quite pleased to see it had survived and been preserved (I think Keighley museum has one too).
Mind you, the City Pacers were the best of the first gen. "real" minibuses (i.e. designed as minibi rather than van conversions), at least from the passenger's point of view, looking good and being reasonably comfortable: a heck of an improvement on a Ford Transit breadvan or similar!
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