Morris Minor Owners Club

So peachy. Love it.

Hitting the fruit and veg display used to be a regular occurrence at the the grocery shop at the bottom of Bell Lane, Blockley, Glos (Father Brown territory).

Bet theres a HOP jigsaw of this out there

Drunk disposable bbq driving

They seem to be holding up the getaway bus from The Italian Job

Wes wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2026 10:23 am They seem to be holding up the getaway bus from The Italian Job

That was a Bedford VAL, this is a Vega?

Did you get the reg number and chassis details of the Bedford Chris ?

Can't beat a man who knows his charabanc by model.
AEC man myself

Bill_qaz wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2026 4:35 pm Can't beat a man who knows his charabanc by model.
AEC man myself

Varied bodies on bus/coaches, okay ECW & Duple but nuffink else.

Yes to pre BL AEC

POMMReg wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2026 6:39 pm

Bill_qaz wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2026 4:35 pm Can't beat a man who knows his charabanc by model.
AEC man myself

Varied bodies on bus/coaches, okay ECW & Duple but nuffink else.

Yes to pre BL AEC

Did you mean MCW, METRO Camel Weyman from memory
Also Plaxton
Leyland had a bus devision also

Are you guys speaking in English or some kind of secret code?

59Elva wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2026 7:02 pm Are you guys speaking in English or some kind of secret code?

Traditional UK Bus/Coach builders that dominated most of the last century, 1900s until the 1980s in some cases.

The archetypal London Bus, for example, were by AEC.

59Elva wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2026 7:02 pm Are you guys speaking in English or some kind of secret code?

Built in May 1899 by the Lancashire Steam Motor Company (which later became Leyland Motors), the very first Leyland passenger bus was a steam-powered vehicle with 18 seats and a top speed of 8 mph, delivered to the Dundee & District Tramways Company.