The memories of the Leylands
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Originally posted by Ex-busdriver:
Geely bought Volvo Cars, not Volvo Bus & Trucks which remains independent.
Volvo Cars no more owned by Ford?Now the Swedish auto industry has gone nuts. Saab has gone over to Spyker Racing, now Volvo to Geely.
A side note, Volvo Group has assets in Japan too.
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Originally posted by Ngweitong:
Xiang Gang Queen: B9TL PHUA CHU KANG Join Malaysia? LOL!
When young, i diffrenciate LO3X and VO3X by the centre screw of the drive rim. If flat means LO, screw nut means VO... Last time LO used to have the word LEYLAND at the nut there... I missed VOs and LOs with red rims...
I used to look out for the diagonal badge on the front. All Volvo vehicles have the diagonal. -
So long Leylands... BooHoo...
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Originally posted by service_238:
if 51's route passes by New Bridge Rd terminal you would have had an easier time driving.Between Kallang to Eunos used to be the worst stretch. Heavy traffic.
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Originally posted by iveco:
Are you from West District? You were driver on BB 190 and JR (or HG?) 51.I was from the west district under bbdep. Occasionally sent to arbp or jrbp. Ever driven Merc O405, B10M (Mk2/ Mk3/ Euro 1), Volvo B57, Merc OF1417, Volvo Olympian, Leyland Olympian, Leyland Atlantean, Nissan Diesel U31, Merc O305
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Originally posted by Ex-busdriver:
I was from the west district under bbdep. Occasionally sent to arbp or jrbp. Ever driven Merc O405, B10M (Mk2/ Mk3/ Euro 1), Volvo B57, Merc OF1417, Volvo Olympian, Leyland Olympian, Leyland Atlantean, Nissan Diesel U31, Merc O305
Which year was the Merc O305s transferred to HGDEP?
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Originally posted by Ex-busdriver:
I was from the west district under bbdep. Occasionally sent to arbp or jrbp. Ever driven Merc O405, B10M (Mk2/ Mk3/ Euro 1), Volvo B57, Merc OF1417, Volvo Olympian, Leyland Olympian, Leyland Atlantean, Nissan Diesel U31, Merc O305
That's an impressive list. Which of them is your favourite to drive? Are the old ones better or the new ones? Please share your experience in driving the different models. I'm very interested to hear about them. Thanks. -
According to SGwiki:
Leyland Olympian 3-Axle
De-registration Schedule
- 26 Aug 2010: SBS9000S - SBS9009T
- 28 Sep 2010: SBS9010M - SBS9012H, SBS9014C - SBS9021G
- 19 Oct 2010: SBS9022D - SBS9031C
- 17 Nov 2010: SBS9032A - SBS9053P
- 21 Dec 2010: SBS9054L - SBS9090G
- 11 Jan 2011: SBS9091D - SBS9110H
- 25 Jan 2011: SBS9111E - SBS9130A
- 8 Feb 2011: SBS9131Y - SBS9143M
- 22 Feb 2011: SBS9144K - SBS9157Z
- 9 Mar 2011: SBS9158X - SBS9167U
- 22 Mar 2011: SBS9168S - SBS9187L
- 26 Apr 2011: SBS9188J - SBS9199C
Lay-Up Buses
- SBS9104B, SBS9182A
De-registered Buses
- SBS9013E, SBS9149Y
Still a long time to go for some. - 26 Aug 2010: SBS9000S - SBS9009T
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Originally posted by The Kiwi Bus Fan:
According to SGwiki:
Leyland Olympian 3-Axle
De-registration Schedule
- 26 Aug 2010:
SBS9000S - SBS9009T
- 28 Sep 2010:
SBS9010M - SBS9012H, SBS9014C - SBS9021G
- 19 Oct 2010:
SBS9022D - SBS9031C
- 17 Nov 2010:
SBS9032A - SBS9053P
- 21 Dec 2010:
SBS9054L - SBS9090G
- 11 Jan 2011:
SBS9091D - SBS9110H
- 25 Jan 2011:
SBS9111E - SBS9130A
- 8 Feb 2011:
SBS9131Y - SBS9143M
- 22 Feb 2011:
SBS9144K - SBS9157Z
- 9 Mar 2011:
SBS9158X - SBS9167U
- 22 Mar 2011:
SBS9168S - SBS9187L
- 26 Apr 2011:
SBS9188J - SBS9199C
Lay-Up Buses
- SBS9104B, SBS9182A
De-registered Buses
- SBS9013E, SBS9149Y
Still a long time to go for some.hope most of them get an extention....but some of them hav to go to make way for the new b9 wrights :(
- 26 Aug 2010:
SBS9000S - SBS9009T
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Originally posted by iveco:
Albion (and Guy) were taken over by BL, which itself was sold to Volvo.
The Victories are strictly speaking not quite Leyland. However, the Vikings carried the Leyland badges too even though they came from Albion.
Ashok Leyland was an Indian offshoot of BL, now independent. It still produces the Viking based on old-school blueprints.
British Leyland wasn't sold to Vovlo, British Leyland became Rover Group which then hived off its bus and truck businesses by selling them off. Rover then focused on cars and through some means disintegrated even more to a state that it is hard to really find any quintessentially British car manufacturer now (MG Rover was sold to the Chinese).
It really showed how big and filmsy British Leyland was - the diseconomies of scale did it in, and Margaret Thatcher was determined (and largely succeeded) to end such ineffiencies in the British economy (by disbanding and privatising that large number of previously nationalised (and merged) companies), which saw the number of strike days decrease and better quality products being produced.
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Originally posted by iveco:
Which year was the Merc O305s transferred to HGDEP?
It was 1996, when I first started driving. I cannot recall the registration no. -
Originally posted by The_Bus_Guide:
That's an impressive list. Which of them is your favourite to drive? Are the old ones better or the new ones? Please share your experience in driving the different models. I'm very interested to hear about them. Thanks.
The B10M has the best acceleration. But handling the O405 is better. Steering is lighter and brakes are good. Top speed most at that time can easily hit 90 to 95km/h -
Originally posted by Ex-busdriver:
The B10M has the best acceleration. But handling the O405 is better. Steering is lighter and brakes are good. Top speed most at that time can easily hit 90 to 95km/h
Wow....sounds cool....
Actually some of the Mercs now can also chiong very well....But i doubt its ard tat range u mentioned. -
based on my records since I was in sec school, the MK3s were introduced from Nov 92 to Jun 93. The Leyland Olympians were introduced later from late Aug 93. How come the leylands are going before the MK3s?
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this thing is gonna be part of history liao. ): -
Originally posted by SBS3688Y:
based on my records since I was in sec school, the MK3s were introduced from Nov 92 to Jun 93. The Leyland Olympians were introduced later from late Aug 93. How come the leylands are going before the MK3s?
The Leylands have not received any life-extension (yet).
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Well HK one... almost 70% of it's Leyland Olympian AC & NAC are gone (even the world's first AC leyland lol (preserved))
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misleading info removed
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Originally posted by TPS Timothy Mok:
misleading info removed
Please state your source to verify your statement.
Do not mislead others with such information that sounds real.
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Originally posted by TPS Timothy Mok:
misleading info removed
Great to hear. but weird thing is that SBS9000S didnt get to be preserved when actually this bus was the first DD in Singapore with A/C.
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Originally posted by SMB92U:
Great to hear. but weird thing is that SBS9000S didnt get to be preserved when actually this bus was the first DD in Singapore with A/C.
Don't get cheated. -
Originally posted by sbs&tibs:
Please state your source to verify your statement.Do not mislead others with such information that sounds real.
Agreed. Somemore, 161 is ALREADY full HGDEP controlled. -
Anybody got photos of LO3x on BBDEP services? Thanks.
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Originally posted by sbs&tibs:
Don't get cheated.okay .
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Originally posted by TIB657M:
Anybody got photos of LO3x on BBDEP services? Thanks.
only this LOL
