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Post by jimmy75 on Feb 27, 2011 12:11:07 GMT
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Post by jimmy75 on Aug 8, 2011 9:29:34 GMT
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Post by busman3 on Aug 8, 2011 10:02:23 GMT
Good find they were not very reliable with STD so they sold thm , which was a bad move because they then needed dual door single deckers for the city clipper .
Note teh speaker next to to the front door , for OMO use so the driver could talk to the boarding crowds - dont think they were ever used
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Post by madannie77 on Aug 8, 2011 16:19:32 GMT
Oh the memories.
I usually blame the AEC Swifts for my interest in buses - I was just at an impressionable age when the Swifts were put on the 51. They were different to what went before, so it stuck in my mind and aroused my curiosity. Still have a soft spot for them now, even if they weren't particularly good buses.
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transit
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Post by transit on Aug 8, 2011 17:49:38 GMT
....yeah me too ! - was the most iconic Sheff SD of the early 70's pre Nationals , and would be nice to see 54 finally preserved and back on the road once more !?
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Post by jimmy75 on May 3, 2012 21:33:51 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2014 20:34:55 GMT
Legend has it that STD would have liked to have sold more than the four AEC Swifts that they did in 1971 and failure to do so resulted in the 'City Clipper' so some suitable work could be created for them. Whether this is true or not is probably lost in the sands of time.
The four that were sold (20, 21, 22, 28) saw use with Wallace Arnold subsidiary Hardwick's of Scarborough from 1971-1975. 21 and 22 subsequently saw use with Stokes of Caratairs and later as staff buses for Balfour Kilpatrick around Peterhead. 20 & 28 subsequently were used by the Mersey Docks & Harbour Board.
Pictures of the four with Hardwick's and Stokes are often seen but those taken when in use in Aberdeenshire and Merseyside are few and far between.
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