Class: Bus, Single-deck — Model origin:
Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2008-01-08 12:54 |
Bedford OB?![]() ![]() -- Last edit: 2008-01-08 13:00:06 |
◊ 2008-01-08 15:45 |
Yes, OB with, I think, Duple coachwork ... I wonder if this is an anachronism? I thought they didn't appear until after WW2. |
◊ 2008-01-08 18:02 |
Yes I associate them with late 1940s to 1950s... I think SteveA said about 70 were made prior to 1940, plus some war spec. buses during the war years. (wooden seats, later upgraded after 1945). But I guess they were not commonplace. It would be interesting to know what actually were the most common single-deckers during the war? |
◊ 2008-01-08 19:33 |
This one's not as simple as that! This is Dews Coaches CUT465, it's a 1944 Bedford OWB rebodied in 1952 by Duple. So the body is an anachronism, the chassis perhaps not! |
◊ 2008-01-08 20:18 |
Ah ... well, an understandable mistake, no? Presumably it originally looked like this ... http://www.jsh1949.co.uk/jsh1949/baddeley%20bros/bb35.jpg |
◊ 2008-01-08 22:13 |
Have a look at http://wakefield-files.freehostia.com/Bedford-ob.htm for a definitive listing of surviving OWBs and OBs |
◊ 2008-08-06 13:15 |
The only single decker authorised for wartime production, so presumably the most popular, was the Bedford OWB with Duple of Hendon Utility bodywork. Some other single deckers did escape, but in no great quantity. http://www.little-bus.com/bus-kits/bd4.html -- Last edit: 2008-08-06 20:55:19 |
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