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New Routemaster in service today.

Started by bevans6, February 27, 2012, 04:48:05 AM

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Oonrahnjay

Quote from: Nusa on February 28, 2012, 08:02:16 AMAw, it's cool having a right-hand drivers station, I wouldn't change that. Now having a second drivers station up on the upper deck would be a project worth contemplating...you could have that one on the left.

     DMTA, Nu!  I've actually looked at what it would take to do that!  With a plain extension for the steering up into the upper deck, a Y onto my air "throttle", a second brake master (with a couple of one way valves) and a second turn signal/horn, you'd be done.  Except for the fabrication of the brackets and pieces to make it work, it would only be a couple of days job.  A gear extension to the steering (to keep the lower level wheel free) or moving it to the left upstairs would be a bigger job.

     But I'm with you, I like the right hand steering wheel -- I can get extra work delivering mail  ;D  and talk to pretty wimmins on the sidewalk (it's a good thing that The Management doesn't read this forum).
Bruce H; Wallace (near Wilmington) NC
1976 Daimler (British) Double-Decker Bus; 34' long

(New Email -- brucebearnc@ (theGoogle gmail place) .com)

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With controls both top and bottom, it would be hard for people like my wife to decide which one to yell at the driver at... ;D
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Oonrahnjay

Quote from: Dave Siegel on February 28, 2012, 08:00:47 AMSo cool, why don't you post more pictures. I would love to see more of your bus.
dave

       Dave, here are a few photos from a few weeks ago.  There is much left to do and some of these items are "temporary" but I'm making some progress.  You'll notice a lot of "unusual" solutions since I don't have bays under the floor.  These photos backwards to start at the lower right photo and then click "Previous" to see them in some sort of logical order. 

http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f60/oonrahnjay/Bus%20January%202012/?start=all
Bruce H; Wallace (near Wilmington) NC
1976 Daimler (British) Double-Decker Bus; 34' long

(New Email -- brucebearnc@ (theGoogle gmail place) .com)