Volvo school buses from the 90s/00s

I'm talking about the ones that's had the engine block right at the front door, and they weren't used for anything other than countryside school runs. I heard that those buses were all from Singapore, BE bought the fleet en masse & distributed them around the country.

Those things were like Land Rover Defenders, you feel like they'd climb mountains. I wonder what happened to them? I always wondered if anyone converted one to a camper bus. I'd love to see one, I reckon it'd be epic.

gbob

SeaSlacker wrote: »

I'm talking about the ones that's had the engine block right at the front door, and they weren't used for anything other than countryside school runs. I heard that those buses were all from Singapore, BE bought the fleet en masse & distributed them around the country.

Those things were like Land Rover Defenders, you feel like they'd climb mountains. I wonder what happened to them? I always wondered if anyone converted one to a camper bus. I'd love to see one, I reckon it'd be epic.

The infamous VS, bought from Singapore for £1000ea and came with non-standard wheels ans tyres which had to be replaced at a cost of £1500 per vehicle, no heaters or demisters. And considered to be the CIE equivalent of the army deafness claim.

Yep, I remember these like it were yesterday. VS48 (81-D-1550) took me to and from secondary school from 1997-2002. Very loud and leaky. Were any of them preserved or retained?

cdebru

gbob wrote: »

The infamous VS, bought from Singapore for £1000ea and came with non-standard wheels ans tyres which had to be replaced at a cost of £1500 per vehicle, no heaters or demisters. And considered to be the CIE equivalent of the army deafness claim.

And the bamboo seats.

Mycroft H

Jesus, they were awful sheds of things. Had one for primary school. Cold and wet and stank.

GTE

Were those horrible Lynx things the modern equivilent of that? Well, I say modern. They popped up in the late 00's from the UK eh? Effing terrible things too.

gbob

bbk wrote: »

Were those horrible Lynx things the modern equivilent of that? Well, I say modern. They popped up in the late 00's from the UK eh? Effing terrible things too.

Yeah the LS (Leyland Schools)..... Here's one doing the Knock shuttle.......