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Make and model of this bus

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  • 30-08-2016 5:52pm
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    tonyheaney
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    Hi, all I need some help identifying this buses make and model and possibly a year.

    I have it down as the 1970s(Ish)


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    savagethegoat
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    I;m not expert but I think it's an Leyland Atlantean Van Hool. Could well be wrong though
    googled Leyland Atlantean AN68/1R/Van Hool- McArdle H45/29D

    https://sites.google.com/site/pacerchaser/irish-bus-fleet-lists/cie-coras-iompair-eireann-bus-fleet-list-1985

    Mk4 Cortina dates it to / after 1976


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    Tiercel Dave
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    Leyland Atlantean AN68/1R/Van Hool- McArdle H45/29D


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    Tiercel Dave
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    And I'd guess O'Connell Street Limerick........


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    tonyheaney
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    savagethegoat wrote: »
    I;m not expert but I think it's an Leyland Atlantean Van Hool. Could well be wrong though. (Patrick St Cork I think too

    googled Leyland Atlantean AN68/1R/Van Hool- McArdle H45/29D

    https://sites.google.com/site/pacerchaser/irish-bus-fleet-lists/cie-coras-iompair-eireann-bus-fleet-list-1985

    Mk4 Cortina dates it to / after 1976

    It was Limerick in Fact :):D could it date before 76 or after do you think?


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    testarossa40
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    This is while we have a Bus Enthusiasts sub-forum....


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    savagethegoat
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    tonyheaney wrote: »
    It was Limerick in Fact :):D could it date before 76 or after do you think?

    Cortina Mk4 introduced autumn 1976.


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    spurious
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    I love the fact that bus people know these things.


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    tonyheaney
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    savagethegoat wrote: »
    Cortina Mk4 introduced autumn 1976.

    savagethegoat can you 100% confirm that?


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    GM228
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    tonyheaney wrote: »
    Hi, all I need some help identifying this buses make and model and possibly a year.

    I have it down as the 1970s(Ish)


    2zqsg2r.jpg

    Looks like the Vanhool D class first built 1974.

    VanHool MacArdle bodied AN68 Atlantean judging by the indicator light arrangement.


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    savagethegoat
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    tonyheaney wrote: »
    savagethegoat can you 100% confirm that?

    google is your friend, it's also where I got the bus details from based on the reg number



    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Cortina


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    tabbey
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    The registration is 1974 I think, but CIE used get a batch of numbers in advance of the vehicle being built, so the bus may not have been built until a year or so later.

    The biscuit yellow livery(I might call it beige) was introduced with these buses. It replaced the navy and cream, and lasted some years.

    As another poster has said, the Mark IV Cortina was introduced late 1976, but I take it you want the year of the bus being constructed.


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    AlekSmart
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    tabbey wrote: »
    The registration is 1974 I think, but CIE used get a batch of numbers in advance of the vehicle being built, so the bus may not have been built until a year or so later.

    The biscuit yellow livery(I might call it beige) was introduced with these buses. It replaced the navy and cream, and lasted some years.

    As another poster has said, the Mark IV Cortina was introduced late 1976, but I take it you want the year of the bus being constructed.

    The colour,as recorded on the Tax Disc was Mid-Buff....:)


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    Conway635
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    This type of bus entered service from late 1974 onwards.

    This specific individual one, entered service in the second half of 1975.

    It's not exactly looking fresh and new here, so the photo could be a couple of years later.

    C635


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    cml387
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    Never mind about the bus. What's the man doing standing on the canopy of Todds?

    I could put it as late as 1980. it looks like Limerick did when I was there.;)


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    tonyheaney
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    cml387 wrote: »
    Never mind about the bus. What's the man doing standing on the canopy of Todds?

    I could put it as late as 1980. it looks like Limerick did when I was there.;)

    what about the poser by the pole lol


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    Greenman
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    As a young lad in Cork aged 11 or so in the mid 70's that was my favourite bus. I lived in Bishopstown and used to go and see it on the Glasheen road. I seemed to be for ever drawing that model.


    Happy memories of bus spotting in my youth.


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