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1950 Bristol, KS, low-bridge, double-decker bus
(In Newcastle Transport livery)
Name: Lady Sunderland, aka Sunflower
July 4, 2011: Despite her British heritage, Sunflower makes her "Phoenix" debut in Madison, Connecticut's Independence Day parade.
Sunflower is powered by a 496 cu. in. A.V.W. six-cylinder, direct injection, o.h. valve diesel engine, which produces 100 hp.
Transmission: Four speed manual "crash box" type with an overdrive.
Top speed: 43 mph empty (with a favorable breeze).
Brakes: Vacuum type.
Height: 13' 4" (13' 6" is the maximum legal height in the U.S.).
Note: During her service life (1950 - 1968) she racked up an astonishing 2,000,000 miles.
Ain't she pretty? A face only a mother could love.
While you're at Yankee, be sure to say hello to our "clippy" (bus conductor) Ginger (Verginia) Vitus. She's the tall silent no-nonsense type, who will stare you down if you don't pay up. All the running up and down stairs collecting fares keep this lass remarkably fit.
She's seen sporting her stylish Newcastle Transport cap and jacket uniform. Over her shoulder are slung a change purse and Gibson ticket machine. A green and white conductor's badge and union pin adorn her collars.
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As found in Pittston, Pennsylvania. 2009
In service as a Thames Valley bus during the 50's and early 60's.
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A good deal of the wood framing throughout the bus body had rotted away requiring extensive replacement. In addition much of the aluminum sheathing was in a bad state. Generally it was more expedient to fabricate new aluminum panels than to deal with the extensive corrosion and laborious task of removing multiple layers of paint.
The rubber gasket material for the windows was in a word, "shot," or as the British would say, it had "perished." With no suitable replacement available, a special extrusion die was ordered. The resulting black EPDM rubber gasket was an exact duplicate to the original. As a service to the hobby, we make the window rubber available to other vintage English bus owners.
Undergoing a major rebuild at Yankee. 2009-2011
Cross section of the window gasket extrusion Advertising graphics on the upper portion of the bus
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1929 Rolls Royce 20 /25
Coatch work by: Rippen Bro.
National Geographic filming a documentary at Yankee
Restoration
As found in 1994
After restoration
Ten year old Will Greaves assisting
MG TC
1949 MG TC roadster interior
more photos coming
The TC was once described as looking like a coffin sitting on four harps. Nonetheless, in my opinion (from an aesthetic point of view), it has the best lines of any car in the collection. CGG
1958 Beardsmore London taxi photos yet to be added
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