Running the Volvo Ailsa for the first tiime in a while with its own set of batteries. Unfortunately it is missing a relay at the moment so wouldnt move. thakns to thurstan for allowing me to upload his video.
it's sister vehicle hsr 46x is in preservation and owned by a member of tayside vintage vehicle society, they were nice buses i remember the x reg ones very well
I remember those. In Glasgow, they were in service right up to 2005, eight years after First Group bought out Strathclyde Buses and Kelvin Central Group. So some of them were more than twenty years old at the time. A few of them survive in the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust.
JOV738P is a good example ailsa's are quick lot of power for a small engine 6.7L to be exact. ailsa's are quick theyve got about 200bhp puts b7tl's to shame old volvo's are good. alexander ps volvo-b10m-55 best bus ever. volvo olympian best double decker
Andrew Mcgonigle it will probably end it's life where it is now. Loads of things have been taken off it so it will never run again and the chassis is rotten through in places.
I have a share in Tayside 276 which is the only surviving MK2 Ailsa with a Voith gearbox. We're well on with the restoration, and the bus should be on the road later this year. We're looking for the front grille chrome trim if you still have it or if the buyer would be interested in selling it.
