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For sale: Malta bus used for Olympic torch parade in Kent

An old, converted Malta bus which was shipped to the UK and used for the Olympics Torch parade is now on sale on e-bay.

The old Leyland/AEC vehicle was built in the 1950s and has a valid UK MOT.

The original interior décor and original seats are included in the sale.

The bus, however, now also sports a  rear platform scalloped with safe tread floored platform and chrome hand rails, rear gate and fold out step. It also has some tables inside, carpeted floor and a roof platform.

The guide price is £25,000

 

 
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Mr Karl Ciarlo'

Oct 30th 2012, 09:07

How long has it been since your last update to reality Mr/Ms Cassar? I think the workers from the old system have long been gone from Arriva's ranks.

Johann Tonna

Oct 31st 2012, 11:53

The old "wrecks" have been giving service for more than 80 years, whereas today, the one year old service is already in a state of rolling WRECKS. This is the only embarassment I see. Plus I know of many youngsters who like the older buses more than today's crap, many of them Maltese.
P.S search Showbus on you tube or google and see how older buses are treated in UK.

Johann Tonna

Oct 31st 2012, 12:00

Its been sold, now lets hope to see it back here where she belongs =)

Johann Tonna

Oct 31st 2012, 11:42

I'm still waiting for that day when their royal highnesses decide to build the much awaited museum to accomodate these buses ... until then, they'll continue to rot in the ship building.

Johann Tonna

Oct 29th 2012, 22:19

Tbh I still suffocate behind private cars emitting thick black smoke ..... what about those??

Omar Mizzi

Oct 30th 2012, 08:12

Yes, i miss them. They are far more stylish than these containers on wheels. As regards pollution it involves modifying the silencer and some engine adjustments.

C Cassar

Oct 30th 2012, 08:32

ER, no. This vehicle HAD to be refurbished in order to pass the UK MOT for it to be allowed on UK roads. That's the only reason it was done. Before this it was banned from UK roads because it did not meet any of the requirements in the same way as all of the other old wrecks that were in servce until last year.

Maurice Cini

Oct 29th 2012, 19:48

Very well said!

Joe Borg

Oct 29th 2012, 17:13

The black smoke came out of the old engines ...

william cauchi

Oct 29th 2012, 17:15

Agreed Mark Formosa, the old buses really polluted, but, but...........fit them with new Euro 6 engines, refurbish the seating and new shock absorbers and we would have saved ourselves a nice lot of millions.
Let's start first by returning to sender those bendy buses and we would have a nice mix of tradition with some newer buses that can safely go round our towns and not London's boulevards.

Kurt Mifsud

Oct 29th 2012, 17:36

Mr Formosa - Speaking of pollution. Please do ride a bike behind an Arriva bus and please notice diesel spills. This happened to me more than once. And before anyone says something, I'm sure they are diesel spills!

stephen mifsud

Oct 29th 2012, 17:42

they could have spent the money to retro fit them with new engines Mark .... the old buses were oart of Malta history and flair not only just to us Maltese but all Tourists loved them .. we Maltese are the losers in this rasg decision to change the bus system from this lame government who is ruining Malta ...

E Bonnici

Oct 29th 2012, 17:56

As if Arriva's smoke is pure oxygen! Did you ever happen to be stuck behind one?

Robert Lewis

Oct 29th 2012, 18:00

Mr Formosa I still see a lot of the old buses transporting school children, do they still pollute or not.

Johann Tonna

Oct 29th 2012, 19:27

Mark Formosa, you're so wrong when you say "Tourists like to see these busses in Malta but they don't want them in their own country for sure". I know many who are willing to pay big bucks of money to get a bus out of Malta, and they are worth much more than 25,000. Black smoke is a thing of the past if they are serviced properly. Six Malta buses are already in UK, and more may be there soon.

G. Ellul

Oct 29th 2012, 15:59

U jghaddu minn kullimkien bla ma jkissru jew jolqtu xejn.....!

D Schembri

Oct 29th 2012, 16:13

That would have been the best solution. Renovate the old buses. All tourists I meet say they missed the old maltese buses, something which they always associated with Malta.

Too late now, thank you Austin.

carmel parnis

Oct 29th 2012, 16:57

They were given a lot of chances to renovate but they never wanted to

Johann Tonna

Oct 29th 2012, 19:33

@ Carmel Parnis, Maltese buses were always renovated and cared after, and they still are. However there was a minority who kept their buses in disgrace, and it was that minority who gave the bad name to the rest.

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