Tag: John Barringer
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The Horseless Horse Bus Mystery
John Barringer I found this picture in a house clearance store some time ago and it has puzzled me ever since. Although I was at one time a member of The Omnibus Society, I have never seen any reference to the LGOC ever experimenting with the conversion of horse buses to petrol power. Looking back…
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Metal Tyred Primitive
John Barringer I have owned the above picture of a Motor Traction Co. Ltd. bus for over fifty five years and have yet to find anyone who can identify the make of this vehicle with any certainty. It is amazing, but true, that as a nation we seem to have more knowledge of Roman chariot…
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Hants & Dorset 1945 Bristol K6A
John Barringer This is a picture of my own Bristol K6A that I owned in the period 1984/5. From looking at the excellent web based H & D fleet list it appears to have started life as a covered top Strachan bodied half-cab machine with the code L27/28R and fleet number TD776, this calculated from…