Volvo Ailsa Alexander RV V3

Volvo Ailsa Alexander RV V3

Taken at North Weald Rally

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Volvo
• Ailsa
• Alexander
• RV
• V3
• North
• Weald
• Rally

[Negibus]

Is this V3 is the one originally for London Transport that with two staircases?

[TheMillFairfield]

@Negibus Yes

[craigybus1]

If it wasnt for the late Brian Crowther, this bus would have been bean tins long ago. This bus should have been kept in Black Prince livery as a tribute to him.

[TheMillFairfield]

It should have been kept in Black Prince regardless, Clearly some people don't care for such things

[TheMillFairfield]

Ailsa Ailsa Ailsa!

[handball1967]

I remember well one of our engneers at Potters Bar lost it on a corner of wet and recently re surfaced road and dropped it on its side in to a field hittign a mini in the prosess, had a fence post sticking out the side for ages...... seams sine rebuilding its lost is 3 speed Voith box, whitch V1 V2 and V3 had

[raylyd]

nice sounds driffernt to the cardiff alisas whats the gear box driffernts

[lec0roh]

@craigybus1 Sorry, I misunderstood you. Yes, you're right, 377 is rather unwell these days.

[craigybus1]

@I am on about 377. The body will be at the point of collapse by now, as it was rotting whilst in use with Brian. I last saw it dumped in a corner at Kimberworth and it looked like PVS fodder. The body on V3 still isn't totally straight,. The lads at BP did their best to straighten it, but it is still not 'square. The only way to make it true would have been a total re-body. Also the EL E type front dome doesnt quite line up, being a slightly different shape to the genuine Alexander.

[lec0roh]

@craigybus1: No, it's definately an Alexander RV body. The only Ailsas built with VanHool McArdle bodies were LWB369-410P, PSJ824/5R, NAK411-429R and SHL930S.

Also, the body on this is in superb condition as the bus was almost totally rebuilt by Black Prince between 1992 and 2004.

[craigybus1]

Its a Vanhool McArdle and the body will probably collapse if you take the panels off, as it will be terminally corroded.

[lec0roh]

Did you know that there is still ONE bus, today in December 2009, that still wears Black Prince livery? .....it is VanHool McArdle bodied Ailsa LWB377P, the one which carries the green and cream "BlacK Prince Silver Jubilee 1969-1994" livery. Sadly, little has been done to the vehicle since it entered preservation in 1997 (to my knowledge at least) and a tremendous amount of work now needs doing on it. But, it's still with us, nonetheless.

[TheMillFairfield]

For a start, NBC wasn't a big Atlantean user, Secondly they did get some ailsas but the fuel consumption was so wank they decided not to get anymore.