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Post by allentc on Jun 11, 2021 15:31:24 GMT
The new owners of Wrightbus are doing some spring cleaning:
Does anyone know the origins of lot 1? Looks like a GAL bus to me. What is it doing at the factory?
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Post by redexpress on Jun 13, 2021 7:14:25 GMT
The new owners of Wrightbus are doing some spring cleaning:
Does anyone know the origins of lot 1? Looks like a GAL bus to me. What is it doing at the factory?
Mentioned in the Wright thread here.
I've speculated that it might be SK19EZV, which seems to have been built as a demonstrator but not used before Wrights collapsed. |
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Post by ADH45258 on Jun 13, 2021 21:29:09 GMT
The last Streetlite listed here (lot 11) appears to have a facelift to look more like the updated Streetdeck & G3. Were any of these Streetlites built other than demonstrators?
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Post by LJ17THF on Jun 13, 2021 22:01:29 GMT
The last Streetlite listed here (lot 11) appears to have a facelift to look more like the updated Streetdeck & G3. Were any of these Streetlites built other than demonstrators? I believe that's a StreetVibe - a shorter version of the Streetlite for places with narrow roads like Guernsey. |
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Post by vjaska on Jun 13, 2021 23:16:40 GMT
I'm suprised no one has talked about Lot 2 which is suggesting it's a Gemini2 Streetdeck - I wasn't aware one was built?
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Jun 13, 2021 23:21:31 GMT
I'm suprised no one has talked about Lot 2 which is suggesting it's a Gemini2 Streetdeck - I wasn't aware one was built? DW411 was technically a Gemini2 StreetDeck, although it doesn't seem to be the one in the picture. |
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Post by bus12451 on Jun 14, 2021 11:19:13 GMT
I'm suprised no one has talked about Lot 2 which is suggesting it's a Gemini2 Streetdeck - I wasn't aware one was built? Lot 2 looks like a DB300 Gemini 2. I've just had a look at the list on BLOTW, there is one from 2013 with the chassis number SA9BDRXXX13141477 owned by Wrightbus which I'm guessing is this bus. Lot 3 is described as being a Gemini 3 Streetdeck, which is a little misleading as the Gemini 3 is a bus body based on the Volvo chassis, whereas the Streetdeck is an integral product. I presume this is the Wright Streetdeck demonstrator with the chassis number SA9DDRSXX14141001. |
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Post by SILENCED on Jun 14, 2021 11:28:39 GMT
I'm suprised no one has talked about Lot 2 which is suggesting it's a Gemini2 Streetdeck - I wasn't aware one was built? Lot 2 looks like a DB300 Gemini 2. I've just had a look at the list on BLOTW, there is one from 2013 with the chassis number SA9BDRXXX13141477 owned by Wrightbus which I'm guessing is this bus. Lot 3 is described as being a Gemini 3 Streetdeck, which is a little misleading as the Gemini 3 is a bus body based on the Volvo chassis, whereas the Streetdeck is an integral product. I presume this is the Wright Streetdeck demonstrator with the chassis number SA9DDRSXX14141001. Could Lot 2 also not be SA9DDR1414001? Is it not possible this first Strretdeck was built with a Gemini 2 body, being earlier than all the 64-reg demonstrators? That was my natural assumption. |
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Post by bus12451 on Jun 14, 2021 11:39:58 GMT
Lot 2 looks like a DB300 Gemini 2. I've just had a look at the list on BLOTW, there is one from 2013 with the chassis number SA9BDRXXX13141477 owned by Wrightbus which I'm guessing is this bus. Lot 3 is described as being a Gemini 3 Streetdeck, which is a little misleading as the Gemini 3 is a bus body based on the Volvo chassis, whereas the Streetdeck is an integral product. I presume this is the Wright Streetdeck demonstrator with the chassis number SA9DDRSXX14141001. Could Lot 2 also not be SA9DDR1414001? Is it not possible this first Strretdeck was built with a Gemini 2 body, being earlier than all the 64-reg demonstrators? That was my natural assumption. I couldn't find any bus with that chassis number, did you mean SA9DDRSXX14141001? Searching "SA9DDRSXX14141001" on Google brings up pictures of a bus that looks very much like Lot 3. |
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Post by ADH45258 on Jun 14, 2021 18:45:10 GMT
The last Streetlite listed here (lot 11) appears to have a facelift to look more like the updated Streetdeck & G3. Were any of these Streetlites built other than demonstrators? I believe that's a StreetVibe - a shorter version of the Streetlite for places with narrow roads like Guernsey. Would the StreetVibe have been available as an option for the H2/H3 when the OSs were purchased? |
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Post by SILENCED on Jun 14, 2021 19:11:24 GMT
I believe that's a StreetVibe - a shorter version of the Streetlite for places with narrow roads like Guernsey. Would the StreetVibe have been available as an option for the H2/H3 when the OSs were purchased? Not seen the contract spec, but pretty sure a Streetvibe would have been too long. |
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Post by LJ17THF on Jun 15, 2021 6:07:48 GMT
Would the StreetVibe have been available as an option for the H2/H3 when the OSs were purchased? Not seen the contract spec, but pretty sure a Streetvibe would have been too long. Yep - StreetVibe's were just narrower buses and slightly shorter than regular WF's - I believe the H2/H3/631 calls for 7.8m buses. |
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Post by redexpress on Jun 15, 2021 7:53:37 GMT
Not seen the contract spec, but pretty sure a Streetvibe would have been too long. Yep - StreetVibe's were just narrower buses and slightly shorter than regular WF's - I believe the H2/H3/631 calls for 7.8m buses. The H1/2/3 did have a pair of 8.4m MetroRiders for a few years, but I think you're right that the contract specifies smaller buses than that. |
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