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Date Posted:15/01/2006 04:06:20Copy HTML

I AM CREATING A DATABASE, INITIALLY TO RECORD ALL DODGE/RENAULT MINIBUSES THAT ARE STILL OUT THERE. IF YOU SEE A BUS, OR HAVE ONE OR KNOW WHERE THERE IS ONE PARKED UP OUT OF USE PLEASE CONTACT ME AND TELL ME THE REGISTRATION AND WHERE YOU SAW IT. THIS WILL HELP ANY MEMBER WHO IS TRYING TO LOCATE A BODY PART FOR THEIR PARTICULAR MODEL AND TO FIND OUT HOW MANY BUSES ARE STILL OUT THERE. WHEN NEW, THERE WAS 3,500+ MADE, HOW MANY ARE LEFT??.PLEASE CONTACT ANDY ATt.greenwood3@ntlworld.comto get the database started.
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Re:NEW BUS DATABASE

Date Posted:15/01/2006 05:00:14Copy HTML

I will be of as much help as I can as I am trying to carry out the same task.  I own two vehicles they are former Clydeside Scottish Renault S56/Alexander (B25F) E346WYS and ex Tayside Dodge S56/Alexander D702EES.  There is another Alexander bodied version D428ASF owned by the Gifford Transport Group in Edinburgh.  e-mail me and I will help as much as possible.

 

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Re:NEW BUS DATABASE

Date Posted:15/01/2006 07:43:32Copy HTML

Ok my 1990 S56 ex Leeds City Council Welfare Bus, G704 NUB. Chassis number SDGB56AOFLD222817, 23 1/2 Feet long with an Optare Body.

I also have this chassis number SDGB56AODFD216225 D856 LND was owned by G.M.P.T.E.of Manchester. I am sure this is now owned and was restored by Forum Member 'Littlegem' during 2004/5.
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Re:NEW BUS DATABASE

Date Posted:25/01/2006 01:24:15Copy HTML

Reply to : Karrier

Ok my 1990 S56 ex Leeds City Council Welfare Bus, G704 NUB. Chassis number SDGB56AOFLD222817, 23 1/2 Feet long with an Optare Body.I also have this chassis number SDGB56AODFD216225 D856 LND was owned by G.M.P.T.E.of Manchester. I am sure this is now owned and was restored by Forum Member 'Littlegem' during 2004/5.

 My Fossil+Crystal bus is ex Wigan council D412 NNA (1987), at present touring in Morocco but back in UK in late spring.

pen_nomad

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Re:NEW BUS DATABASE

Date Posted:05/02/2006 04:43:56Copy HTML

Reply to : pen_nomad I have an ex welfare bus C  registered, currently stored on a farm on merseyside, complete and running although not m'o't'd, for sale @ ?300.

Reply to : KarrierOk my 1990 S56 ex Leeds City Council Welfare Bus, G704 NUB. Chassis number SDGB56AOFLD222817, 23 1/2 Feet long with an Optare Body.I also have this chassis number SDGB56AODFD216225 D856 LND was owned by G.M.P.T.E.of Manchester. I am sure this is now owned and was restored by Forum Member 'Littlegem' during 2004/5.My Fossil+Crystal bus is ex Wigan council D412 NNA (1987), at present touring in Morocco but back in UK in late spring.pen_nomad
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Date Posted:13/04/2006 11:03:06Copy HTML

Hi there,

I live in a mint Mark 2 converted minibus, 3.9 Perkins Turbo Diesel automatic (its the photo in ur gallery that you said you couldnt remember who sent it Greg!). Its 24ft long and used to belong to Tower Hamlets Borough Council, used as a disabled childrens' school bus. Its still got the wheel chair lift under the body, though Im taking this out soon and dumping it (anyone want it?!). It used to be a lurid shade of lime green, but is now resplendant in olive drab and matt black, currently residing on site in Brighton. The reg is K881 LMH and I call him Tank!

Sam

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Date Posted:16/04/2006 08:43:43Copy HTML

Cool.

We have just bought a Dodge 50 coachbuilt Motorhome, going by the name of "Celtic Warrior " (that's a hard 'C' !!) She's an '87 model running on a Perkins 3.9 diesel. 

Registration Number D450NKG.

We bought her from N. Wales, and the V5 doc' says she was previously sold from St Helens, Nr Liverpool ...so we think she's a Northern Lass...but we'd love to know more if anyone's got any info on her past history , or any ideas how you can find out ?

We're planning to spend some time & money getting her restored to her former glory. I have sent a couple of pix to Greg for posting in  the gallery, look out for the beige & brown beast. We'll email some new pix once she's done up & lookin proud.

I'm sure we'll be posting plenty of messages in the near future for tips on where to get everything from a good reliable service, to new bonnet badges !

Keep ya motor runnin'

Mick & Dave ...the new Celtic Warriors.  

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I AM CREATING A DATABASE, INITIALLY TO RECORD ALL DODGE/RENAULT MINIBUSES THAT ARE STILL OUT THERE. IF YOU SEE A BUS, OR HAVE ONE OR KNOW WHERE THERE IS ONE PARKED UP OUT OF USE PLEASE CONTACT ME AND TELL ME THE REGISTRATION AND WHERE YOU SAW IT. THIS WILL HELP ANY MEMBER WHO IS TRYING TO LOCATE A BODY PART FOR THEIR PARTICULAR MODEL AND TO FIND OUT HOW MANY BUSES ARE STILL OUT THERE. WHEN NEW, THERE WAS 3,500+ MADE, HOW MANY ARE LEFT??.PLEASE CONTACT ANDY ATt.greenwood3@ntlworld.comto get the database started.
Celtic Warriors.
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Re:NEW BUS DATABASE

Date Posted:17/04/2006 01:18:37Copy HTML

There used to be a system with the DVLA where you could get the history of your vehicle it cost about ?5.00 check the DVLA website and see.

 

 

 

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Re:NEW BUS DATABASE

Date Posted:09/06/2006 03:43:34Copy HTML

Reply to : frankieflintstone

There used to be a system with the DVLA where you could get the history of your vehicle it cost about ?5.00 check the DVLA website and see.
hi I've got 2 dodge 50s. gotta go out now but I'll let u know more later. 
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Re:NEW BUS DATABASE

Date Posted:23/07/2006 10:47:39Copy HTML

Reply to : spot2004cat
Hi there,

I have a Dodge 100 Commando 2 G10 bus - Wadham Stringer Vanguard body. Just in the process of converting it to a motorhome, 80% completed and just been prepared for MOT for the first time since 1999. Ex-london council - E597 MYE. I saw the sister bus, E596 MYE, on Ebay a couple of months ago. It was still fitted out as a bus but I don't know where it's gone now.

Ali
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Re:NEW BUS DATABASE

Date Posted:01/10/2006 07:31:46Copy HTML

My S56, reg G487 HFV, is a wheelchair bus from St Helens, I got it from Joe's Garage in 1999.

I trundled it around Europe a few times and over to Goa and back; it's now resting in Czech.

And I've got a G10 wheelchair bus that's doing much the same..

I'm trying to accumalate dodge bits, bobs and parts on a farm in that part of the world (Czech, not Goa). If anyone's got information about scrapped, dumped, broken dodge 50s in central europe, maybe they could drop me a line..
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Date Posted:11/10/2006 08:34:34Copy HTML

dodge 50 s56
Bottle Green and black
Reg: f360 gkn (1989)
Dormobile

Got it from a nursing home in watford which was used for day trips and had all medical stuff on board. Converted it to motorhome straight away about four years ago and just starting to put electrics and leisure battery in which I know not enough about. Love me dodge and it one of my favourite things. Need another couple of seats if anyone had tracking four bolt removable seats like the ldv tansit minibuses have. Also would like the dodge letters on the front of my dodge.

The Gerkin as we call her resides in tottenham.Text to be set font.
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zipy
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Date Posted:14/10/2006 04:45:18Copy HTML

Nice to see you pop back in there Mr Zippy, any chance of emailing me a couple of photos, I have put the one you sent from your wedding somewhere on the other site, don't remember where though.

kArRiEr
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Date Posted:28/02/2007 12:35:34Copy HTML

Hi, Just landed in the world of Dodge50! I have just bought a 1990 Renault 50 Reg G849 NHH.  I dont know many other details on it yet! Just exploring it as mo!

 

Cheers

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Date Posted:28/02/2007 01:56:55Copy HTML

if you post up the vin number i will give you loads of info, has it an optare bus body?

My Bus is G704 NUB ex leeds council.
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Date Posted:02/03/2007 05:15:38Copy HTML

  Should have posted this a long time ago. Ive got an ex Hackney council  wheelchair access bus now without lift and fully converted. I bought her of a forum member in 2005. She was already converted so well all we have had to do is personalise her. Was red and beige when in service but now nato green. Reg no:- SMH 593Y.  Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting">
I want one, i want one. wahoooooo! ive got one!
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Date Posted:01/08/2007 06:34:01Copy HTML

I've just aquired 'Joe' - a 1989 MkII S56 hopper'bus  with a Reeve Burgess B28F body. It first saw service in nottingham, with nottingham city transport and since then has progressed through 2 further owners the last of whome decided to convert it into a mobile poledancing club, complete with leather sofas and pole! Rescued from vandals who reduced the interior and most of the glasswork to splinters, Joe is destined to become my european home-from-home next summer! Woo!
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Date Posted:08/10/2007 02:31:28Copy HTML

 

Hey there

I have and love my dodgy princess! I bought her 3 years ago on ebay. She was a Manchester council water van and then a tyre rescue van in Cumbria. Now she is retired from work and has become a world traveller last year we went to russia in the winter!!! WOW!!! now safely back in portugal, my country of origin and our temporary base.

She is an aluminuim silver painted s56 short wheel base. first registration: 01-04-1987 Reg: D975MBU and chassis number: SDGB56KOCHD216190 and engine number 109504

I have been told she was the LAST MK1 built

We wish all the best to all the rest of the dodge family!!!

Safe travels

maria

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Date Posted:07/11/2007 12:21:52Copy HTML

I've got a 87 Dodge 50, E353 DAN. Just got her for ?200. She needs the automatic gearbox reconditioned and a bit of work on interior but hope to have ready to hit Europe hard this summer.
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My Dodge 50: E453 KBK, 1987, red, built as fire service vehicle, now converted to motor caravan, Series 56, bus coachwork by Wilfrid Overton, 3860cc Perkins-Elmer Diesel Engine, Original Unladen Weight 3800 Kg. wide-ratio gearbox.

VIN: SDGB56A3EHD217776

Currently being offered for sale in East Sussex.  (See wanted forum for details)

- varid 

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Date Posted:07/01/2008 11:34:47Copy HTML

#17 maria

sorry to say but the last built mk 1 was this one chassis JD218223 finished on 20th august 1987.

 

greg

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Date Posted:25/03/2008 12:25:04Copy HTML

 this one i got a few weeks ago from romford  london.
it was a bus and was use as such buy the romford county or some thing like that but was then used by the romford red cross as a serport ambulance and last saw service on dianers funarall parked out side of the pallase.

iv now removed the sliding dore and put a swing out one on from a bedford fire truck.
here is the fist 7 digits of the vin ,SDFB56A,  tonage is 3550 kg
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Date Posted:24/05/2008 08:48:35Copy HTML

hAVE A DODGY S56 BUS, B Reg declared manuf. 1985, off Molesworth Air Base. Home for thirteen years or so, its been through the wars and you can tell. Currently off the road being renewed though its been slow progress. Have a new clutch and rear gearbox seal now, and there's a 3/4 stainless steel exhaust I'm trying to work out how to fit. Then there's everything else......
Just been given a S66 Mk1 to strip, it's a revelation, all the bolts are easy to undo! Am undecided how far to go with tranferring bits, hardly any of my bolts are easy to undo and I've been advised not to start on anything that works ok at the moment. Can see their point but some of these bits look distinctly better. Will keep as many parts as possible so as to keep the bus running as long as possible cos I love the damn thing
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Date Posted:16/06/2008 11:06:29Copy HTML

I have a Dodge 50 (I think thats what it is anyway) D455 YPN. Not sure of any history on it Has been converted to a camper. I aquired it in August 2007 from a private owner in Brighton.
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Date Posted:18/06/2008 08:43:20Copy HTML

Reply to Farleyman (16/06/2008 23:06:29)

I have a Dodge 50 (I think thats what it is anyway) D455 YPN. Not sure of any history on it Has been converted to a camper. I aquired it in August 2007 from a private owner in Brighton.

Can you post up the VIN number from the V5, will look a bit like sdgb56aoced222111, i can then tell you some stuff about your new vehicle.
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Date Posted:30/06/2008 05:14:02Copy HTML

sdgb56k0fld222532

thats the number of our dodge ~ wonder what you could tell us ;O)

many thanks

also if you want pics for a gallery i can send you some

mark
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Date Posted:30/06/2008 06:31:18Copy HTML

Below is a copy of the original vehicle order / spec sheet from it you can find out which engine (perkins phaser 90) and gearbox (ZF 5 speed) are fitted, axle ratio, its a 5,600kgs taxable weight vehicle, it was white, has a translucent roof, a wider rear step etc......and was finished on 29/09/89.


The link for a much bigger and clearer image is Here



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Date Posted:09/07/2008 08:39:10Copy HTML

hello,
these two now live in ireland.
both arethe van type and  both now campers

 "wee lyndy" SDEB46KOOAD202418 (road worthy waiting on waterpump to be changed)
 "podge" SDEB66kYOAD201145 (on the road)

   don't know anything about there history really.
1980 s46 mk1 and 1980(85reg) s66 mk1
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Date Posted:09/07/2008 08:43:19Copy HTML

 SORRY >>>>> just realised you only want the bus types.

there is one parked up in wexford (ireland).road worthy but not on the road shall we say.
will try to get you the chassis number.
1980 s46 mk1 and 1980(85reg) s66 mk1
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 I am the proud owner of a black S66 called FIZZY ( Reg F177 MGM) 22ft Long, good all round condition, still mot/taxed and insured and my comfy house. x
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I own an s56 reg F80MTM originally owned by private bus company owned by Terry Fletcher of Havant.The story goes that it was then converted to a motorhome,then stripped and partly rebuilt.I picked the vehicle up in UK in July and drove to Italy with no problems .Next month we will be driving to Spain for the winter.
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Re:NEW BUS DATABASE

Date Posted:31/12/2008 03:27:06Copy HTML

hi

iv'e got a converted S56 bus 3.9 perko, E670UKH it's green and lives in Essex, oh and my wife says it's called Sandinista.
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 I thought mine was here already :(
Dodgy 75 supplied to London bus Jan 1990,
I bought it off Premier travel in Peterborough. 1/11/04, that long ago!!
Its an S75, SDGB75AOGLDXXXXXX, H839 OOX.
Now nearly a camper


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