BUSWORLD PHOTOGRAPHY

I AM CHRISTOPHER LEACH THE ARTIST. I started this blog so that I can share with everyone my vast collection of transport photographs showing a personal and nostalgic view of the industry with images that span some 45 years taking in the U.K and some of Europe. I have no darkroom and so rather than being the perfectionist after tidying them up I upload the images warts and all, and even those that won't scan squarely or are scratched. In a way it adds age and character. You are all free to download these for your personal use but please remember I still own them and you are not just free to use them without prior permission for any knd of publishing. Click on images to enlarge them and if you want to see more leave your comments or visit my website for the mother-site with galleries including those Buses & Girls: PICTUREWORLD

Saturday 4 July 2009

Daimler Fleetline


The last double-deckers delivered to Lisbon was a batch of forty Daimler Fleetline buses in 1967-8 which were delivered in kit form and assembled by Utic. The bodywork was built by the Lisbon operator CCFL. When compared with the traditional British half-cab bus the first generation Atlantean and Fleetline buses were a heap of trouble and I wonder if it was unreliability of these vehicles which helped change this once loyal operator's buying policy away from our British products.

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