Category Volvo B10BLE 7176 National Express
With a heavy heart, we announce a decision has been made to sell 7176. Whilst we would love to see 7176 continue to be preserved by ourselves it has come to a point where it is not financially viable to continue with 7176 due to severe, well hidden, structural chassis rot.
As such, we feel the support and income we receive from everyone would be more beneficial and worthwhile to use on our 314 project.
Please note that any income received on 7176 will be re-invested in maintenance and ongoing works on 314.
7176 was our first project and we are grateful for the chance and opportunities to have kept 7176 on the road so long, however, realistically we cannot justify or accept to use supporter’s money in non-viable ways.
On a more positive note, progress is pushing along nicely on 314 and we can’t wait to show you more over the coming months.
From all of us at MancBuses, a huge thanks to everyone for all your support, whether it be Patreon, Teespring, or even watching us on YouTube. It all helps massively to grow and continue all we do in the Preserved Bus Community.
Gladly 7176 has moved on to the STRATFORD UPON HAVEN bus museum where they are willing to finish the job.
7176 Test Drive and Uber Service
After over 3 weeks in the paint booth while 7176 got a fresh lick of paint. while waiting for the paint to dry, which was a lot of the time, here goes the saying, “Like watching paint dry” I cracked…
#026 – CCTV Set up, What will work??
#028 – Going to National Express Dundee
Well all of you know that its coming and it has, eventually I get my bus from a boring and kind of bland Dark Blue into National Express Colours. None of this could have been possible without my Patreon Followers…
Taking 7176 for Fuel
So I take my B10 BLE for fuel which to be honest is an expensive job, so me Connor and Jonathan drive to the nearest Petrol Station to fill her up ahead of the TDTT Great Harwood Rally which is…
#027 – Adding some Vinyl Lettering
Heres my second attempt at Vinyl Lettering without it being an absolute fail. So as most of you lot would like to see the B10 and me on the road I added some Vinyl Lettering with Decals. So the…
#024 – The Magical Reversing Lights
Welcome to post number 24 on the blog for the repair of the B10. This took a little extra look after this video was filmed they went faulty again and we took a further look into the electric’s and found…
#020- Point of Work on the B10
Well as we know some of you guys like Point of View driving or work on buses, so with a good head harness I thought id do it and see how it goes. So in this I am assisted by…
#021- LED Destination Blind
Well as some of you may notice there is one feature which has been bugging me a bit since day one as I have always driven buses with LED destination blinds. So when I had purchased my B10 it had…
The MOT for 2019
Like any other road vehicle, the B10 has to have an MOT as it’s not old enough to be exempt from the tests yet. There is a few places we can take it to in Manchester as it was having…