thanks for the reply carl , i do know a driver who works for arriva and has driven some darts and when i last asked him he said he would be intrested to help , i need a big anough private land to run it a bit otherwise it will just get chassis rot , i will be hopefully be seeing the said driver on saturday as he dose saturday shifts so can have a good chat see what he says , regarding the livery i am hopeing to keep it in cotswold stone as it was my fave livery and now there getting painted so say in a few years there may be none left in the standed livery ! :)
On May 23, 3:40 pm, Carl Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > Having been involved for 5 years now my advice would be dont!, however > somebody told me the same 5 years ago and it didnt stop me! > > Storage is the biggest issue, under cover and dry is best both to stop the > weather and to stop any ‘enlightened’ individuals taking an interest in it. > If it has to be outside try to protect it from frost/rain as much as possible > even if that makes it look untidy (tarpaulins or masking tape for instance). > > Find the parts that you need to get it into the condition you want it in > (seats/internal fittings/destination blinds etc) as they’re likely to be > available now but won’t be in a few years time. > > Again, get any spares you can now if they’re available at scrap rates, > they’ll soon become scarce. Even better if it’s the very last of the type as > the company may well just want to get the parts out of the stores as quickly > as possible. If you can find somebody that’s worked on the type, or the > vehicle itself, then find what the common faults are and stock up accordingly. > > Without they’re offering to help pay for it, don’t listen to anybody who > tells you what livery or condition to restore it to! > > Good Luck. > > --- On Wed, 23/5/12, T562 JJC the arriva beast ! <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > From: T562 JJC the arriva beast ! <[email protected]> > > Subject: anyone would like to help out with preserveing ? > > To: "Welsh Bus Photographs" <[email protected]> > > Date: Wednesday, 23 May, 2012, 14:40 > > Hi there would anyone be intrested in > > helping me buy ARRIVA 2332 / > > T562 JJC , i hear its not long now till its going to be > > withdrawn > > > my plan is to buy it and store it on private land till i > > sort > > something out for it > > > would be intreasted on hearing you comments as ive never > > done > > something like this before , but if i dont get in now i > > never will get > > 2332 ! > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > Google Groups "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/welsh-bus-photographs?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/welsh-bus-photographs?hl=en.
