Subject: [done] Auston Powers: International Man of Mystery - new bus and a misidentification corrected
19/11/2006 @ 20:59:08: SteveA: [done] Auston Powers: International Man of Mystery - new bus and a misidentification corrected
In the opening scenes a Bristol Lodekka FLF with Eastern Coachworks body is part of the 'London' backdrop:
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/7591/apowers01qc2.th.jpg
http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/6959/apowers03yl8.th.jpg

The open top double decker aboard which Burt Bacharach plays piano is NOT as I'd believed a 1965 ex Bournemouth Daimler Fleetline with Weymann body - it's actually a 1966 Daimler Fleetline with Alexander body new to Trent, fleet number 486. Registration number is HRC486D - check out this shot:
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/5298/apowers06os1.th.jpg
Apologies for this; I've only just seen this scene in any detail; in fact the Weymann bodies of the Bournemouth Fleetlines were built to the Alexander design, so outwardly look very similar.
19/11/2006 @ 21:05:50: SteveA: Auston Powers: International Man of Mystery - new bus and a misidentification corrected
That should of course be Austin, in case you thought I'd introduced another vehicle type :wink:
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