https://vintagebuses.org/categories/oddities/ Recent content in Oddities on Congo Hugo en Fri, 08 May 2026 23:36:26 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/wooden-car/ Fri, 08 May 2026 23:36:26 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/wooden-car/ Now here is an oddity - a wooden car. With parts taken from an Austin Maxi, an Austin Allegro and other bits. This eccentric vehicle has six wheels. https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/no-engine/ Tue, 05 May 2026 21:47:11 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/no-engine/ It is late September in 1959 and a small boy age seven is staring in disbelief at the front of a large red double-decker bus.‘Where is the engine?’ https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/bus_stop/ Mon, 04 May 2026 19:16:05 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/bus_stop/ Standing at a bus stop in the UK can be a chilly and wet experience, especially in Scotland. It certainly helps if bus shelter is provided. https://vintagebuses.org/posts/george-bennie-railplane/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:45:00 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/george-bennie-railplane/ The Railplane was an experimental, propeller-driven suspended monorail invented by George Bennie from Glasgow, with a claimed speed of 120mph. https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/auchenshuggle-express/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 01:30:21 +0000 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/auchenshuggle-express/ A little boy had just been given a new toy gun. Chaos erupts on the Number 9 tramcar to Auchenshuggle as he and his mother head home. https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/say_thanks/ Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:00:08 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/say_thanks/ Some funny stories regarding bus drivers and their eccentric passengers - do you always thank the driver when get off the bus?