Will he now look to buy a second-hand bus, as a sort of talisman, and hope that it breaks down, too-the final proof of his status as Reagan's heir?

"I can get a good second-hand bus on the installment plan -" Charlie shook his head.

They were replaced by second-hand buses including an 18-seat Dennis and several Thornycroft A2 vehicles.

The company, which began in 1980 running two second-hand buses between Dundee and London, owes its phenomenal growth to privatisation.

"Chapel-Truck Initiative" converts second-hand buses owned by the Dutch railways into mobile churches.

During his successful campaign for prime minister in 1996, he traveled around Italy in a second-hand bus.

Having purchased large numbers of second-hand buses from China Motor Bus, New World First Bus started an extensive program to refurbish them.

The bus and coach division consists of coaches, public transport buses, chassis modules, second-hand buses and mini & midi buses.

A number of second-hand buses were also acquired.

These may take the form of temporary charter hire of service buses, or the temporary or permanent conversion and operation of buses, usually of second-hand buses.