(30 May 2014, 9:12 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote Just out of curiosity how much would it cost Go North East to upgrade the B7TL Geminis to B9TL's, As all they'd need is a New Engine and the removal of the B7TL Body Panels, and then they'd be replaced with B9TL Rear Body Panels, and it may help improve Reliability of the Buses to then Assist the TTX/Ten etc. Pretty sure Transdev did something similar but maintained the B7TL Engine a few Years ago.
Transdev just 'upgraded' the bodywork on Volvo B7TLs to the Wright Eclipse Gemini 2, as far as I know.
EDIT: Yes, that's right. Just found a photograph on my photostream:
Still a Volvo B7TL, just with Gemini 2 bodywork.