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Payne’s of Harrogate
In Leeds in the late 1950s, I vividly remember seeing half-cab Daimler coaches in a beautiful purple and off-white livery operated by what I think was Payne’s (Paine’s?) of Harrogate. Try as I might, I can’t find any photos of these. I would love to see them again – particularly in colour. Any ideas where…
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A Whistling Guy
On YouTube there is footage of a ride aboard Chester Guy Arab DFM 347H. The bus has a manual gearbox and Gardner engine and sounds delightful. However, what intrigues me is the high-pitched ‘whistle’ that rises and falls with the engine revs. It sounds somewhat similar to a turbocharger, but I know it’s not. There…
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An Abbreviations Query
It’s good to have all these definitions listed on the ‘Abbreviations’ page – but I see the Bristol SC is described as “underfloor engine”. I always though it was fitted with a front vertical engine, and that it was the replacement SU series (SUS, SUL) that had an underfloor engine (amidships). Also, the usual designation…
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“Blue Bird Motors” or “Stretford Tours”
Can anyone please help with old photos or information of “Blue Bird Motors” or “Stretford Tours” from the 1940s to the 1950s. They had their offices in Oldham, Rhodes Bank and Hollinwood. They did a Service to a Sanatorium at Market Drayton during the war years and a daily service to Blackpool and Cleveleys as…
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Roberts bodied buses
I am interested in Glasgow Corporation buses which were bodied by Charles Roberts (1948/9 till about 1950/1). In addition to any Factory pictures of the buses being built, I am looking for interior pictures of the buses. Anything on Charles Roberts bodied buses is of interest to me as I think that they were distinctive…
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Jensen Buses & Coaches
I wonder if anyone out there knows how many Jensen buses & coaches were built in total. I know they started building a coach chassis in 1948 for how long and how many I do not. I know at least one was bodied by ACB at Sunderland as either a bus or coach I don’t…
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Ex Rhondda Regents
In about 1966 a handful of ex-Rhondda Orion-bodied AEC Regents with traditional radiator and Crossley synchromesh gearboxes joined the fleet of Smith’s Coaches, Reading. Registrations began with NTG, but the numbers escape me. I always assumed they were Regent IIIs, but a reference somewhere makes me think they might have been Regent Vs. They were…
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What’s the difference
I would like to know the difference between Yorkshire, Yorkshire Woollen and Yorkshire Traction, can you help please? Allen Williams Yorkshire and Yorkshire (Woollen District) were one and the same. Buses only had “Yorkshire” on the sides. They were based in Dewsbury and operated services out to Leeds, Huddersfield, Wakefield and Bradford – and all…
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Guy J’s labelled T13, T15 and T20
I have a query that hopefully someone maybe able to answer. With old buses, I can cope with O26/15RO and suchlike, but came across a batch of buses, Guy J’s, which were labelled T13, T15 and T20 the other day. What sort of configuration is this? And how are charabancs coded?Chris Hebbron Could this refer…
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Commer Centaur
Is it possible to obtain information on an old bus and its operator, a Commer Centaur? Registration CG 5931 which was used in our local Broughton/Stockbridge, Hampshire area during the 1930’s? We have a photo, it is part of the history of our village, having been taken by a local resident when she was young.…