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Cape Town City Tramways – Daimler CVG6/6
Copyright Victor Brumby Cape Town City Tramways1949Daimler CVG6/6Weymann H70R I thought you may be interested in this wide radiator Daimler CVG6/6 I think the second six stands for six wheels as it does have three axels. It lies in the James Hall Museum of Transport in Johannesburg, alongside some other interesting British psv’s, including RT…
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Exeter Corporation – Daimler CVD6 – JFJ 873 – 173
Copyright both shots Ken Jones Exeter Corporation1950Daimler CVD6Weymann B35F This Exeter City Daimler half cab is more than 60 years old, so even older than me, and is owned by John Handford and based near Solihull in the West Midlands. I’m fortunate to be able to navigate for John on this bus and he has…
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Bradford Corporation – Daimler CVG6 – EAK 232D – 232
Copyright Brendan Smith Bradford Corporation1966Daimler CVG6LX/30East Lancashire (Neepsend) H40/30F Captured here waiting on Park Road, Bingley is Bradford CT 232, one of a batch of fifteen Daimler CVG6LX/30s supplied to the undertaking in the latter part of 1966. It is seen still wearing BCT’s attractive blue and cream livery, but has had its classic Bradford…
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Salford City Transport – Daimler CVG6 – CRJ 417 – 417
Copyright Peter Williamson Salford City Transport1950Daimler CVG6Metro-Cammell H28/26R Between 1950 and 1952 Salford City Transport placed in service 195 Daimler CVG6 double deckers with Metro-Cammell Phoenix bodies, all featuring Birmingham-style straight staircases and traditional polished wood interior window frames. Apart from another 15 CVG6s with Burlingham bodies purchased at the same time (a mixture of…
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Rotherham Corporation – Daimler CVG6 – MET 125 – 125
Copyright John Stringer Rotherham Corporation1955Daimler CVG6Weymann L27/26R After years of handling crash gearboxed Bristols and latterly Crossleys, Rotherham Corporation’s drivers probably had mixed feelings about being presented with their first preselectors in the form of these 1955 Daimler CVG6’s. In certain respects physically easier to drive than what had gone before, they would have had…
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West Bromwich – Daimler CVG6 – GEA 165/159 – 165/159
Copyright John Stringer West Bromwich (County Borough of) Transport Dept1952Daimler CVG6Weymann H30/26R Actually pictured during their final West Midlands P.T.E. days – though there is little here to suggest it – this fine pair of former West Bromwich Corporation Daimler CVG6’s with traditionally shaped Weymann H30/26R bodywork was caught taking an off-peak rest at the…
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West Bromwich – Daimler CVG5 – FEA 156 – 156
West Bromwich (County Borough of) Transport Dept1952Daimler CVG5Metro-Cammell B38R To return to West Bromwich, near contemporaries of the GEA registered Daimler double deckers, a pair of which were posted on site a week or so ago, were a batch of single deckers. The chassis were built in 1948, but due to pressure of work at…
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Burwell and District – Daimler CV – PHP 220
Burwell and District Motor Services1952Daimler CVG6Northern Counties H33/28R Burwell and District was a small company based in the Cambridgeshire village of that name, just to the north west of Newmarket. Like many such operators, it began just after WW1 when Mr Mansfield, a cycle and motor agent in the village, bought a 20 seat Model…
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SELNEC PTE – Daimler CVG6 – TRJ 128 – 4017
SELNEC PTE1962Daimler CVG6Metro-Cammell H37/28R (Orion) During the Selnec era, quite a number of ex-Salford buses were transferred to the former Manchester Corporation Depot at Queens Road. Most of these were Leyland Atlanteans and PD2’s, which would be quite at home among the ex-Manchester Leylands based here, although I wondered what the Queens Road crews made…