Tag: Bedford SB
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6357 AD Bedford SB Duple Super Vega
Richards Bros, Moylegrove livery suits this handsome vehicle well. The reg is Gloucestershire I think and has a feel of Black & White. Can anyone tell me its history please.This pic was bought from East Pennine TG and is from the R. Marshall Collection. Les Dickinson 12/08/12 – 07:34 Again, this is only my opinion,…
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Plaxton Consort YWE 388
Does anyone know the history of this Plaxton Consort bodied Bedford SB? It is probably from 1957 and new to a Sheffield area operator. The two colour livery and that wide chrome band betwixt the wheels should be a give-away. Additional clues are the window tops carrying the message “Express, Littleport, Ely, Sheffield” and reversed…
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Bedford SB Strachan Pacesaver RTK 109T
Was this style of ‘perforated’ grille only used on Government ‘Pacesavers’. My local operator had one which had come from the Royal Navy, and like this one, had no chrome trim on the front. I’m unable to get a clear picture of the legal lettering on this but RTK was a Dorset CC registration. Les…
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Air Ministry – Bedford SB – 29 AC 83
Photograph by “Bournefree” – Flickr Air Ministry1954Bedford SBMulliner C29F The Bedford SB was the successor to the ubiquitous OB. Launched at the 1950 Commercial Motor Show, it had big shoes to fill. It was Bedford”s largest PSV chassis yet, some 17′ 2″ long, and possessed a four-speed synchromesh gearbox. Common at the time, but disappearing…
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Wakefields Motors – Bedford SB5 – HFT 264 – 264
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Wakefields Motors Ltd1963Bedford SB5Plaxton C41F The coach fleets of Northern General Transport and its subsidiaries was pretty much as you would expect from a BET company, usually an AEC, Guy or Leyland chassis, and a mixture of high quality bodies from…
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Dan Air – Bedford SB – YXA 372
Dan Air (LondOn)1960Bedford SB8Duple C41F Here is a view of YXA 372, to complement HDA 554E posted a while ago. YXA is another relegated to “staff bus” duties with Dan Air, and seen at Lasham. The layout of the indicators suggests very strongly that she started life with Grey Green or an associated company. She…
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Mid-Wales Motorways – Bedford SB3- RCT 2
Mid-Wales Motorways1960Bedford SB3YeatEs C41F Mid-Wales Motorways was a medium sized independent operator working in the Welsh Marches. Based at Newtown, the fleet operated some lengthy routes, some of which crossed the border into England. Here we see RCT 2, a Bedford SB3 with Yeates bodywork, which was new to Delaine, Bourne, but spent most of…
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W J O Jennings – Bedford SB5 – CCV 166C
Copyright Unknown W J O Jennings1965Bedford SB5Duple C41F Here we can see CCV 166C, a Bedford SB5 with Duple C41F body (1183/193) that was new in May 1965 together with 181 ECV, a Bedford SB1 with Duple Super Vega C41F (1105/440) new in June 1959, in the delightful orange and cream of Jennings of Bude,…
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Crimson Tours – Bedford SB3 – 675 OCV
Crimson Tours (St Ives)1962Bedford SB3Duple Super Vega C41F 675 OCV proclaims herself to be a 1962 vehicle, with Duple Super Vega bodywork in the fleet of Crimson Tours, St Ives, Cornwall. This distinction is important, as I know of two others and there may be more! I used to work with a chap from St…
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Hills of Stockingford – Bedford SBG TUE132 – 6EBH – 748UYL
Hills of Stockingford1955Bedford SBGDuple C41F This is a Bedford SBG with a Duple C41F body that has a complicated history. It was first registered on 31 December 1955 as TUE 132, and, from 1 January 1956, went to Hills of Stockingford, near Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The vehicle, chassis number 41422, body number 1060/158, passed to Skills…