Tag: Bedford SB
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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…
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Solent Strutters – Bedford SB – 539 XTF
Solent Strutters Majorettes1962Bedford SB5Duple C41F 539 XTF was a Bedford SB5 with Duple C41F body, and it has been relegated to duty for the Solent Strutters Majorettes group. The registration indicates it was new to an operator in Lancashire in the period 1961 to 1963, depending on the gap between order and delivery (Look, for…
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Princess Coaches – Bedford SB5 – 103 GAA
Princess Coaches (Southampton)1963Bedford SB5Plaxton C41F Here we have another example of what a coat of paint can do to a vehicle’s appearance. In the first view, 103 GAA is in the Southsea rally on 10 June 1990, in the livery of Fishwick, Darlington. She is a Bedford SB5 with Plaxton C41F body from 1963. The…
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Burton Coaches – Bedford SB – LGV 994
Burton Coaches (Haverhill)1958Bedford SBDuple Vega C41F With Showbus 2016 just around the corner it is an opportune moment to share this photo of Bedford SB 58898 which carries Duple Vega C41F body number 1090/7. This lovely example of this classic combination was new to Burton Coaches, Haverhill in March 1958 but preserved in the livery…