Tag: Demonstrator
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Lancaster City Transport – Seddon RU – TBU 598G – 598
Lancaster City Transport 1969 Seddon RU Pennine B??F Much has been written, on this website and elsewhere, about the Seddon Pennine. Most of such text is not complimentary. Southampton City Transport had several, with bids for their Gardner engines being far higher than bids for the complete vehicle when they were withdrawn. TBU 598G…
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Demonstrator – Seddon Pennine IV – RBU 502F
Demonstrator 1968 Seddon Pennine IV Pennine B45F Something to give Roger Cox the shudders ! In late 1968 Halifax Corporation borrowed the prototype Seddon Pennine IV demonstrator, though I wonder if the intention was simply to give the manufacturer some operational experience of their new model. Surely manager Geoff Hilditch could never have been serious…
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Demonstrator / Hutchings and Cornelius – Jensen JLP1 – 1 AEA
Copyright Unknown Demonstrator1949Jensen JLP1Sparshatt B40F In December 1949 the first prototype of the Jensen JLP1 passenger chassis visited the Manchester area while on an extensive demonstration tour. The vehicle was unregistered and its (presumed!) the trade plate had been removed for this publicity shot and replaced with the false registration mark 1 AEA – in…
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Demonstrator – Daimler Fleetline – 565 CRW
With – Newcastle Corporation1963Daimler Fleetline CRG6LXAlexander H44/34F 565 CRW; 1963 H44/34F Alexander bodied Daimler Fleetline CRG6LX demonstrator:Over the years, Newcastle Corporation had quite a number of Daimlers, both double and single deck, with a variety of bodies from different coachbuilders, but with the demise of the half cab in favour of front entrance rear engine…
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Demonstrator – Daimler Roadliner – CVC 124C
With – Halifax Corporation Transport and Joint Omnibus Committee1965Daimler RoadlinerMarshall B50F I have listed this under Halifax Corporation has that is who the Roadliner was on loan to at the time the photo was taken. I went on this bus to Brighouse on the 49 route which was normally serviced by double deckers maybe the…