Tag: Exeter Corporation
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Solent Blue Line – Leyland Titan PD2 – 86 GFJ – 01
Copyright Pete Davies Solent Blue Line1963Leyland Titan PD2A/30Massey H31/26R This PD2A/30 was new to Exeter City Transport in 1963, with Massey H57R bodywork. In this first view she was with Solent Blue Line, a subsidiary of Southern Vectis, established by two disgruntled managers of Southampton Citybus in 1987. Most of the time, 01 was the…
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Exeter Corporation – Leyland Tiger – EFJ 666 – 66
Exeter Corporation1938Leyland Tiger TS8Cravens B32R Here we have Exeter City 66, a Leyland Tiger TS8 with Cravens B32R body and dates from 1938. It is owned by Colin Shears and is part of the West of England Transport Collection based at Winkleigh in North Devon. Here it is seen in the late evening working a…
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Exeter Corporation – Guy Arab – UFJ 297 – 57
Exeter Corporation1957Guy Arab IVPark Royal H31/26R Until 1956, Exeter Corporation’s only experience of the Gardner engine came with five Bristol GO5G buses of 1935. All had gone by 1948. Exeter did not accept any utility buses until 1944, but these were seven Daimler CWA6, and ten more of the same type followed in 1945. It…
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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…