Old bus photos

Tag: Gilford

  • Front Wheel Drive Gilford

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    On Friday 2nd February I received the following photo and mail:- From – E-mail address – Subject – Re the 1931 D Type Gilford double decker see attached view of it under construction and also the contemporaneous single decker Unfortunately as you can see there is no name or email address but it reads as if there should…

  • Jensen Double Decker Buses

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    My two uncles Alan and Richard Jensen produced a double decker and to date I have been unable to discover a photograph of any of these. I wonder if anyone can help me. One registration number I have is GDL 264, but I don’t know where to start searching. I also have a number of…

  • Gilford AS6 Buda ABS engine (mid 1920’s)

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    Can anyone help regarding the above engine, I have had an e-mail from a friend of mine in Australia asking if I can shed any light on it for a restoration which is under way. Roger Broughton 19/03/12 – 17:42 Gilford didn’t make their own engines but bought in from outside suppliers, so this engine…

  • Valliant Direct – Gilford 168OT – GW 713

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    Copyright E J M Abbott, used with permission. Valliant Direct Coaches1931Gilford 168OTWeymann C30D This is a photo of a 1931 Gilford 168OT coach with Weymann semi-fabric body along Brighton seafront. It is painted in the livery of Valliant Direct Coaches of Ealing, who owned it for many years. The coach was eventually saved by well-known…

  • White Bus Service – Gilford 1680T – EV 7580

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     Copyright Chris Youhill. White Bus Service (Wilson and Hughes Ltd. Bridlington) 1932Gilford 1680TWycombe C32F Here is one of my favourite pictures which I took as a teenager with my old roll film box camera. Obviously the standard is very poor, but it brings back lovely memories, for me, of happy times as a devotee of the…

  • Western S M T – Gilford Zeus – WG 1619 – 723

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    Western Scottish Motor Traction Co. Limited1933Gilford ZeusStrachans H24/24R The above photograph (from the Dave Jones Collection) is of a Gilford Zeus outside the Bellfield Works in High Wycombe. This was Gilford’s third attempt to get into double decker vehicle market after the 168DOT and the failed front wheel drive double decker which was later converted…

  • Barlow & Fisher – Gilford SD – CN 3795

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    Copyright Unknown Barlow & Fisher1929Gilford SD???? B26F This Gilford SD, chassis number 10561 was new to Mason, Gateshead in January 1929 but passed only six months later to Barlow & Fisher of Gleadless, Sheffield. At that time, Gleadless was at the outer edge of Sheffield on the Yorkshire/Derbyshire border.This photo must be immediately after Sheffield…

  • Ideal Service – Gilford 168 OT – YG 7518

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    Ideal Service (R Taylor & Sons)1934Gilford 168 OT??? 32 This superb vehicle was supplied new to R Taylor & Sons, t/a Ideal Service, Cudworth, in May 1934. PSVC lists show this to be a Gilford 168 OT, chassis number 12181. It is shown as being a thirtytwo-seater of unknown make. I suspect that the destination…