Tag: Plaxton
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Dan Air – Ford R226 – HDA 554D
Copyright Pete Davies Dan Air (London)1966Ford R226Plaxton C52F Here is a view of Ford R226 HDA 554D, taken at Lasham airfield on 30th August 1975. She appears to have started life with Don Everall of Wolverhampton, and has a Plaxton coach body. In this view, she has become a staff bus for the airline Dan…
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Whitefriars Coaches – Ford R226 – DNM 761D
Whitefriars Coaches (Wembley)1966Ford R226Plaxton Panorama 1 C52F Seen at the 1967 Brighton Coach rally this particular coach is not all that it appears to be.Built to the specification of Don Janes the owner of Whitefriars Coaches of Wembley it started life as a normal 1966 Ford R226 chassis. But was then rebuilt to Mr Janes…
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Foden Works – Foden PVRF6 – OLG 855
Foden Works1951Foden PVRF6Plaxton C??C These excellent shots were contributed by Andrew Charles who took them in 2005 the vehicle was restored by its present owner Nick Helliker. This particular vehicle was built for the Foden Works Brass Band who used it to travel to all their concerts until 1979 when it was replaced by another…
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Feather Brothers – Dennis Lancet – DAK 684
Feather Brothers (Bradford)1939Dennis Lancet 2Plaxton C37F I took this photograph in 1960 with a rather primitive optical instrument called the Bencini Comet S. It shows a Dennis Lancet 2 of 1939 with a Plaxton C37F body, seeing out its final days employed on contractor work based in a yard beside the main London- Brighton railway…
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A. Davies – Crossley SD – FAW 334
A. Davies, Acton Burnell1949Crossley SD 42/7Plaxton C33F Photographed in Piccadilly, London, in 1961 is the Crossley SD42/7 with Plaxton C33F body bought new by A. Davies (Transport) of Acton Burnell near Shrewsbury, Shropshire in March 1949. To address the shortcomings of the Crossley diesel engine the new AEC designed downdraught HOE7/5 began appearing during 1949,…
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Kirkby and Sons – Commer Avenger – KWR 931
Kirkby and Sons1951Commer AvengerPlaxton C33F Kirkby and Sons of Harthill bought three Commer Avengers new in 1950, two Plaxton-bodied examples and one Churchill example. They were swiftly followed by this, another Plaxton thirty-three seater in February 1951. Churchill would build another – A Mark II – in 1953 and Duple were chosen for a Mark…
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Midland Red – BMMO CL3 – UHA 196/220 – 4196/4220
Copyright Diesel Dave Midland Red (Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co)1954CL3Plaxton C36F (1961/2) I thought I would send you these two photos that I took in Eastbourne in the late 60’s showing two of Midland Red’s CL3 touring coaches, these started life in 1954 as C3 class vehicles with C37C bodies by Willowbrook. During the…
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Marchwood Motorways – Bedford VAM5 – DOT 248D
Marchwood Motorways (Totton)1966Bedford VAM5Plaxton C45F DOT 248D is a Bedford VAM, bought new in 1966 by Marchwood Motorways of Totton, near Southampton (not TOTON, the great railway marshalling yard and depot in the Midlands!). The bodywork is by Plaxton. Like other members of the fleet bought new, she would have been on private hire and…
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Priory Coaches – Bedford VAL 14 – BFT 942D – 50
Priory Coaches of North Shields1966Bedford VAL 14Plaxton C52F George Chapman established Priory Coaches of North Shields in 1929. North Shields is located in what was the County Borough of Tynemouth, and the name and company logo relate to Tynemouth Priory, which is an ancient monument situated within the grounds of Tynemouth Castle. By the early…
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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…