Tag: Plaxton
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Boddys Coaches – AEC Reliance – VBT 893
Copyright Bob Gell Boddy’s Coaches (Bridlington)1958AEC Reliance MU3RVYeates C41F This photograph was taken on 26 June 1958 at North Landing, Flamborough, adjacent to the terminus of the East Yorkshire route from Bridlington.It is one of my very first transport photographs, taken during a family holiday at Flamborough. One attraction would no doubt have been the…
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Hunter’s – AEC Reliance – VTY 360 – 26
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. H W Hunter and Sons1962AEC Reliance 2MU3RVPlaxton Highway B45F Still with H W Hunter. Looking a bit grubby with the days road dirt still wet, VTY 360 was new to Hunter’s in April 1962 and was their second AEC 2MU3RV Plaxton…
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Sheffield United Tours – AEC Reliance – SWJ 395F – 395
Sheffield United Tours1968AEC Reliance 6U3ZRPlaxton C45F Definitely not taken on a tour, this is PMT Stoke No1 Garage underneath the Essex bus washing machine on 19th April 1970. PMT was going through a reliability crisis and amongst other vehicles (see Birmingham 2252 elsewhere on this site) hired in some coaches from Sheffield United Tours in…
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Economic Bus Service – AEC Reliance – 8031 PT – 5
Economic Bus Service1962 EconomicAEC Reliance 4MU3RAPlaxton B55F The fad for changing registrations – for whatever reason – strikes again. 8031 PT is a 1962 AEC Reliance 4MU3RA with Plaxton B55F body, built for Economic of Whitburn, Tyneside We see in the rear view that there is an alternative plate, WNL 259A. Seen in Showbus at…
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E S J Motor Coaches – AEC Reliance – AJH 163A
E S Jacobs of Saltash1963AEC Reliance 4MU3RAPlaxton C51F AJH 163A had an interesting history. She was an AEC Reliance 4MU3RA, with Plaxton C51F body, and dates from 1963, The registration appears to be authentic, but all is not quite as it seems, for she was another victim of the fad for changing registrations. Whilst we…
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Grayline Bicester – Bristol LHL6L – UBW 625H
Grayline Bicester1969Bristol LHL6LPlaxton C53F Photographed during the British Coach Rally of 1970, UBW 625H was one of two Bristol LHL6L coaches bought by Grayline of Bicester. According to BLOTW, 174 examples were constructed of the LHL6L, the extended version of the LH for 36ft long bodywork, though eleven were fitted with specialist van bodies. Of…
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West Riding – Daimler Roadliner – FHL 826D – 133
West Riding Automobile1966Daimler RoadlinerPlaxton B50F I always thought the single deck version of the “Fleetline” was called a “Freeline” but it appears I was wrong, it was called a “Roadliner”. It as come to light whilst researching this bus that the “Roadliner” was not the most reliable chassis in fact it was quite the opposite.…
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Daimler Transport Vehicles – Daimler Roadliner – KKV 800G
Daimler Transport Vehicles1968Daimler Roadliner SRC6/SRP8Plaxton DP53F The rear engined Daimler Roadliner powered by the compact and powerful Cummins V6-200 emerged in 1964, but production did not really get under way until 1966, with West Riding, Black & White and Potteries being early users of the type. Reliability problems with the engine and toggle link suspension…
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PMT – Daimler Roadliner SRP8 – WEH 130G – 130
Copyright Ian Wild Potteries Motor Traction1969Daimler Roadliner SRP8Plaxton B46D 130 was the first of the final batch of ten Roadliners (130-139) to be delivered to PMT. They had Plaxton bodies to their standard timber framed design with BET style front and rear screens. Apart from the Perkins V8.510 engine, they were similar mechanically to the…