Tag: Southdown
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Southdown – Leyland Tiger – AUF 851 – 51 (551 from 1937)
Copyright Jack Turley/Dinnages Southdown Motors Services1934Leyland Tiger TS6TShort Bros. B40C (B39C from about 1946) Two of these impressive and handsome vehicles (51 & 52) were purchased in 1934 for the Eastbourne to Beachy Head tourist service. The local authority would only allow the service to operate with single-deckers, so Southdown decided to buy the largest…
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Southdown – Leyland Tiger – HCD 449 – 1249
Southdown Motor Services Ltd1947Leyland Tiger PS1/1ECW C31R HCD 449 is a Leyland Tiger PS1/1 with an ECW C31R bodywork (with door!) and dates from 1947, when it joined Southdown. We see it at an open day at the Brijan Tours depot in Curdridge – just outside Botley – on 22 April 2012. These open days…
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Southdown – Leyland Tiger Cub – MUF 637 – 637
Southdown Motor Services Ltd1954Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/1Duple/Nudd B39F The recent posting of the Edinburgh Guy Arab re-bodied by Nudd Brothers & Lockyer reminded me of this batch of saloons delivered to Southdown in 1954. This batch of Leyland Tiger Cubs were numbered 620-639 registered MUF 620-639 with B39F seating layout which oddly had a single…
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Southdown – Leyland Tiger Cub – UCD 122 – 1122
Southdown Motor Services Ltd1958Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/2Beadle C37F Taken in the mid sixties at the exit of Eastbourne Cavendish Place coach station this photo is of one of the last batch of Southdown’s 130 Tiger Cub/ Beadle coaches.Delivered in 1958 No 1122 registration UCD 122 was one of the last batch of 15 which were…
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Southdown – Leyland Royal Tiger – MCD 515 – 1515
Southdown Motor Services Ltd1953Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/13East Lancs DP40C This photo taken in the mid sixties in Pevensey Road Eastbourne shows one of my all time favourites, one of batch of thirty No’s 1510-1539 Reg No’s MCD 510-539 delivered in 1953 it is a Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/13 with an East Lancs body delivered as…
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Southdown – Leyland Leopard – 179 DCD – 1179
Southdown Motor Services Ltd1964Leyland Leopard PSU3/3RTPlaxton C49F These photos taken opposite their Royal Parade garage show one of Southdown’s first ever batch of Plaxton bodies five of which numbered 1175-79 registered 175-79 DCD were delivered in January 1964 on Leopard PSU3/3RT chassis. The bodies were to C49F layout with low backed leather covered seats, a…
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Southdown – Dennis Falcon – FUF 181 – 181
Southdown Motor Services1939Dennis Falcon P4Harrington B30C In 1938, Dennis replaced its multiplicity of of small buses for lightly trafficked routes – Dart, Pike, Arrow Minor, Ace and Mace – with one model, the Falcon. This was offered with normal or forward control, the engine options being Dennis 3.77 side valve petrol, or Gardner 4LK or…
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Southdown – Commer Avenger – XUF 55 – 55
Southdown Motor Services Ltd1960Commer Avenger IVHarrington C35F Southdown, ever primarily a Leyland operator (though Guy got a look in from time to time) also had a modest requirement for lighter chassis. Despite having operated the OB model successfully, Southdown then eschewed the Bedford SB when it looked for a lightweight coach chassis in the late…
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Southdown – Bedford OB – JCD 371 – 71
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Southdown Motor Services1948Bedford OBDuple C27F Another example of the ubiquitous Bedford OB/Duple coach, but bought by an operator who eschewed non-standard, other than for specific purposes. For this purpose, a Leyland/Harrington vehicle would not do!Hayling Island, to the East of Portsea…
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Southdown – Beadle – Leyland – MUF 488 – 649
Southdown Motor Services Ltd1953Beadle – LeylandBeadle FB31F MUF 488 is one of those curious vehicles built by Beadles using Bedford or Leyland parts. The Leyland ones came from Tigers or Titans. In this case, the combination was delivered to Southdown in 1953, and has a FB31F body on TD5 running units. We see it outside…