A lot of buses and coaches at ‘Showbus’ do not fit into a group or category such as vehicle type or operator which allows them to be seen together and are simply ‘One offs’.
Here are but a few.
R738 XRV ‘Diamond Coaches of Rushden’ ‘Lady Patricia’. Volvo Olympian-50 / Northern Counties Motor Engineers
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Musterphantom’ as its No. 738 (See below).
Also with ‘Southern Vectis’ (IoW) as its No. 638.
It then went to ‘konect buses’ in Norfolk where it appeared in basic ‘Southern Vectis’ livery with ’konect' lettering. Both operators are ‘Go-Ahead’ group companies.
For an image in this livery go to my blog dated 08/11/2015.
‘Musterphantom’ was a holding company set up to administer ‘Southern Vectis’ after it had been sold by the ‘National Bus Company’ in 1986. Other operatore were formed or acquired by the group including ‘Solent Blue Line’ and ‘West Wight Bus Company’.
In 2005 the group was sold to the ‘Go-Ahead’ group and today the companies form part of ‘Go-Ahead South Coast’.
564 KHT ‘North Somerset Coaches’ No. 59. DAF SB220 / IKARUS Citibus 480
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New registered as L510 EHD to ‘Marchwood Motorways’ Totton Hants.
It also had a spell on the Isle of Wight with ‘Southern Vectis’ subsidiary ‘Bluestar’ as its No. 505.
J19 XEL ‘Xelabus’ No, 548. Scania N94UD / East Lancs
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
618 KRA ‘Felix’. Bedford SB1 / Yeates Europa
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New in 1959.
HWY 36 ‘Todmorden Joint Omnibus Commitee’. Leyland PD2/1 / Leyland lowbridge /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New in 1950.
HWY 36 ‘Todmorden Joint Omnibus Commitee’. Leyland PD2/1 / Leyland lowbridge /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
DEZ 9717 ‘Stanways’ (Elliott & Richman), Rode Heath Cheshire. Scania N113RD / East Lancs Cityzen
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New registered W372 PHY to ‘Coombs Travel’, Weston-super-Mare.
Interestingly this ‘bus’ has a full complement of coach seats.
WRJ 179 ‘Salford City Transport’ No. 179. Leyland PD2/40 Metropolitan Cammell Carriage & Wagon Co.
on Dennis Basford ’railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New in 1963.
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