Recovery of broken down or damaged vehicles used to provide work for a wide variety of cut down and otherwise modified former buses.
These days, such are the complexities and legislation surrounding such activity that it is often contracted out to specialist operators.
Fortunately there are some modified bus recovery vehicles still left to entertain us.
WG 8107 ‘W. Alexander & Sons Ltd’. No. 205. Leyland Tiger TS8 / Alexander /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New as No. P528 in 1939.
WG 8107 ‘W. Alexander & Sons Ltd’. No. 205. Leyland Tiger TS8 / Alexander /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
CSG 29C ‘Eastern Scottish’ No. E6. Bristol FLF6G / Eastern Coach works
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Scottish Omnibuses’ as No. AA29.
DMS 359C ‘Midland Scottish’ No. ML 309. Leyland Leopard / Alexander ‘Y’
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Alexander (Midland)’ as No. MPE 73.
JK 5603 ‘Operator Unknown. AEC Matador / Bodywork Unknown
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
For completeness sake, I include the only genuine ‘wrecker’ on display.
A former military vehicle new in 1943.
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