PICTURE GALLERY 1940 - 1960
Bedford OB Utility bus and a 29 seater Bedford OB with Mulliner body
Outside the garage along Sun Street in Haworth
Bedford 1938
Cost £850 on the road new !! Cable brakes
The same coach was bought by a mill in Bradford and was left disused on Marsh lane in Oxenhope
ACE 9.6ltr Barnaby body Hull 33 seater bought new in 1949
4 speed manual gearbox Vacuum servo brakes Max speed 52mph
A proud Jack Rodgerson
In 1947 this Maudsley Marathon MK2 Plaxton 33 seater was purchased new.
Above we have the original half cab design with a Maudslay 6 Cly petrol engine and David Brown 5 speed gearbox.
In 1955 the same Maudslay Marathon was converted `in House` to a full front design and
fitted with a 7.7 litre A.E.C Diesel engine and gearbox from a London Transport Double Decker.
Peter Snaith
1947 Advert
1957
Leyland 35 Seater Harington Body
Bedford 28hp petrol 24 seater Burlingham body this coach was built onto a Bedford utility chassis
Bedford 41 seater Burlingham Body All glass fibre 1959
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