North Tyneside Rally Entrants, July 2007 vehicle photo index year make and model exhibitor history identity (if available) Bedford SBG with Plaxton Derek Thompson of 1 JHL 701 1956 New to Swan's of Berwick. Consort coachwork. Morpeth Leyland Tiger PS1 with Chris Lediard of This half-cab coach served most of its working life in East Anglia. Restored 2 ENT 778 1948 Burlingham single-deck from 1973 by Premier Travel (Watford). It is currently licensed and available Morpeth coach body. as a PCV. Bedford VAS with Plaxton John Leyland of 3 TCP 897 1964 None given. Supreme coach body. Bishop Auckland North -East Bus NHN Daimler Fleetline with Roe The bus was new to Darlington Corporation and passed into preservation 4 1972 Preservation Trust of 250K single-deck body. from them. It is now in the hands of NEBPT. Sunderland Treble-one New to Tyne and Wear PTE in 1981; it passed to Busways in 1 986. It worked Leyland Atlantean AN68 EJR Preservation Group first at City Busways from Byker then most of its time at Slatyford on fastline 5 1981 with Alexander double- services . It had brief spells on Magicbus and at Sunderland and ended up at 111W of Newcastle upon deck body. Stagecoach Transit from where it was bought by the Treble-one Group in Tyne 2004. This is its first season of rallies. AEC Regent III based Paul Pearson of 6 CU 5705 1951 Merryweather pump New to South Shields Fire Brigade. Chester-le-Street escape vehicle JNP Alan Dixon of 7 1965 Albion Nimbus The current owners are solely responsible for this bus which spent its 590C Stanley working life on the Channel Island of Guernsey. John Shaw of 8 UFJ 292 1957 Guy Arab IV 6LW Massey New to Exeter city, it was bought by Shaw Bros in 1971. It was sold to Spennymoor United when company sold out. South Shields Pres The bus appeared in the 1964 Earls Court Motor Show. It is a hybrid of Daimler CCG6 with Roe Group (c/o Gary 9 LCU 112 1964 Daimler chassis and Guy driveline with Gardner engine. It has appeared in a double-deck body. Sinclair) of South Tesco advert. Shields Dennis Dart with Plaxton South Shields Pres L749 single-deck body in the Group (c/o Gary This bus made an appearance at the 1994 Bus and Coach Show. It was new 10 1994 to South Shields Busways in Economic livery. It attended Showbus in 2006 VNL livery of South Shields Sinclair) of South as well as several other rallies. It is about to go into preservation. Corporation Transport. Shields OAT Alan Errington of 11 1979 Leyland Leopard coach. None given. 536V Burnopfield RGF M Burke of West The vehicle was new to Epsom Coaches. It was acquired by the current 12 1976 Bristol LHS 231P Auckland owner in 2003. Bristol L5G with Eastern Aycliffe Bus Bought by United originally in rear-entrance format; converted to front- 13 LHN 860 1949 Coachworks 35 seat single Preservation Society entrance format for one-person operation in 1960; out of service 1966. It deck body. of Newton Aycliffe has a five-speed gearbox and will cruise at about 45 mph. Gifford Transport New in 1975 to Edinburgh Corporation Transport as a 49 seat coach. GSX Bedford YRT with 14 1975 Group (c/o Robert Converted after a year to a 53 seat bus. Sold on after only 7 years in 121N Alexander Y-type body. service. Purchased in 2002 for preservation and restored to Lothian Region Carlyle) of Dalkeith Transport's madder and white bus livery. This bus was one of fifty AEC -Park Royal front entrance Routemasters that were new to the Northern General Transport Company, fitted with Leyland 0.600 engines. It was originally registered RCN 699 and worked from Consett garage. On withdrawal by Northern, it passed to Stevenson's of AEC/Park Royal Ken Rodham of Uttoxeter, then to Stagecoach for use on Magicbus routes in Glasgow, 15 PCN 762 1964 Routemaster Washington reregistered as EDS 508B, and by then powered by an AEC engine. On withdrawal by Stagecoach, the bus passed to the Go-Ahead Northern Bus Enthusiasts' Association, in the care of staff at Percy Main garage. It was eventually acquired by the late Chris Moyes OBE for continued preservation and given registration mark PCN 762. This bus was the first Leyland -engined Bristol RE to be delivered to a non - ECU Bristol RESL6L with Phil Logie of North 16 1967 Tilling operator. It was sold by Busways in 1 977 for service with a succession 201E Eastern Coachworks body Shields of further operators before reacquisition 1988. It has been preserved since 1998. Bedford YRQ with Plaxton Peter Elliott of Bishop The coach was new to National Travel South East. Then it worked for Meffan 17 321 YHN 1973 of Kirriemuir from 1985, before becoming a motor home in 1986. It has been Panorama coach body. Auckland totally refurbished by the current owner. This Routemaster en tered service as London Transport RML2551 in 1966, JJD AEC/Park Royal Steve Griffin of initially on route 6, and after refurbishment on route 12. Refurbishment was 18 1966 of both interior and of the driveline, when a Cummins engine replaced the 551D Routemaster R2RH Newcastle upon Tyne AEC original. The current owner intends to preserve it with its route 12 branding. Stephen Foster CKB (Autumn Leaf The vehicle's history began with Merseyside Transport and into its 19 1982 Leyland National Mark 2 metamorphosis into MTL and Arriva. It was sold and stored from about 2000. 166X Preservation) of Thence it worked with Gilmoss Training. Darlington Daimler Fleetline CRL6 JDC 500 Group of 20 1972 with Northern Counties This last-surviving Teesside 'standard' was acquired for preservation in 1989. 544L Billingham It has covered over 1 200 000 miles! H43/27D body Dennis Loline (Gardner 6LW engine) with 500 Group of This bus was an exhibit at the Earls Court Motor Show when new. It was 21 JDC 599 1959 taken out of service in 1972 and sold to a Scottish operator. It was rescued Northern Counties double- Billingham from scrap and rebuilt to emerge on the rally scene in 1998. deck body. Promotion Buses c/o JJD AEC/Park Royal 22 1966 Redby Bus and The vehicle was acquired in 2006 and since then has been refurbished to 546D Routemaster. original 1966 condition for private hire work. Coach of Sunderland Promotion Buses c/o GYE MCW Metrobus open-top 23 1979 Redby Bus and This vehicle served with Arriva London Sight-Seeing until 2005. It has been 533W double-decker. repainted in traditional London Transport style for use on private hire work. Coach of Sunderland EUP AEC/Park Royal David Slater of 24 1964 New to Northern General; one of only 50 built for use outside London; used 405B Routemaster. Newcastle upon Tyne for medium-distance services until preserved in 1980 Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 David Slater of The bus was new to Newcastle Corporation and worked until 1977. Restored 25 221 JVK 1961 with Alexander double- Newcastle upon Tyne by Jimmy Storey. deck body. AEC Routemaster with The bus was put into service by London Transport as RM1058, an example of Paul Ogilvie of the original production short-length vehicles. After privatisation it was 26 204 UXJ 1961 Park Royal 64-seat Newcastle upon Tyne inherited by Go Ahead's London Central and worked from New Cross garage. double-deck bodywork. It was retired into preservation in 2005. Gifford Transport ESC Seddon Pennine 7 with Ex Eastern and Lowland Scottish. Allocated to Edinburgh June 1978, then to 27 1978 Group (c/o Robert Dunbar 198; transferred to Lowland 1986 . Sold in 1988 to Red Bus service . 847S Alexander Y-type body. Carlyle) of Dalkeith Bought for preservation 2006. Leyland Titan PD2A/24 with East Lancashire Malcolm Hodgson of 28 ABV 43B 1964 New to Blackburn Corporation in 1964 as one of a batch of 12. Withdrawn Coachbuilders 63-seat Appleby from service by Blackburn in 1981 and sold 2005. double-deck body. Ford Transit mk I Martin FJM Ian Davison of Believed to be one of only three remaining from this type of conversion by 29 1967 Walter PSV utilabus 311F Sunderland Martin Walter on mk I Transits. A regular performer on Heartbeat! conversion Arriva Northumbria New to West Yorkshire PTE, the vehicle was sold relatively early in its life to (c/o Mark Metrobus of Orpington, who used it in South East London. It came back to 30 CUB 68Y 1983 Leyland Olympian/Roe Westgarth) of the north with United and was transferred to the Arriva Northumbria fleet Newcastle upon Tyne where it still operates today. New to Darlington Corporation Transport and in service from 1964 until Aycliffe Bus AHN Daimler CCG5 with Roe 1980. Purchased by ADBPS in 1980. This vehicle is typical of small number of 31 1964 Preservation Society vehicles produced by Daimler after the arranged marriage of Guy and 451B highbridge body of Newton Aycliffe Daimler under the Jaguar umbrella: it has a Guy driveline with Gardner 5LW engine and constant mesh gearbox. AEC Routemaster with SMK Edwin Jones of One of the last batch of RML's in service and latterly run by Arriva until the 32 1968 Park Royal double-deck demise of RM operation in London. The bus was refurbished some years ago 686F Bedlington body. and was fitted with a Cummins engine. Volvo Olympian with City Sig htseeing H669 This vehicle was one of a batch of ten delivered to Sunderland Busways.