Latest News - January 2008

Museum News

Another very successful Open Day took place on 4 November - a full report can be seen here.

After the November Open Day, there has been a 're-shuffle' of vehicles - ONO 59 (Bristol K5G) , FW 5698 (Leyland TIger) and KDT 393 (AEC Regent III) have moved into the Museum building.

OLD 714 (AEC Regent RT), TF 818 (Leyland Lion), and DFE 383 (Guy Arab) have moved into the Workshop building, and will not be on regular display for the time being. OHK 432 (Daimler CVD6) has moved into storage away from the Museum.

THA 313G (Daimler 2.5 V8 saloon) has returned to the Museum after storage elsewhere for the Summer, and TFE 475W (Austin Allegro) has been moved to storage away from the Museum.

Vehicle News

SOCIETY VEHICLES

JV 4936 - 1936 Austin 18 York Saloon Cracks were starting to appear in two of the 18’s tyres so it now has two new tyres and tubes.  

FHN 833 – 1940 Bristol L5G s/d Bus Work continues on filling and rubbing down the screw heads on most of the moulding around the body. Some ‘T’ beading has been reattached to the pillar adjacent to the cab door and the door fittings have been modified so that the cab door does fit better. Some small round joint mouldings have been made from a large piece to replace a missing unit on the cab. Some ‘finishing’ work has started on the rear boot doors, rear corner panels and ‘advert’ panels and the rear light units have been fitted. Work on the interior of the boot will recommence shortly. New sidelights have been fitted too, following the manufacturer of a missing bracket.  

VL 1263 – 1929 – Leyland Lion LT1 s/d Bus KW 6704 – 1930 – Leyland Badger s/d Bus Both of these vehicles have been MOT tested.  

FW 5698 – 1935 Leyland Tiger TS7 s/d Bus This has now been tested and licensed and was ready for use at the Open Day following a road test.  

VFF 631 – 1953 Reliant 3-wheel Van The van’s floor boarding has been replaced with new wood. The metal sides have also been refitted and rubbed down ready for repainting. We are still looking for a new cylinder head for this vehicle - can you help?  

MEMBERS' VEHICLES

DBE 187 – 1946 Bristol K6A d/d Bus The overheating problem turned out to be due to some blocked radiator tubes. Following rectification the vehicle was successfully MOT tested.  

Out and About From the Museum  

We were invited by the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, and the Doncaster Omnibus and Light Railway Society to take the York Pullman AEC Regent over to their museum on October 15th and celebrate the acceptance of a delightful hand made bench seat for the museum in Tony Peart’s memory.

Mick Crabtree, a long time friend of Tony’s, was there at 2 o'clock to present this to the museum and photo’s of the engraved seat were taken with Doncaster 122 and York Pullman 64 behind. The 15th was also the day of the St Leger Historic Vehicle Rally which concluded at the Trolleybus Museum.

In addition trolleybuses from London, Newcastle, Maidstone, Nottingham and Marseille were giving rides throughout the afternoon. Progress on certain restoration projects - the red London RT, the Bradford Leyland PD2 and an early 1930’s Karrier six-wheel trolleybus (latterly a store in South Lincolnshire) could be viewed - some good work being done here!

A most enjoyable day but marred with the news that Jim Scarrisbrooks, one of the organisers, had been viciously assaulted the evening before when in Doncaster. Thankfully he was out of hospital within a few days and was hoping to come over to our Open Day on 4th November.

Former Lincoln Corporation number 89, a 1961 Leyland Titan PD2/41, ventured over to the Manchester Museum of Transport on October 22nd for their special event celebrating 60 years of the use of the famous Leyland 0.600 engine in PSVs. A very pleasant journey there and back in lovely sunshine via the Woodhead Pass was enjoyed by the intrepid members who left Whisby Road just after 7am. Besides buses from the extensive collection at the Manchester Museum there were examples of Leyland Titans from Liverpool, Barrow, Lytham, Bradford, Southport and Ribble visiting for the day.  

The “Co-op” Moggie Minor van attended a shoppers event at the Moorland Centre of the Lincolnshire Co-operative Society in late November

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