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PANTHER PAINTED FOR FOKAB RUNNING DAY
| 题名： | PANTHER PAINTED FOR FOKAB RUNNING DAY |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 摘要： | The Friends of King Alfred Buses (FoKAB) completed the restoration of one of its pair of Plaxton Derwent-bodied Leyland Panthers in time to take part in the New Year running day in Winchester on January 3. UOU 419H was one of three of the rear-engined Panther PSUR1A/1R 52-seaters new to King Alfred Motor Services in January 1970. They cost £7,300 each when new, which would be around £116,000 today. The Panthers were among the vehicles that Hants & Dorset acquired with the King Alfred business in April 1973 and remained with that National Bus Company (NBC) subsidiary until 1980, when 419 was sold to Tycroes, south Wales independent Rees & Williams. FoKAB purchased it in 1988 and two years later bought the other survivor of the trio, UOU 417H, which had also gone to south Wales where it ran for Cream Line of Tonmawr and Morris of Swansea. Both are active members of the collection and the New Year running day was 419's first outing since its latest restoration. "As is often the case with vehicle restoration, the gleaming paint finish is but a small part of the work that has been done," says FoKAB secretary David Morgan. "Most of it was concerned with renewing much decayed wood and metal within the body framework, completion of which should give the bodywork many more years of service." The picture shows it in Teg Down Meads while operating Winchester city service 19. Other participants in this season-opener - FoKAB's main running event is in May - included 40-seat Weymann-bodied Leyland Olympic JAA 708, which is said to have been the first underfloor-engined bus in Hampshire when it was delivered in 1950. It was photographed in Wonston on a return journey to Winchester. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | Buses |
| 卷： | 74 |
| 期： | 804 |
| 页码： | 67-67 |
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