Dear Phil,

Thanks for all the additional Info, I remember travelling on the
Grimsby-Cleethorpes SRGs on holidays in the 1970s.
I'm afraid the group doesn't archive attachments so if you'd like to
upload the photo to the photos section of the group instead.

Stephen


--- In therearenginedbusclub@..., Phil Norris
<pnorris@b...> wrote:
> Stephen,
>
> I'm afraid I am old enough to admit doing the customers drawing
for the
> first
> single deck Fleetline that Grimsby had which was exhibited at
Earls Court in
> 1966!!!
>
> A copy of the drawing is actually on the vehicle, which is
preserved, and
> owned by
> Nigel Rhodes of Lincoln.(Photo Attached)
>
> I therefore remember the Bournemouth Roadliners, which had the
same floor
> layout
> as the prototype PMT vehicle built by Marshalls. (It's amazing
what went
> through various factory
> doors in those days!!)
>
> The Halifax vehicles were similar to the Grimsby ones, but only
had a single
> door and were
> traditional in there appearance with domes front and rear.
>
> Other vehicles built similar to Grimsby, were a Daimler Demo,
which went to
> Rochdale, who
> ordered 4 others I believe, and 2 for Rotherham, which had
overdrive
> resulting in a power bulge
> on the offside, below the radiator grille! Both of these orders
had double
> folding wide doors.
>
> The Derby vehicles were the first built to 2 1/2 Metres wide, as
were the 11
> metre long vehicles.
>
> Regards
>
> Phil
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Allcroft [mailto:stephenallcroft@l...]
> Sent: 05 April 2005 15:58
> To: therearenginedbusclub
> Subject: [the rear engined bus club] Willowbrook damilers WAS:NGT
> saloons
>
>
>
> Thanks Phil,
>
> IIRC, Bournemouth's Roadliners also had Willowbrook bodies.
>
> NGT's Fleetlines had Willowbrook, Alexander W type and (the ex-
Maidstone &
> District ones) Marshall bodies. I've also a feeling that the very
first SRGs
> for Grimsby-Cleethorpes and Halifax were Willowbrook, as were
batches for
> South Shields (delivered to Tyneside PTE) and Derby.
>
> Stephen
>
>
> > From:: "sprite892003" <pnorris@b...>
> > To: therearenginedbusclub@...
> > Subject: Re: [the rear engined bus club] New group_Roadliner_NGT
saloons
> > Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:12:56 -0000
>
> > <pre>
> >
> > The Daimlers were Fleetlines, but built with Willowbrook bodies.
They
> > were built at the same time as 20 for Northampton and 2 for
RTITB,
> > which subsequently went to Graham's of Paisley.
> > The only Roadliners to come out of Loughborough were exported to
> > Canada under the Duple name, to both Edmonton (28) and Calgary
(3)
> >
> > Ex Willowbook Phil
> >
> > --- In therearenginedbusclub@..., "Tony"
<ken@a...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Tony replies:
> > > I concur with that too. From memory, these single-deckers were
> > > Alexander W types on Fleetline SRG6LX-36's. I know that
Northern
> > > General did have some secondhand buses at this time, mostly
AEC
> > > Renowns from East Yorkshire but my records show no reference
to
> > > Roadliners.
>
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