by Alan | 13 Dec, 2018 | Our Buses & Coaches, Vehicles
880 entered service at Shanklin depot in August 1976 and was sold in March 1987. It then passed through various hands, including s…ervice with Halton Borough Transport. There was a spell of Museum ownership, but it remained unrestored. Its most recent owner was...
by Alan | 7 Oct, 2018 | Our Buses & Coaches, Vehicles
Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD, HW52EPX, was the first low floor vehicle purchased by Southern Vectis for their Isle of Wight operations, arriving just ahead of a batch of 7 Volvo B7TLs which were the first low floor double deckers operated by that concern....
by Alan | 7 Jul, 2017 | Our Buses & Coaches, Vehicles
Owned by – The Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum (click title to read more…) New to Southern Vectis this Caryle bodied 16 seater minibus ran in the early post de regulation competitive days. It was used on the Newport – Cowes 91 Hydrabus...
by Alan | 6 Jul, 2017 | Our Buses & Coaches, Vehicles
Owned by – The Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum (click title to read more…) New to Gange’s Coaches of Cowes this Robin Hood converted 21 seater was used on both stage carriage and private hire. Recently donated by John and Julia Gange and...
by Alan | 19 Mar, 2017 | News, Our Buses & Coaches, Vehicles
Owned by – The Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum (click title to read more…) New to the collection for 2017 is an 1880s Stage Coach which operated on the Isle of Wight. The ‘four-in-hand’ horse-drawn coach, was built in the 1880s by the Richard Bird...
by Alan | 28 Oct, 2016 | Our Buses & Coaches, Vehicles
Owned by – The Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum (click title to read more…) New to Southern Vectis is 1993 this 76 seat double deck Northern Counties Leyland Olympian was converted to open top in 2003/4. Donated to the museum by Go South Coast....
