Self Drive Hire.
After repeated requests from customers for a 'courtesy' vehicle whilst theirs was being repaired etc, we at RBW prepared one of our former Knotty coaches for the duty. ODV 404W had come to us from the now defunct Tillingbourne business and hadn't been involved in the sale of the Knotty operation, though I can't remember why. Here the Duple Dominant II Express bodied Reliance '760 is seen when freshly re-painted for it's new role. I suspect that it's chassis would have been an 'add on' to the production run then being assembled for London Country, as the specification was the same as one of their RBs.
After very little use, the coach was sold to Quantock Motor Services, who after a quick and massive expansion into commercial service work, and almost equally sudden withdrawal found itself not needing ODV either. To avoid it being involved in a cull of surplus vehicles, we re acquired it, then sold it on for preservation. A fellow Flickrite is now it's owner.
Self Drive Hire.
After repeated requests from customers for a 'courtesy' vehicle whilst theirs was being repaired etc, we at RBW prepared one of our former Knotty coaches for the duty. ODV 404W had come to us from the now defunct Tillingbourne business and hadn't been involved in the sale of the Knotty operation, though I can't remember why. Here the Duple Dominant II Express bodied Reliance '760 is seen when freshly re-painted for it's new role. I suspect that it's chassis would have been an 'add on' to the production run then being assembled for London Country, as the specification was the same as one of their RBs.
After very little use, the coach was sold to Quantock Motor Services, who after a quick and massive expansion into commercial service work, and almost equally sudden withdrawal found itself not needing ODV either. To avoid it being involved in a cull of surplus vehicles, we re acquired it, then sold it on for preservation. A fellow Flickrite is now it's owner.