NBC Budget buys.
Elsewhere in the 1976 Plaxton finishing shop at the time of the visit recently referred to was this quartet of 'Derwent' service buses. They were built on Ford R1014 chassis for NBC subsidiary Maidstone & District at the time when the former's accountants had decided that purchasing buses with a lower capital cost was the way to go. Needless to say, ongoing costs, a shorter working life and general staff dissatisfaction were not part of their calculation.
Nothing much else in shot that I recognise, but the Supreme on the left is an AEC Reliance.
NBC Budget buys.
Elsewhere in the 1976 Plaxton finishing shop at the time of the visit recently referred to was this quartet of 'Derwent' service buses. They were built on Ford R1014 chassis for NBC subsidiary Maidstone & District at the time when the former's accountants had decided that purchasing buses with a lower capital cost was the way to go. Needless to say, ongoing costs, a shorter working life and general staff dissatisfaction were not part of their calculation.
Nothing much else in shot that I recognise, but the Supreme on the left is an AEC Reliance.