1964 Daimler CCG5
Newly arrived at Beamish Museum (today!) is their latest addition to the transport fleet, a 1964 Roe-bodied, Gardner-engined Daimler CCG5 registered 304 VHN, in Darlington Corporation livery.
The bus was new to Darlington Corporation as Fleet No.4 and was one of a batch of twelve similar vehicles purchased that year. This one was withdrawn in 1981 and is widely reported as being the last dual crewed bus in Darlington. (In fact dual crews returned briefly to Darlington using ex-Nottingham Fleetlines)
The bus is also unusual in that it has a "Gardner 100" badge below the front radiator grille. It appears to have always carried this badge, but it is the only bus that I can find that does so, and certainly the only one of the 1964 Darlington batch.
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1964 Daimler CCG5
Newly arrived at Beamish Museum (today!) is their latest addition to the transport fleet, a 1964 Roe-bodied, Gardner-engined Daimler CCG5 registered 304 VHN, in Darlington Corporation livery.
The bus was new to Darlington Corporation as Fleet No.4 and was one of a batch of twelve similar vehicles purchased that year. This one was withdrawn in 1981 and is widely reported as being the last dual crewed bus in Darlington. (In fact dual crews returned briefly to Darlington using ex-Nottingham Fleetlines)
The bus is also unusual in that it has a "Gardner 100" badge below the front radiator grille. It appears to have always carried this badge, but it is the only bus that I can find that does so, and certainly the only one of the 1964 Darlington batch.
Copyright © 2019 Terry Pinnegar Photography. All Rights Reserved. THIS IMAGE IS NOT TO BE USED WITHOUT MY EXPRESS PERMISSION!