Paul Welling
NJW719E
In 1980 when I started cleaning the Brutonian buses, there were more vehicles not working than in service and one was NJW719E. It sat there next to BND877C (Leyland Panther Cub) and alongside the only double decker that was ever parked in the yard, BCK367C.
This Damiler Roadliner with a Strachans body was unusual because it had a Cummins engine and it was taken for preservation at the Transport Museum at Wythall (Birmingham) in 1981, as part of deal to swap it with NJW709E a similar Strachans body but on an AEC Swift chassis.
After a few years being parked up 719E made it to Cheltenham but then broke down and was towed to the museum. Initial restoration work started as part of a Youth Opportunities Scheme to repaint and subsequent mechanical restoration from Cummins and them sponsoring it being repainted again in 2009, resulted in 719E being displayed at the NEC, believed to be the only one of it’s type in preservation.
NJW719E
In 1980 when I started cleaning the Brutonian buses, there were more vehicles not working than in service and one was NJW719E. It sat there next to BND877C (Leyland Panther Cub) and alongside the only double decker that was ever parked in the yard, BCK367C.
This Damiler Roadliner with a Strachans body was unusual because it had a Cummins engine and it was taken for preservation at the Transport Museum at Wythall (Birmingham) in 1981, as part of deal to swap it with NJW709E a similar Strachans body but on an AEC Swift chassis.
After a few years being parked up 719E made it to Cheltenham but then broke down and was towed to the museum. Initial restoration work started as part of a Youth Opportunities Scheme to repaint and subsequent mechanical restoration from Cummins and them sponsoring it being repainted again in 2009, resulted in 719E being displayed at the NEC, believed to be the only one of it’s type in preservation.