PRINGLE OF BEARSDEN TWH697T
Perhaps the oddest vehicle ever used on sightseeing in Glasgow ! TWH697T was originally built as a double deck Leyland Fleetline / Northern Counties H43/32F and was new to Lancashire United (522) in August 1978. It lost it's roof in a low bridge accident and was rebuilt by Greater Manchester PTE to the form seen here. On disposal it passed to Green's of Kirkintilloch as part of a batch of Nationals purchased by tender, and entered service as a 28 seater. When Green's sold their services to Kelvin Central Buses it wasn't involved and was resold to John Morrow of Clydebank. Kelvin finally took it into stock when Morrow sold out, and surprisingly it was found to be reliable and lasted long enough to receive two repaints. When it was finally withdrawn it went to Alex Pringle, who ran Discovering Glasgow Sightseeing Tours of the city with a fleet of open-top buses. This rare picture shows it in Clyde Street operating a city tour. I wonder what the tourists must have thought! It only ran for a week or two before the engine was transplanted into a double decker and this bus went for scrap. Shame it wasn't preserved as it was such a one-off job.
PRINGLE OF BEARSDEN TWH697T
Perhaps the oddest vehicle ever used on sightseeing in Glasgow ! TWH697T was originally built as a double deck Leyland Fleetline / Northern Counties H43/32F and was new to Lancashire United (522) in August 1978. It lost it's roof in a low bridge accident and was rebuilt by Greater Manchester PTE to the form seen here. On disposal it passed to Green's of Kirkintilloch as part of a batch of Nationals purchased by tender, and entered service as a 28 seater. When Green's sold their services to Kelvin Central Buses it wasn't involved and was resold to John Morrow of Clydebank. Kelvin finally took it into stock when Morrow sold out, and surprisingly it was found to be reliable and lasted long enough to receive two repaints. When it was finally withdrawn it went to Alex Pringle, who ran Discovering Glasgow Sightseeing Tours of the city with a fleet of open-top buses. This rare picture shows it in Clyde Street operating a city tour. I wonder what the tourists must have thought! It only ran for a week or two before the engine was transplanted into a double decker and this bus went for scrap. Shame it wasn't preserved as it was such a one-off job.