Old buses in use as caravans in post-war Britain
Possibly a 1920s trolleybus in use as a caravan in the late 1940s - early 1950s, but could also be a motorbus from the same era. Definitely not an ex Wolverhampton trolleybus, as Wolverhampton only possessed one open-staircase trolley and that was broken up during WW2. Not an ex Hastings Guy BTX trolleybus, as they were of an open-top configuration. As far as I can tell, no other systems of the time used trolleybuses that looked exactly the same as this, so I can only conclude that it is a forward-control motorbus, possibly a Dodson body on a Guy FBX chassis or maybe a 6-wheel Karrier? However, the tram influence in its design is clear to see.
The location could be on the Yorkshire coastline, as the little sports car has a Halifax registration JX1425 and the saloon has a Bradford registration KY8770?
Has anyone got any ideas or further information?
Image taken from a glass-plate negative.
Wolverhampton Trolleybus No33
Old buses in use as caravans in post-war Britain
Possibly a 1920s trolleybus in use as a caravan in the late 1940s - early 1950s, but could also be a motorbus from the same era. Definitely not an ex Wolverhampton trolleybus, as Wolverhampton only possessed one open-staircase trolley and that was broken up during WW2. Not an ex Hastings Guy BTX trolleybus, as they were of an open-top configuration. As far as I can tell, no other systems of the time used trolleybuses that looked exactly the same as this, so I can only conclude that it is a forward-control motorbus, possibly a Dodson body on a Guy FBX chassis or maybe a 6-wheel Karrier? However, the tram influence in its design is clear to see.
The location could be on the Yorkshire coastline, as the little sports car has a Halifax registration JX1425 and the saloon has a Bradford registration KY8770?
Has anyone got any ideas or further information?
Image taken from a glass-plate negative.
Wolverhampton Trolleybus No33