John Carver - Tamworth
SBF 223 Recovery Truck Chassis Leyland Titan PD2-28
Entered service in January 1962 as a 64-seater double-decker bus with the legendary Staffordshire independent operator, Harper Brothers of Heath Hayes.
It became a training bus for potential new drivers from February 1976 until July 1981. Three months later it was rebuilt as a towing lorry, by which time the old company had been split and 2225 found itself in the Midland Red North fleet, later part of Arriva.
Rescued from a scrapyard in May 2002. It had been through a number of owners by this time, including partial stripping by itinerants, and was in a very poor state.
It has been restored to the livery carried upon first conversion to a towing lorry
SBF 223 Recovery Truck Chassis Leyland Titan PD2-28
Entered service in January 1962 as a 64-seater double-decker bus with the legendary Staffordshire independent operator, Harper Brothers of Heath Hayes.
It became a training bus for potential new drivers from February 1976 until July 1981. Three months later it was rebuilt as a towing lorry, by which time the old company had been split and 2225 found itself in the Midland Red North fleet, later part of Arriva.
Rescued from a scrapyard in May 2002. It had been through a number of owners by this time, including partial stripping by itinerants, and was in a very poor state.
It has been restored to the livery carried upon first conversion to a towing lorry