Batchelor, Southport LRN 480N
Tony Batchelor had run a small minibus fleet in Southport for over 20 years, but in 1991 he went 'big' and bought this former Wallace Arnold Leopard from Whaites of Settle, its original number HWU 57N having been lost after a few years on a dateless plate. I hunted him down to his home address, in order to find out where this was kept, which was just as well, as it needed backing out into the open air for a shot.
He went into semi-retirement in the late 1990s, and sold his minibuses, but kept this back as a preservation project. It remains untaxed since August 1999, so I presume not a lot has happened to it since then !
Yard, Churchtown, 6/10/94
Batchelor, Southport LRN 480N
Tony Batchelor had run a small minibus fleet in Southport for over 20 years, but in 1991 he went 'big' and bought this former Wallace Arnold Leopard from Whaites of Settle, its original number HWU 57N having been lost after a few years on a dateless plate. I hunted him down to his home address, in order to find out where this was kept, which was just as well, as it needed backing out into the open air for a shot.
He went into semi-retirement in the late 1990s, and sold his minibuses, but kept this back as a preservation project. It remains untaxed since August 1999, so I presume not a lot has happened to it since then !
Yard, Churchtown, 6/10/94