Classic Bus Magazine Aug/Sep 2020 (168) Back Issue

Following on from our look at the research behind the Leyland Royal Tiger Doyen coach, we have a couple of operators’ less-than-brilliant experiences of this then new model – the Scottish Bus Group and Grey-Green.

Martin Curtis treats us to the story of Bristol chassis testing on local roads and the long trek to Eastern Coach Works in Lowestoft, with drivers wrapped up for a rather exposed open-air ride.

Coventry Corporation was partial to, or made to buy, buses made locally. However, when it bought a few AEC Regent Vs, they did bear the badges from the local AEC-owned Maudslay factory. Michael Dryhurst shows us one of them. And talking of buses in disguise, we have some Manchester ones heavily disguised and dressed up to the nines.

We’re diving into the Bus Archive again, with more sketches from Duple of Bella Vega proposals. James Freeman tells the story of King Alfred’s garages, Robert Nicholson remembers the day they said goodbye to Derby’s last front-engined Daimler double deckers, and Geoff O’Brien talks about the end of Liverpool’s bodybuilding activities.

Then, of course, there’s our usual lively and well-illustrated Forum section with topics ranging far and wide, and an overview of new books of interest.