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Please be so kind and identify this bus: Make? Type? Year? Coachbuilder?
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Re: FW #517
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2023, 09:56:48 AM »
Professionals?

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2023, 12:06:51 PM »
British ?

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2023, 12:51:29 PM »
Yes

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2023, 01:57:29 PM »
Dennis ?

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2023, 01:59:20 AM »
Yes

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2023, 08:36:41 AM »
Lancet ?

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2023, 10:40:33 AM »
Yes

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2023, 04:34:57 PM »
Park Royal bodied ?

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2023, 04:37:49 PM »
No

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2023, 06:00:37 PM »
P.J. Davies ?

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2023, 10:50:16 AM »
No

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2023, 01:35:19 PM »
Yeates ?

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2023, 04:36:52 PM »
No

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #14 on: June 09, 2023, 11:17:54 AM »
Mulliner ?

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #15 on: June 09, 2023, 04:32:58 PM »
No

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #16 on: June 10, 2023, 04:49:25 PM »
Wa it used in Great Britain ?

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #17 on: June 10, 2023, 05:45:45 PM »
Yes

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #18 on: June 11, 2023, 06:46:46 AM »
Bodied by Strachans?
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Re: FW #517
« Reply #19 on: June 11, 2023, 06:48:51 AM »
No

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #20 on: June 11, 2023, 11:17:02 AM »
Eastern Counties?
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Re: FW #517
« Reply #21 on: June 11, 2023, 11:29:36 AM »
No. Please don't overestimate my geographical skills

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #22 on: June 11, 2023, 01:26:30 PM »
Eastern Counties is the name of the coachbuilder...

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #23 on: June 11, 2023, 01:52:26 PM »
Thanks! Then the answer is 100%: No

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Re: FW #517
« Reply #24 on: June 11, 2023, 02:04:15 PM »
Thanks Hiawatha - you're right!

Maybe Dennis coachbuilt the body themselves? They did with some buses..
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