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British
Electric Tramcar no.13. (PHLR13)
- Built 1903
for the Portsdown and Horndean Light Railway
as a double deck tram
- Fitted
with BEC SB60 four-wheel truck
- Withdrawn
1935
- Lower deck
transported to Downhouse Road, Clanfield for
use as a summer house
- Acquired
in 1973 by Portsmouth City Museums
Department for their Transport Collection
- The valued
assistance of White & Co International
Removers and Hampshire County Council is
gratefully acknowledged
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Leyland TD2
(RV3412)
- Built 1932
Originally No.17 and fitted with an English
Electric 50 seater
- One of two
converted to Tower Wagons for the Trolleybus
Overhead Cable Maintenance in 1952
- Purchased
for preservation during 1970s
- Its
bodywork has deteriorated and beyond
redemption after storage outside for many
years
- Has had
most of the rotten bodywork removed and not
leaving much left, now stored undercover
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Leyland TD4
no.7 (RV6367)
- Built 1935
for Portsmouth Corporation with closed top
English Electric 50-seat double deck body
and was renumbered
- Converted
to open top form in 1955 for use on Southsea
Seafront
- Renumbered
7 from 124 in 1958
- Withdrawn
1971
- Acquired
by WOMP Ltd for continued preservation in
2005
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Restoration been on hold awaiting parts
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Bedford OWB
no.170 (CTP200)
- Built 1944
for Portsmouth Corporation with Duple
32-seat single deck utility body
- Sold
during 1960s to White Rose, Yorkshire
- Purchased
for preservation during 1980s
- Its
bodywork was found to have deteriorated
beyond redemption and was used by Ulsterbus
as a template for construction of two body
kits – one for their preserved Bedford OWB,
the other being delivered to Broad Street
for no.170
- Ownership
passed to CPPTD with the Portsmouth Bedford
170 Group supporting the project
- Work was
completed in 2015 to bring it to it's
current condition
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Leyland
PD1A no.189 (DTP823)
- Built 1948
for Portsmouth Corporation with Weymann
56-seat double deck body
- Withdrawn
1967
- Sold via a
Warwickshire dealer to the Fire Service
Training College at Moreton-in-Marsh
- Stored at
various locations before arriving at CPPTD
in 1995
- Bequeathed
to WOMP Ltd for continued preservation,
restoration has been disrupted by the move
from Broad Street
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Restoration worked is currently ongoing
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Leyland
PD2/12 no.1 (LRV991)
- Built 1956
for Portsmouth Corporation as bus no.101
with closed top Metro-Cammell 56-seat double
deck body
- Capacity
increased to 59-seats in 1961
- Converted
to open top form in 1971 for use on Southsea
Seafront and renumbered 1 simultaneously
- Withdrawn
1980 sold to Priory Coaches
- To the
Newham Historic Vehicle Preservation Group
who undertook the restoration back to
original condition Preservation Group who
undertook the restoration back to original
condition
- Passed to
the sole ownership of Alan Wilsonham in 1999
who generously donated it to CPPTD
- Passed to
WOMP Ltd for continued preservation in 2010
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Leyland
PD2/12 no.4 (LRV996)
- Built 1956
for Portsmouth Corporation as bus no.104
with closed top Metro-Cammell 56-seat double
deck body
- Capacity
increased to 59-seats in 1961
- Converted
to open top form in 1971 for use on Southsea
Seafront and renumbered 4 simultaneously
- Withdrawn
1980
- Acquired
by WOMP Ltd for continued preservation in
1991
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Leyland
PD2/40 no.112 (ORV989)
- Built 1958
for Portsmouth Corporation with Metro-Cammell
56-seat double deck body
- Capacity
increased to 59-seats in 1961
- Used as a
driver training vehicle from 1972
- Withdrawn
1978 after a rear-end shunt in North End
depot and passed into the care of Portsmouth
City Museums Department
- Passed to
WOMP Ltd for continued preservation in 2003
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Leyland
PD3/6 no.123 (STP995)
- Built 1959
for Portsmouth Corporation with Metro-Cammell
64-seat double deck body
- Capacity
increased to 70-seats in 1962
- Sold to
the Transport and Road Research Laboratory
in Berkshire and delivered to that
organisation in January 1976
- Various
modifications had been made at Eastney
depot. These included closing off the rear
entrance and building a flat platform on the
roof
- Sold by
TRRL at auction in November 1985 to the
Newham Historic Vehicle Preservation Group
who undertook the restoration back to
original condition, it
- Passed to
the sole ownership of Alan Wilsonham in 1999
who generously donated it to CPPTD.
- Passed to
WOMP Ltd for continued preservation in 2010
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Restoration work is nearing completion and
it is hoped to return the bus to
Portsmouth’s roads in 2018
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Leyland
PDR1/1 no.11 (ERV251D)
- Built 1966
for Portsmouth Corporation with Metro-Cammell
74 seat double deck body
- Was the
last of 5 to be converted top open top to
replace the existing PD2's
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Transferred to Stagecoach Southdown
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Transferred Stagecoach Cumberland 1928
-
Bournemouth Heritage Transport
- Bath Sight
seeing tours
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Leyland
Panther Cub no.175 (GTP175F)
- Built 1967
for Portsmouth Corporation with dual door
Metro-Cammell 42-seat single deck body
- Passed to
Normand Electrical Company Ltd (NECO) for
use as staff transport 1981, a private
preservationist 1984 and Solent Beeline,
Portsmouth 1989
- Withdrawn
1992
- Acquired
by WOMP Ltd for continued preservation in
2006
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Significant attention to the rear bodywork
will be required during forthcoming
restoration work
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Iveco 59-12
No.2040 (K916VDV)
- Built 1994
for Blue Admiral with dual door Mellor
26-seat body
- Part of a
large order placed by the Transit Holdings
Group to replace Ford Transit minibuses
- Built in
dual door configuration to assist passenger
flow
- Blue
Admiral and Red Admiral operations and
vehicles were sold to First Group in 1996
(no.248)
- Withdrawn
1999 and stored at Hoeford
- Converted
to conventional single door layout in 2000
- Reinstated
2000 at Hilsea
- Withdrawn
2006 as the last former Blue Admiral bus in
the First Hampshire and Dorset fleet
(no.52016)
- Currently
being restored to original dual door
configuration using parts from sister
vehicle L316 BOD (Blue Admiral no.2064,
First Hampshire no.265 and First Hampshire
and Dorset no.52116) that was cannibalised
for spares
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