THE TRIUMPHS AND LOSSES OF PIONEERING PRESERVATION

Title: Bus Preservation & Rallies The Early Years to 1980

Author: Malcolm Batten

Publisher: Pen & Sword Transport

ISBN: 978-1-39908-790-2

Specification:: 285mm x 220mm,128pp, hardback

Price: £25

The East Kent Dennis Lancet UF on waste ground in Hove.
The DJ Davies-bodied Guy Arab III from Burton-upon-Trent on display in Brighton in 1972.

One of the great truths about bus and coach preservation is that nothing is guaranteed forever. Vehicles acquired for preservation do not all survive long enough to undergo full restoration and even some that are restored, cosmetically at least, are sold on for other purposes or for scrap.

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