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| Vehicle | Daimler Fleetline CRG6LX — Midland Red type code: DD11 H44/33F Alexander A-type |
| Number | 5288 (5288 HA) |
| Operator | Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company Limited (Midland “Red”), Sheepcote Str. depot New (5/63) to Birmingham & Midland Motor OC Ltd. (Midland “Red”), Birmingham. Passed (3/12/73) to West Midlands PTE (“WMPTE”), Birmingham. Withdrawn (3/78) |
| Location | Birmingham. |
| Description | |
| Date | c. 1967 |
| Source | Mark Priest collection |
DD12 on Thursday 22nd June 2017
AdamH on Saturday 24th June 2017
This is almost certainly a repaint, even if it looks brand new !
- There are a few clues --
The small white paper notice underneath the driver's signalling window with instructions to NOT put vehicle through a mechanical bus wash;
- The front wheel-nut ring guard has some of the original silver centre, painted red;
- and the "medium-size" fleet number did not appear until early / mid-1967 - (This example might have been an earlier "trial" of course).
I don't remember seeing any repaints with such glossy "tyre-wall black", as applied here, but I did used to think that the two-year-old buses that had received their first repaint looked BETTER than new !
AdamH on Saturday 24th June 2017
Another clue that it's a later photograph is the style of the "Midland Red" lettering used on the advert.
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