1950 Leyland Titan

Here are some photographs that I took in Guernsey a few days ago.

It’s a 1950 Leyland PD2/3 bus that was new to London Transport as RTL1004 in June of that year and was sold in June 1967.

It was purchased by Guernseybus in October 1994 and was rebuilt with a front entrance and one person operated. It was given the Guernsey registration number 995 in December 1995 and this was changed to 47312 in March 1997.

In November 2000 it was sold to Nash, Weybridge and was reunited with its original registration number in September 2002, then sold again to Ullmer, Enfield August 2004.

Ian Walker, chairman of the Little Big Hotel Group in Guernsey, had spotted the bus at the Goodwood Revival meeting over several years and realised that the route sign on it showed that it had once seen service in Guernsey.

In 2023 he noticed that it had a ‘For Sale’ sign, so he bought it, and it was transported to Guernsey in December 2024.

1959 Triumph TR3

This is a photograph I took in May this year when I was returning home after doing a bit of shopping in Hyde and I saw this car coming towards me.

It's a 1959 Triumph TR3, a car sometimes known as a TR3A because the wider grille on the later models make it look a different vehicle than the original TR3. The original Triumph TR3 was produced between 1955 and 1957 with a 1,991cc straight-4 engine, and later versions from 1957 to 1962 with the 1,991cc engine, but with the option of a 2,138cc engine from 1959. This car has the larger engine.

1955 Austin A30

This is a car I saw recently on a supermarket car park when I was doing the weekly shop in Hyde.

It's a 1955 Austin A30 and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,098cc engine. Over 200,000 Austin A30s were produced between 1951 and 1956 before it was replaced by the more powerful A35 - the original A30 had an 803cc engine and this car seems to have the larger capacity engine used by the A35. The external differences between the two cars were that the A35 had a larger rear window and a painted grille instead of the A30's chrome one. The A30 also had semaphore trafficators in the B pillars whilst the A35 had front and rear flashing lights.

1976 Reliant Kitten Estate

This is a car that I came across a few weeks ago parked at the side of the Town Hall in Hyde.

It's a 1976 Reliant Kitten Estate, a car produced from 1975 to 1982 with Reliant's own light alloy 4 cylinder inline 848cc engine.

There's a Reliant Kitten Register for owners of all 4 wheel under 1 litre Reliant cars.

1972 MGB GT

I came across this car recently in Hyde just around the corner from where I live when I was on the way to buy my morning paper.

It's a 1972 MGB GT and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,798cc BMC B-Series engine.

The MGB GT was introduced in 1965, two years after the Roadster and it was produced from 1965 to 1980.