1954 Daimler CVG6

This was one of the participants in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1993.

It's an ex-Birmingham Corporation 1954 Daimler CVG6, and the programme of the event had this note about the vehicle:

'Daimler CVG6, Crossley H55R, 1954        MOF225

Birmingham Corporation 3225

Entered by West Midlands Travel Ltd

One of the last batch of "Birmingham Standards", it had a service life of 23 years and was then restored over a four year period by apprentices at the company's Engineering Technical Training Centre.'

Crossley DD42

This bus was amongst the vehicles displayed at Heaton Park, Manchester, at the Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally organised by the Greater Manchester Transport Society in September 1993.

It's not shown in the programme of the event, but it's a 1950 Crossley DD42/7 which was formerly part of the Birmingham Corporation Transport fleet. It was provided with a Crossley H30/24R body to Birmingham's standard design and is chassis number 95177.