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SHMD (the Stalybridge, Hythe, Mossley and Dukinfield Joint Board) supplied these buses in April 1941, after the Holy Week air raids. All references indicate that the SHMD fleet numbers were retained throughout their stay in Coventry. However, the fleet numbers, 168 and 170 were already in service as two COA6s which were delivered in 1937 and continued in service until the 1950s. It is possible that both COA6s suffered air raid damage and were off the road throughout the period of hire, but it is more reasonable to suggest that the hired buses were renumbered by painting out the figure 1 to make them 68 and 70, two fleet numbers that were never issued before the war.
Model | Daimler COG6 | |||
Details |
Double deck with Brush bodywork § NCME bodywork Gardner 6LW engine Upper saloon: 26 seats Lower saloon: 26 seats |
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CCT No | Fleet No | Built | Reg No | Notes |
(1)68 | 168 | 1936 | BWK860 | Returned in September 1941 |
(1)70§ | 170 | 1937 | DMB741 |