Bus Company Service Vehicles Batten Malcolm
Bus Company Service Vehicles Batten Malcolm In the days before privatisation, many bus companies adapted old buses for a variety of specialist uses as service vehicles. Trolleybuses may have been…
Specifikacia Bus Company Service Vehicles Batten Malcolm
Bus Company Service Vehicles Batten Malcolm
In the days before privatisation, many bus companies adapted old buses for a variety of specialist uses as service vehicles. Trolleybuses may have been converted to tower wagons to maintain the overhead wires. Using the skills and ingenuity of their workshops, buses might become, among other things, stores vans, tree loppers or uniform stores.
Others preferred ex-military trucks such as the AEC Matador. Some bus operators converted old buses to towing lorries to rescue broken down vehicles. These came with somewhat austere cabs, but here again the body shop would often come up with a custom-built body using various bus parts.
Buses would also be adapted to serve as information offices or publicity buses, promoting such things as holiday tours or special ticket offers.Since privatisation, such practices have died out for a variety of reasons. Expensive, in-house workshops have largely