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I feel fairly sure that the above shot was taken at the 5th National Coach Rally which started in Wigan and finished in Blackpool where this shot was taken. According to a Buses Illustrated report on the event it was a very foggy morning so much so that only 20 of the 47 entrants had arrived at the starting point in time, but due to the bad weather conditions the penalties made to late arrivals were discarded for this particular rally. The Fieldsend coach above was driven by J T Wareham and came second in the 30ft and under class mind you I found out that the year before Mr Wareham won National Driver of the Year award in the same coach. It is also interesting to note that TRJ was one of only seven built prior to at the rally that year. Is this a typo or simply bad info? The Plaxton Embassy IV body was only produced for one season —not The info for the Ford was TRJ was from March and URJ was from July and this info from Bus Lists Plaxton page TRJ Fd 570E 510E C41F Fieldsend, Salford Thanks for that. I have to say, then, that either Bus Lists is wrong — which according to registration chronology looks unlikely — or it needs further investigation. I can say with absolute certainty that that is a body; the design was only produced in that year. Was it new instored and not bodied until? Was it involved in an accident and rebodied? Highly unlikely More questions than answers. Presumably the original Plaxton body had been replaced by the one illustrated. There is obviously something not quite right here does anyone have any clues that may solve this mystery First a minor correction. The body type is Embassy III not IV, but I agree that the model was only produced for the season for which many people were very grateful I have found another entry in Bus Lists Plaxton lists which may explain it, although if it does then it contains at least one typo. Sticking out like a sore thumb in a block of Ford 570Es, with registration numbers missing and chassis numbers in the L80 series, is 510Eshown as delivered to Victoria, Salford. This company was a subsidiary of Fieldsends the full title being Victoria Garage Leigh Ltd another twist is not Leigh, Lancashire but Leigh on Sea, Essex. BLOTW has a vehicle listed under Hackett Leigh, Hackett being the name of the owners of Fieldsends from when the Fieldsend family sold the business until Have to disagree with Tim Presley, this vehicle never operated with Victorias of Leigh-on-Sea who were an entirely different company to Hackett Victoria Coaches of Leigh, a subsidiary of Fieldsends after the Hackett family bought out Fieldsends and "reversed" their own company into it. The Leigh-on-Sea company was probably most famous for operating a pair of Bristol SC4LK coaches, later sold to Vagg of Knockin Heath I owe an apology to Tim Presley for stating that the Hackett family of Fieldsends had no connection with the Leigh-on-Sea company known as Victoria Coaches. Further research shows that the Hacketts purchased three different Southend-area coach companies in and amalgamated them into Victoria Coaches Leigh-on-Sea Ltd, presumably taking the title from that of their company coincidentally based in Leigh, Lancashire. By the Essex company had been sold to a locally based proprietor, however, so my belief that the Ford had never run for the Leigh-on-Sea company is still correct. Incidentally, while the Fieldsends business and its associates which also included Cash of Urmston were owned and run by J. Hackett, a Mr Hubert Hackett of All Saints in Manchester was running a parallel coaching empire in the s including such companies as Timperley Coaches. Was he related to the other two Hacketts? Sadly pictures of that time are long lost Dad started working with Wheatleys and stayed with the company when Fieldsends took over re TRJ it was in a rta in and rebodied in it was on the miners run going to Wigan to pickup miners for the new pit Agecroft. You trader ahead of me there, Phil, for it being a contender for an ugly bus: it seems to look worse than on the lorry version I recall that the lorries always had a badge with 4D on the side, denoting, I assume, a 4-cylinder diesel engine. It always sounded rough! I hope the coach had a more appropriate engine than that! D is also a pun, Chris. The beauty and simplicity for small operators was that parts and maintenance was cheap because of interchangeability with the lorries not trucks!!! The engine and gearbox would therefore be identical. I heard it said that one reason Ford got off to a good start in and after was that their diesel engine was smoother and quieter than the Bedford It is certainly true that the Leyland option was always superior to the Bedford when choosing diesel and that Bedford never achieved with diesels the smoothness and superiority achieved with their petrol engines in either the OB or the SB. This is maybe why Salopia had their unique VAM3 coaches — with the petrol engine more commonly found in the SB The Thames Trader 570E had a 6-cylinder engine which, as David says, was "sweeter" in the words of more than one owner-driver I have met than the equivalent Bedford. It therefore goes without saying that it was also "sweeter" than the 4D, whose main objective always seemed to be to shake its vehicle to pieces during tickover. Thx for clarifying the engine type as 6D and for confirming my belief that the 4D engine was as unrefined as it trader Maybe its origins were from a Fordson tractor! It is also interesting to note that TRJ was one of only trader built prior to at the rally that year Is this a typo or simply bad info? The Plaxton Embassy IV body was only produced for one season —not David Oldfield The info for the Ford was TRJ was from March and URJ was from July and this info from Bus Lists Plaxton page TRJ Fd 570E 510E C41F Fieldsend, Salford Peter Thanks for that. Neville Mercer There is obviously something not quite right here does anyone have any clues that may solve this mystery Peter First a minor correction. BLOTW has a vehicle listed under Hackett Leigh, Hackett being the name of the owners of Fieldsends from when the Fieldsend family sold the business until Tim Presley Have to disagree with Tim Presley, this vehicle never operated with Victorias of Leigh-on-Sea who were an entirely different company to Trader Victoria Coaches of Leigh, a subsidiary of Fieldsends after the Hackett family bought out Fieldsends and "reversed" their own company into it. The Leigh-on-Sea company was probably most famous for operating a pair of Bristol SC4LK coaches, later sold to Vagg of Knockin Heath Neville Mercer I owe an apology to Tim Presley for stating that the Hackett family of Fieldsends had no connection with the Leigh-on-Sea company known as Victoria Coaches. Sadly pictures of that time are long lost Dad started working with Wheatleys and stayed with the company when Fieldsends took over John Wareham — re TRJ it was in a rta in and rebodied in it was on the miners run going to Wigan to pickup miners for the new pit Agecroft. Phil Blinkhorn — You were ahead of me there, Phil, for it being a contender for an ugly bus: it seems to look worse than on the lorry version I recall that the lorries always had a badge with 4D on the side, denoting, I assume, a 4-cylinder diesel engine. Chris Hebbron — D is also a pun, Chris. This is maybe why Salopia had their unique VAM3 coaches — with the petrol engine more commonly found in the SB David Oldfield — The Thames Trader 570E had a 6-cylinder engine which, as David says, was "sweeter" in the words of more than one owner-driver I have met than the equivalent Bedford.

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