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Birkenhead 242
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Corporation Transport Fleet No. 242, registration No. BG8557 was
purchased in 1944. 242 was one of a batch of 24 Guy Arab MK2 buses
delivered January 1944. 242 was originally fleet No. 324 when supplied
with a wartime "utility" body designed to use less resources and
capapble of being produced by unskilled labour. Design features
included wooden seats and no opening windows.
In 1953 the chassis was rebodied by Massey Brothers of Wigan and was
given the new fleet number of 242, the Gardner 5LX engine being
replaced with a Gardner 6LX at the same time.
Service continued until withdrawal in November 1969 when 242 was
purchased by a southern based preservation group. Years later,
after being moved from one storage place to another, 242 was finally
donated to Wirral Transport Museum by Paul Anderson in 2004. It was
soon restored by volunteers with the help of a grant from the National
Lottery, Veterans Reunited Home Front Recall Scheme.
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