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To be fair the type were pretty rare here (compared to the numerous Bedford/AEC's/Fords/Leylands etc), Have you tried any of the German bus forums which may have a much higher proportion of potential owners/enthusiasts who maybe able to help?

Thanks, wasn't aware of that, the pics I saw of 407 and 424 showed them virtually completely reskinned such was the level of work going on.

I thought there were only 2 RVEL rebuild locos (37407 and 37424), what were the other 2 please?

Playing Devil's advocate- Would it have made a difference? Say there was a press release saying "We need £10,000(example) in the next 3 months or it goes for scrap" no doubt there would be a flurry of people online saying "nooooo! We can't let this happen!", a few donations from people who...

I think taking a step back, we need to ask the question why would a manufacturer downturn the quality of their product. The reality is many fold but primarily it comes down to cost; A well built bus will be heavier (eg due to the use of thicker materials, fixings etc), using more fuel and more...

Bristol converted some R.E's to dual door buses for city use in the 1970s, and also similarly converted some ex Southern Vectis batch of "XDL79-L" reg Leyland National to dual door: When new...

Volvo B5 is discontinued, hence why Lothian bought a load a couple of years back. Wrightbus still has a diesel Streetdeck listed on website

I think it briefly appeared on the ADL website for a day and then disappeared. Since Brian Souter offloaded his share of ADL and Stagecoach it seems there has been more freedom for operating companies to go off piste from pure ADL offerings.

To be honest I was not surprised to read the article, it felt like this had been coming for a while. A small numbers of a complex product to build in an increasingly competitive market at a time of a shift from diesel to electric was always going to be a tough sell in the board room.

Stagecoach for a while insisted on vehicles being delivered without manufactures badges.

Not seen it widely reported but Plaxton has suspended production of coaches for 2 years to free up production for Electric buses: https://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/not-dead-but-resting/

This is a photo from 2020 so fair chance it is still there https://www.flickr.com/photos/96656285@N08/49562414872/in/photolist-2iRfzPn-2ivEkdm-2g2pPPN/

I drove 37215 at Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway a few years ago and it was a good day

Yep, I remember reading an article in Buses magazine where James Freeman was interviewed and said basically they needed more development, cost about £300k each and saw Gas as a better solution at the time, hence the boat load of Scania gas buses then ordered.

Have read the same in magazines at the time re damage at the docks. Was later damaged again and rebuilt without the offisde door and a Plaxton lower panel... Only it's mother could love it looks wise..