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Philip Hambling
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3279B A444SCR

Location Link/s
Harrow Bus Station

Date added to site
11/05/2021

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Details: Certain types of service vehicle do seem to have been photographed more than others, high on the list being breakdown lorries and Inspectors' cars/vans. Fortunately some people also turned their cameras on less prominent types but the coverage is notably lower. Seen at Harrow Bus Station in May 1986 is 3279B, a Bedford Astra van used by the Buses Operating Manager and officially based at Hendon Garage. The oldest part of this vehicle is of course the roundel on the roof, these being transferred from one generation to the next. 3279B was from the first batch of Astras used in this role. They replaced a single generation of Vauxhall Chevettes which themselves had replaced the last of numerous batches of Ford Escort estates. Two further rounds of Astras were to follow (in 1986 and 1989), although vans in the final batch were badged as Vauxhalls. Another change that also occurred in the late 1980s was that registration plates with 'special' numbers (like 444) were withdrawn from normal circulation and kept aside for sale at higher prices.

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