SCT '61
Southend Corporation Bus Fleet Details 251-256
Thumbnail photo 251-256
Daimler CVD6 with Massey L53R body, built 1949

251 DHJ427 252 DHJ426 253 DHJ428 254 DHJ429
255 DHJ430 256 DHJ431    

 

1949's additions were six more Massey bodied Daimlers, 251-6, which arrived in June of that year. They were the only CW or CV model Daimlers Southend had which were not powered by AEC engines - in this case they were CVD6's, with Daimler's own CD6 engine.
 
Click for full size photo 254Click for full size photo 255Click for full size photo 253
256 was subsequently fitted with an AEC 7.7 litre unit but was withdrawn in 1960. The rest also had comparatively short lives, 251/4 were withdrawn by January 1961 and 252/3/5 went in 1963 when Lowlanders 323-332 were delivered.
 
After withdrawal, 254 was painted in a yellow livery and used for airport tours at Southend Airport, finally going for scrap in 1967. The others went straight to scrap.
 
Click for full size photo ex-254 at Southend Airport   
Many thanks to Richard Delahoy for his kind permission to include extracts from his book in this page and also to Ian Banks for supplying some of the pictures.
 

 
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