A museum has launched a £20,000 appeal to bring a 1950 Lincolnshire Road Car Company single-decker back to its ‘home’ area. The aim is to buy the Bristol L-Type for the Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum Collection, based at North Hykeham, Lincoln.
Steve Milner, chairman of the Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society (LVVS), which owns the museum, said: “We have a unique opportunity to acquire this fully restored Lincolnshire Road Car bus. The current owner has offered the Bristol to the LVVS at a discounted price of £20,000 so it could be in preservation in its native county.”
Added Steve: “We would love to have this bus for the collection and use at future local heritage events but the museum needs to conserve funds to ensure its future well-being in these financially difficult times. We therefore invite people to make donations towards the purchase of this bus.”
Registration FFW 830 and fleet number 2020, the bus has a 35-seat Eastern Coach Works body and five-cylinder Gardner engine. It worked at Louth and Goole depots during its 14 years with Lincolnshire Road Car before passing via dealer S Twell to a contractor, Briggs, in 1964.
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