Preserved pre-war buses are uncommon, six-wheel buses are rare and Karrier buses are rarer still, so a pre-war six-wheeled Karrier bus is quite something. Geoff Lumb, a well-known Huddersfield enthusiast, has been painstakingly restoring Ashton-under-Lyne 8, a 1928 Karrier WL6, over the last five decades and the project is at last complete. It’s the crowning glory of Geoff’s preservation achievements and he has agreed a deal with the Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester (MoTGM) that will take the bus back to its home region, where it will be on permanent public display.
But all that work and time has to be paid for, and the museum says it will need to dip deep into its cash reserves to help fund the purchase. To help out, it is launching a funding appeal so that number 8 can be safeguarded under museum ownership.
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