Leyland tiger plaxton supreme v express
New to OK Motor Services, Bishop Auckland
February 1982
February 1982
(Photo courtesy of David J. Little)
Pictured above when newly delivered to OK - this website is all about the history of a fine example of British design and workmanship...
Pictured above when newly delivered to OK - this website is all about the history of a fine example of British design and workmanship...
My name is Tim Phillips. Together with my wife Rosie and a lot of help from family, friends and professionals, I am restoring this lovely vehicle hopefully to somewhere near her original condition. This website is both a historical record of the vehicle and her 'sisters' in the OK fleet (the story of OK itself is easily found elsewhere on the web) and the unfolding story of a restoration undertaken by a complete novice, which involves some incredible coincidences and chance contacts that make this much more than just 'doing up an old bus'. If this interests you, keep checking in; the site is regularly updated.
...and, seen below the day after delivery to me on 2nd November 2012, this is also the story of her rescue from the scrap heap.
On Sunday 16th August 2015 I proudly presented newly- restored 'Mary' to the public for the first time since her first appearance in preservation exactly two years previously at the Cambridge Omnibus Society's annual show. Here she is...
