Halifax CVG at Keighley Bus Museum

The great Halifax CVG at Keighley Bus Museum - in action. For more Half-Cabs in action, order "Half-Cabs Remembered" on DVD from Nova Store - http://shop.novastore.co.uk/epages/es105944.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/es105...

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Halifax
• CVG
• Daimler
• Keighley
• Bus
• Museum
• buses
• West
• Yorkshire
• Leeds
• Bradford
• Half-Cabs

[FT9910]

Gardner 6LX?

[novachannel]

Oh yes!

[NickRatnieks]

@rhythmster It was built in 1956 and was a part of Halifax's "A" Fleet of the Corporation and Joint Committee's buses- nothing to do with Glasgow although there are similarities in the liveries used by both operators. As I wrote earlier I liked neighbouring Bradford's blue and cream livery on their later front entrance Daimlers.

[rhythmster]

@NickRatnieks Is it not a Glasgow corporation bus?

[NickRatnieks]

I thought the Bradford CVGs looked very smart in blue and cream- a very stylish bus. Not so good looking when they were repainted in that hideous green and cream some maniac devised for West Yorkshire PTE.

[shafty37]

ill get you butler!

[cgd27]

mine 2

[crossleydd42]

They were Daimler Fleetlines with Northern Counties lowheight (rather than lowbridge) bodies. They actually had Gardner 6LX engines.

[Source: 'Steel Wheels & Rubber Tyres' by Geoffrey Hilditch]. AS for engine changes, I don't think that the Daimler engines were as reliable as the O600, 6LW or LX. They were awkward to work with on halfcabs, with the exhaust manifold on the offside, and also had the timing chains at the back of the engine! London Transport had some CWD6's, soon changed to CWA6's.

[HORNEBEEDUBLO]

I remember reading an article by Geoff Hilditch in Classic Bus magazine around 1992. He was quite justifiably angry about the decline of the British Bus manufacturing industry and the infiltration here of foreign products.

I seem to recall that Halifax had lowheight Leyland engined Fleetlines allocated there by WYPTE in the early 1970s.

[islandtraction]

Yes sounded exactly like PD2's, except for the preselective gear change (so probably more like Leeds PD2/14's, or Manchesters 3518 etc). I cant understand why the engines were changed, but if you know Halifax, then you know Geoff Hilditch.....

[HORNEBEEDUBLO]

Well, you learn something new every day!!! I can't see the point in the exercise as Gardners were more fuel efficient and longer lasting. Did the re-engined CVG6s sound similar to Leyland PD2s and 3s?

[islandtraction]

No I've found it confirmed that the DCP batch of CVG6's were re-engined with Leyland 0.600s when 4 years old. I remember at the time having to take a second look at them!