Following 20 years of revenue-earning service , no.42 was sold to the Eastbourne-based E.R.P.G for
preservation. In 1975 the engine was rebuilt and the bodywork repainted exterally, but as members of the
group moved away from the area in the early 1980s the bus was then stored away out of use.
Unfortunately the engine suffered a cracked block in 1981 following some mechanical work, and it was not
until early 1996 that a replacement unit was located at a gliding club in East Sussex. The E.R.P.G. was
re-formed with a new group of members and, following its move to CPPTD in 1996, the bus has once again
been restored.
No.42 waiting to go out on another trip.
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No.42 on one of our running days leaving Broad Street on it's way to the Sea Front Circular Tour.
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