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Portsmouth Corporation No.170

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Portsmouth Corporation 170 - CTP200

1944 Bedford OWB

Duple Utility Body

Owned by: Working Omnibus Museum Project Ltd


The body of a utility bus was intended to have a very short service life. Being made up of mainly wood, this bus had almost disintergrated through being kept in open storage, so a replacement body was necessary. When we attempted to find a set of original drawings for the bodywork, it was suggested by Duple coach builders, that we should make contact with Ulsterbus who were about to take on a rebuild of an Bedford OWB with the intention to revert it back to it's original utility body. This was duly completed some years later. 170 is currently fitted with original specificaton wooden slatted seats which were recovered from Dorset.

It has recently changed ownwership and has been laid up for a while, work should be starting shortly and should hopefully be back on the road. It has appeared in a Film being used as a Prison bus in Ireland.


Portsmouth Corporation No.170

No.170 receiving attention to the rear wheels.


Portsmouth Corporation No.170

No.170 being man handeled at our former Broad Street Depot ready for the move.

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CPPTD is a constituent of the Working Omnibus Museum Project Ltd, a registed educational charity no. 10204111.