
(Horndean Light Railway No.13) Upon closure of the system in 1935 the lower deck of this tram, minus all electricial equipment and truck was purchased for £5 by a Mr Clarke of Portsmouth who had it transported to Downhouse Road, Clanfield where it served as a summer house. In 1973 it was aquired by Portsmouth City Musuems for their Transport Collection but restoration work did not start until the car was presented to CPPTD in 1992.

(Portsmouth Corporation No.170 CTP200) 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.

(Portsmouth Corporation No.189 DTP823) This is one example of the first batch of buses received after the 2nd World War, it operated in service until 1967, and after it was withdrawn it was sold via a Warwickshire dealer. It was then purchased by The Fire Service Training College at Moreton-in-Marsh in early 1968. It has been in various storage locations and eventually arriving at CPPTD in 1995 for storage, over the years in open storage it has suffered badly from vandals, work had started with the inevitable restoration, some progress has been made but this has been disrupted with the move from Broad Street.

(Eastbourne Corporation No.42 AHC442) 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.

(Hants & Sussex No.31 EHV65) This bus had spent its working life providing community transport in East Ham before being saved in the early 1970s. No restoration work was undertaken until acquired by it's last owner in 1984, on moving to CPPTD all the running units and brakes were overhauled, and followed by a complete repaint into the livery of local operator Hants & Sussex.

(Portsmouth Corporation No.4 LRV996) No.4 was delivered as a standard 56 seat closed-top double-decker bus, and was No.104 in the closed top fleet, its seating capacity was increased by 3 seats to 59 during 1961. In 1971 it was one of four that were chosen for conversion to open top to replace the existing four ageing 1935 Leyland TD4s that worked Sea Front Service 25 along Southsea Seafront, two more were chosen for conversion the following year 1972. They were withdrawn in 1980 and replaced by five Leyland Atlanteans which were being converted from 1977 onwards, it was acquired for preservation and passed through two further owners until it eventually passed to us in 1991.

(Portsmouth Corporation No.112 ORV989) No.112 was delivered as a standard 56 seat closed-top double-decker bus, its seating capacity was increased by 3 seats to 59 in 1961. Upon withdrawal from service in 1972, this bus was used as a Driver Training Vehicle. Following a rear end shunt in North End Depot, and was subsequently withdrawn from Training Duties and later passed to the care of Portsmouth City Museums in 1978. Restoration work has now commenced, some twenty years after it's Accident and is now nearing completion and is undergoing a complete repaint, restoration work has been completed inside and should be on the road shortly.

(Portsmouth Corporation No.236 BBK236B) Converted to a one-man-operated vehicle in 1976, and was eventually withdrawn from service in 1980. It then ran for a coach operator in Hemel Hempstead until 1987 before being acquired for preservation. Although the owner did a lot of work on the bus he was unable to complete the project, and it was acquired by the present owners in 1994. Restoration work has since then has involved relining the brakes, replacement of the lower panel work, also restoring the destination apertures to it's original layout and renewing much of the interior wiring and upper deck flooring, replacing engine mountings, and a complete repaint both inside and out.

(Portsmouth Corporation No.175 GTP175F) This is the only Portsmouth example of this type to survive, this batch of buses were bodied between two Body Builders Marshall & MCW, very few "Cubs" have survived into preservation. This example is the only Portsmouth example that is know to exist, it doe's require an amount body framework to be replaced.

(Portsmouth Corporation No.190 TBK190K) The single-decker variant of the Atlantean was extremely rare, and this was one of 12 purchased by Portsmouth in 1971/2. In 1978 along with the rest of this batch, it was fitted with a towing hook for use, when required, on the service between The Hard and the Continental Ferry Terminal for which a number of luggage trailers were also acquired from British Airways.

(Portsmouth Corporation No.287 XTP287L) 287 has had a very colourful career, having sported many liveries and survived through several changes of ownership and is the only surviving bus of this batch. It is hoped to be returned to the all-over D-Day livery which it wore to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of D-Day in 1984. It has undergone a lot of work to sort out a lot of problems, has just joined the runing fleet.

(Portsmouth Corporation No.305 HOR305N) After withdrawal in 1986, the batch passed into the Ownership of Stagecoach/Southdown, Portsmouth. They were then sold on in 1991. Along with sister bus 306 (Which is also preserved) they ran for a local operator in Leicester until 2002. 305 is currently receiving mechanical attention and should be entering the operational fleet shortly.

(Southampton City Transport No.361 BTR361B) Orginally delivered registered as 361HCR, but was later re-registered to gain it's current registration plate. It is one of thirty identical buses to enter service, it was subserquently withdrawn from service in 1979 and was selected as a candidate for preservation, and is now looked after at CPPTD.

(Blue Admiral No. K916VDV) Iveco 59-12 with Mellor B26D bodywork. Purchased by Blue Admiral in 1994, it was part of a large order across the Transit Holdings Group to replaced the Ford Transits in subsidiaries in Devon, Oxford and Portsmouth. These were built in dual door configuration, the Portsmouth operations were subserquently sold to the Provincial part of the First Group, this was rebuit as a single door, and is in better condiction than L316BOD which is being canniblised for parts to restore K916VDV to its orginal dual door configuration which we have already started.