Hi, Mark,
Thanks for adding that photo. It looks like PPT which was first body we built, except it was Plymax panels and I cannot see the moulding on the sides where the panels join, and looks more like an aluminium body by the gouges in the side.
I suppose it must have been replaced by one of the 6 Mercedes 16 ton GVW in Thorn’s new white livery and parked there for cannibalisation by the state of it. No headlights etc, and the body looks a mess, beyond economic repair.
If it was PPT it was a TK delux cab, which we paid extra for. god knows why because it wasn’t that much better than the standard cab. but one of our first with 466cu.in engine. Colin Watson drove it from new and it was originally cream & brown. By the looks when it was repainted it must have been the period when we briefly were using vinyl letters & illustrates why we returned to Peter Butler’s signwriting.
Hope you’re keeping well
Carl