Buses, coaches, & lorries

bctso.f.jpgFasinating stuff all this PSV info.
A touch disappointing not to see any Birmingham City Transport ,ie,pre WMPTE era pics or memories.
A one time the Birmingham City Fleet was the largest municipal undertaking in the world and second to none in regard to its maintainance regime.
OK, i am a tad biased as i spent my first 12 working years as a mechanic at BCTs Selly Oak Depot.
The photo was not taken by me but by Cyril Cooper, also a mechanic at Selly Oak.
It shows one of BCTs all Crossley double deckers with some heavy remidial work taking place on the Crossley engine, not Crossleys best point
The Crossley bodywork however was excellent and looking back i think these exposed radiator Crossleys where one of the best looking PSVs on the road.
The date is unknown but likely to be in the first half of the 60s.