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An AEC Reliance with a Pennine
Coachcraft body purchased in 1964 as part of a batch of six buses
for Great Yarmouth Corporation, 85 has a very short rear overhang
for manoeuvring in tight areas. The batch had a relatively short
life in Yarmouth and two of them, 82 and 85, were sold to Lowestoft
Corporation in 1970 becoming 5 and 6. These numbers were retained
when the undertaking became known as Waveney District Council in
1974. Whilst in Lowestoft, they were mainly used on the very
lightly patronised service 6 (Central Railway Station to
Hollingsworth Road via Norwich Road). When the council
ceased bus operations in 1977, AEX 85B was used in Lowestoft by
Shell Exploration and then by Lowestoft Crane Hire. The bus then
became a mobile snack bar and later still became a static staff
canteen with Hall's Precasters at Gorleston. The museum acquired
the bus in a very sorry state in 2002 and it is currently undergoing
an extensive rebuild. As can be seen from the photograph on the left, taken in March 2008, this is progressing well with the engine and major componants now refurbished and the bus is once again capable of moving under its own power.
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