280 KTA

Operator: Western National Fleet No: 430
Chassis: Bristol SUL4A Chassis No: 190.047
Body: ECW C33F Body No: 12894

HISTORY

Jul 62 In service with Western National Omnibus Company Limited, Exeter (430) - Based at Taunton
Nov 62 Transferred to Minehead
  Transferred to Bideford
Nov 69 Transferred to Ilfracombe
Sep 70 Transferred to Taunton
Jun 71 Fleet Number changed to 1230
Mar 72 Transferred to Seaton
May 72 Transferred to Ilfracombe
Aug 72 Converted to DP33F
Apr 76 Repainted in NBC Local Coach Livery (Green & White)
Aug 77 Transferred to Bideford 
Aug 78 Transferred to Ilfracombe
Sep 78 Transferred to Bideford
Nov 79 Out of service with Western National Omnibus Company Limited, Exeter (1230)
Nov 79 C F Booth Limited, Rotherham (dealer)
Dec 79 Kinross Plant & Construction Company, Kinross (contractor)
Dec 79 Converted to C37F
Jun 81 In service with Guernseybus Limited, St Peter Port (157)
Jun 81 Re-registered 31920
<Mar 87 Out of service with Guernseybus Limited, St Peter Port (157)
Jul 87 Jim Young, Nottingham
Jul 91 Colin Billington, Maidenhead
<Jan 95 Re-registered 280 KTA
Apr 95 In service with Tillingbourne Bus Company Limited, Cranleigh
May 00 Out of service with Tillingbourne Bus Company Limited, Cranleigh
May 00 Paul Webb, Cardington
2001 Repainted in Western National livery
Jun 03 Advertised For Sale

Status: Preserved as Western National 1230

Western National 430
(C) Bristol Vintage Bus Group
    
Western National 1230
(C) Colin Billington Collection
    
Western National 1230
(C) Colin Billington Collection
    
Guernsey Bus 157 at Grand Bouet, Guernsey in November 1977
(C) Colin Billington Collection
    
Ex Guernsey Bus 157 at Fifield in October 1994
(C) Colin Billington
    
Tillingbourne
(C) Colin Billington Collection
    
In preservation in Tillingbourne livery at Duxford in September 2000
(C) Terry Lawson
    
In preservation in Western National livery at Duxford in September 2002
(C) Gerry Tormey