EWT 386C

Operator: West Yorkshire Fleet No: SMA17
Chassis: Bristol SUL4A Chassis No: 226.012
Body: ECW B36F Body No: 14549

HISTORY

Jan 65 In service with West Yorkshire Road Car Company Limited, Harrogate (SMA17) - Based at Keighley
Dec 65 Delicensed
Feb 66 Converted to Perkins H6.354 (SUL4P)
Feb 66 Fleet Number changed to SMP17
Mar 66 Relicensed and based at Skipton
Feb 67 Transferred to Keighley
Jul 67 Delicensed
Sep 67 Relicensed and based at Keighley
Nov 69 Delicensed
Jan 70 Relicensed and based at Keighley
Oct 71 Fleet Number changed to 1197
May 72 Transferred to Skipton
Oct 72 Out of service with West Yorkshire Road Car Company Limited, Harrogate (1197)
Oct 73 W Norths (PV) Limited, Sherburn-in-Elmet (dealer)
Jan 74 Thornes, Bubwith
Jan 75 In service Thornes Motor Services, Bubwith (71)
  Repainted in Thornes livery
1985 Out of service with Thornes Motor Services, Bubwith (71)
1985 Thornes, Bubwith
Nov 01 Thornes, Hemingbrough

Status: Preserved as Thornes 71

West Yorkshire SMA17 at Skipton Bus Station in October 1965
(C) West Yorkshire Information Service
   
West Yorkshire SMA13 at Bradford
(C) Webmaster Collection
   
West Yorkshire SMA13 at Norths in 1973
(C) West Yorkshire Information Service
   
Thornes 71 in January 1975
(C) Phillip Thornes
 
Thornes 71 in June 1975
(C) Phillip Thornes
   
Thornes 71
(C) Mark Harrington