Les
Hoyland writes about ex-Yelloway
coaches converted to car
transporters and also
includes some excellent
photographs which were taken
by Mike Greenwood. (Thanks
Les);
"I have
some information and
photographs about a few ex
Yelloway coaches. Some of
these coaches were bought
and converted to stock car
transporters.
7072DK
above was bought from
Yelloways in 1974 by Finch,
Hr. Ince Nr. Wigan then
later converted to stock car
transporter by Dave Hodgson.
7073DK
below
was bought by Stuart Smith,
Rochdale garage owner, he
used it until 1980 and then
bought
NDK166G.
7075DK
was also used as a
transporter by Brian
Wallace, the bus was sold
when he was killed
racing...it went down south
to Welwyn Garden City..
BDK706C (ex Creams) and
KDK804F above were
also used ..don't know where
these went to...
NDK164G/165G and
166G
were all bought from
Yelloway during the winter
of 1980 by Dave Hodgson,
Frankie Wainman and Stu
Smith... all top stock car
stars... 164G
was later sold to Leicester
driver Mark Tapping, lost
track of it then...
NDK165G is still in
use today with Frankie
Wainman...
NDK164G above was
originally owned by Dave
Hodgson (212) of Mirfield,
Yorkshire but is seen here
with it's second owner Mark
Tapping (412).
Above
left, Year 1980 and
Frankie Wainman (driving)
had just bought
NDK165G. Above
right, a few years
later Frankie's coach with a
different paint job.
Above,
a few years later again when
his son Frankie junior
started racing (515).
Below,
this shot was taken a couple
of years ago and the coach
still looks the same
today. It is still doing a
fine A.E.C. reliable service
for Frankie 24 years later
and 34 years since it first
went into service with
Yelloway. Now that is
an excellent "track record".
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