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Showbus rally result
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NATIONAL Travel's (South East) 1977 Hillingdon Showbus Rally attracted more than 140 entries from all over the country.
In the three classes for passenger vehicle still in service — first in the Leyland Truck and Bus Trophy section for buses and coaches registered before 1970, was an immaculately prepared 1965 Eastern National Bristol FLF double decker.
Runner-up was World Wide coaches with a 1970 Mercedes-Benz D302 Plaxton coach.
Winner of the Commercial Motor Trophy for modern service buses registered since 1970 was Essex Independent Operator Hedingharn and District Omnibuses with a 1975 Leyland Leopard Willowbrook Service Saloon. Runner-up was a 1977 Brighton Borough Transport Leyland Atlantean AN68 double decker.
The Mercedes-Benz Tankard award for post 1970 coaches went to a 1977 Bedford YMT Plaxton Executive Coach entered by National Travel (South-West), runnerup was a new Bristol LHS Plaxton operated by Waterhouse Coaches of Polegate, Sussex.
The award for the Premier operator went to the WestMidlands PTE for their entries of a Silver Jubilee Daimler fleetline double decker, a Leyland National Suburban Express and their 1958 Daimler CV/G 6 double decker which was finished in the livery of the old Coventry Transport undertaking.
Runner-up in this class was London Country Bus Services which entered a new AEC Greenline Coach, an AtIantean and a refurnished 1949 RT double decker.
The rally was well attended by the public, preserved bus enthusiasts, private operators, PTEs, municipalities, and subiaries of the National Bus Company.