CV museum's days are numbered
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• The British Commercial Vehicle Museum may be forced to close by the end of the year because its main financial backers have pulled out. Over the past few years the museum has faced a series of financial difficulties, says museum manager Andrew Buchan.
Leyland Daf was a principal sponsor of the museum, paying more than 240,000 a year until it went into receivership in 1993. Other major sponsors Michelin Tyres and ZF were forced to withdraw their funding soon after. Chorley businessman Trevor Hemmings stepped in three years ago but he too has had to pull out with losses of about 2250,000.
The museum, which exhibits the oldest commercial vehicle in the UK—an 1896 Thornycroft steam wagon—is now opening for only three days a week until the end of October.