Just a few weeks later

One of the buses on display at the bus rally last month was this modern low floor bus. It had just been purchased from Stagecoach into preservation by James Pratt and was show partially rubbed down and not looking that good at all...

Whgat a difference a couple of weeks later...
©James Pratt
She looks fantastic and is a real credit to James. It was a shame that the Plymouth Rally was a few weeks too early but I am sure she will be back! Congratulations to James for a job well done.

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