South Yorkshire Transport Trust (SYTT) Open Day Rotherham Depot Shed Explore Restoration #bus

The Teesside 500 Group members travelled aboard Volvo Olympian Palatine Northern Counties (M223 SVN) to SYTT Open day to catch up on the ongoing restoration of their Daimler Fleetline Northern Counties JDC 544L (L544) . Purchased new to Teesside Municipal Transport between 1971 to 1973 and these vehicles where unique to Teesside and 76 where built, with L544 being the last survivor. In Spring 1989 the group made an offer to purchase it from then Cleveland Transit Bus Company and has since been preserved and very busy on the rally scene and events and has covered a trouble free 1,250,000 miles. In 2018 it was sent to SYTT Rotherham for long term refurbishment of the rear chassis beams and has been the first heavy repair work since coming off service. More extensive than originally envisaged but new strengthening parts have been fabricated and manufactured as well as many other original parts overhauled and painted and refitted. Still loads of work to do, and when it does become a rolling chassis again then the next stage of recommission will begin, when Its transported back to Teesside. I did record some of the inspection ... whom knows I could edit a video ? In this video we stay in the depot / sheds and browse the projects in storage awaiting restoration and some that are well in progress in many stages of repair. It was a very busy Sunday and many visitors tried to keep dry and out of the weather in the depot, whilst others hopped aboard the many buses on the timetable. I will try and compile another video, as I enjoyed a few rides around Rotherham area Chapeltown and never recorded much video content as the buses where busy and too busy chatting to old friends also attending the rally and catching up, and enjoying the rides and sounds of yesteryear. Hold Tight Please ! Catch you all on the next one .........