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Section A: The SELNEC Preservation Society - history, aspirations, objectives and the future.

HISTORY, ASPIRATIONS AND OBJECTIVES

SUMMARY OF THE PRESERVED FLEET

• Manchester Rear Engined Buses
• Manchester/SELNEC Mancunians
• SELNEC/GMT Standards
• SELNEC/GMT Seddon Minibus
• SELNEC Bristol VRT
• GMT Bristol LH
• GMT Leyland National
• GMT Leyland Titan B15
• GMT Metrobuses
• GMT Volvo Ailsa
• GMT Standard Olympians
• GMT Scania
• Dennis Falcon V
• Volvo Citybus B10
• GMT Dennis Dominator
• GMT Leyland Cub
• GMT Dennis Domino
• GMT Dodge Minibus
• Ancillary Vehicles

YEAR REGISTRATIONS

EXHIBITION AND SUPPORT VEHICLES

PRESERVATION CANDIDATES

DRIVING PRESERVED BUSES

STATUTORY OFF ROAD NOTIFICATION AND HISTORIC VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION

SELNEC PRESERVATION SOCIETY'S VEHICLES ENTERED INTO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ROAD TRANSPORT MUSEUMS DATABASE (NARTM)

LAYOUT OF PREMISES IN LEIGH AND WIGAN

SPARE PARTS AND VEHICLE ACQUISITIONS

SELNEC PRESERVATION SOCIETY PUBLICITY

PARTICIPATION IN RALLIES WITH VEHICLES PRESERVED BY SELNEC PRESERVATION SOCIETY

• Trans Lancs - 1999
• Trans Lancs - 2000
• Trans Lancs - 2002
• BIG ORANGE - 2004
• SELNEC 40 - 2010

PROGRESS AND THE FUTURE

• Section B: Background history of Manchester Corporation Transport Department's rear-engined double deck buses and preservation of 3832 & 4708.

  • BACKGROUND HISTORY OF MANCHESTER CORPORATION TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT REAR ENGINED DOUBLE DECK BUSES

  • THE TRACKING DOWN OF REMAINING ATLANTEANS AND ACQUISITION OF 3832 (END 832D)

  • THE SEARCH FOR REMAINING FLEETLINES AND THE SECURING OF 4708 (DNF 708C)

• Section C: Manchester City Transport Coaches

  • MANCHESTER CITY TRANSPORT COACHES AND THE PRESERVATION OF 205 (GNB 518D)

• Section D: Manchester City Transport's new Mancunian and preservation of five ex-Manchester/SELNEC examples 1142, 1177, 2130, 2220 and 1066.

  • MANCHESTER CITY TRANSPORT'S NEW MANCUNIAN

  • 1066 (LNA 166G)

  • 1142 (NNB 547H)

  • 1177 (ONF 865H)

  • 2130 (NNB 589H)

  • 2220 (RNA 220J)

  • REMAINING MANCUNIANS

  • OTHER MANCUNIAN OWNED 1186 (ONF 874H)

  • AMERICAN MANCUNIANS

• Section E: Formation of SELNEC PTE in 1969, and the background history to the development of the SELNEC/GMT Standard double deck bus and the acquisition of the prototype Standards EX1 and EX19, plus the preservation of 25 relevant examples 7206, 7185, 7143, 7232, 7032, 7077, 7147, 7366, 7501, 7960, 8001, 8116, 8141, 6990, 6901, 8325, 8455, 8460, 8501, 8601, 8645, 8700, 8701, 8765 and 6912.

  • THE FORMATION OF THE SELNEC PTE

  • STANDARDISATION OF BUS DESIGN

  • THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF EX1(PNF 941J)

  • SELNEC FLASHES AND SYMBOLS

  • THE ACQUISITION OF EX19 (TNB 759K)

  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 'SELNEC' AREA

  • THE FIRST GENERATION REAR ENGINED PRODUCTION STANDARDS

  • 7001 - 7500

  • 7032 (VNB 132L)

  • 7077 (WBN 955L)

  • 7143 (XJA 534L)

  • 7147 (VNB 173L)

  • 7185 (WWH 43L)

  • 7206 (VNB 177L)

  • 7232 (VNB 203L)

  • 7366 (YNA 321M)

  • 7501 - 7800

  • 7501 (BNE 751N)

  • 7801 - 7960

  • 7960 (BNC 960T)

  • 6901 - 6990, 8001 - 8150 AND 8151 - 8400

  • 8001 (XBU 1S)

  • 8116 (HDB 116V)

  • 8141 (GNF 16V)

  • 8325 (MNC 525W)

  • 6901 (OBN 502R) - THE FIRST LUT/GMT STANDARD

  • 2413/6912

  • 6990 (DWH 706W) - GREATER MANCHESTER'S LAST FLEETLINE AND THE LAST VEHICLE DELIVERED TO LUT

  • 8401 - 8765

  • 8455 (SND 455X)

  • 8460 (SND 460X)

  • 8501 (SND 501X)

  • 8601 (ANA 601Y)

  • 8645 (ANA 645Y)

  • 8700 (A700 HNB)

  • 8701 (A701 LNC) SECURED IN EXCHANGE WITH LEYLAND OLYMPIAN 3194 (C194 YBA)

  • 8765 (A765 NNA)

  • 1697

  • THREE OTHER STANDARDS (7110/7277/7066)

  • THE END OF GREATER MANCHESTER LEYLAND OPERATION AND THE DEMISE OF THE FIRST GENERATION SELNEC/GMT STANDARD, MONDAY 7TH JANUARY 2002

  • EFE PRODUCE MODELS OF EX SELNEC/GMT STANDARD VEHICLES

• Section F: The production Standard and the preservation of a relevant SELNEC/GMT Standards, 1448, 1451, 1461, 1472, 1481, 3001, 3009/3010, 3030, 3101, 3201, 2001, 3225, 3277, and 5320.

  • THE WHOLE PICTURE

  • DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SELNEC/GMT STANDARD

  • ADAPTATION OF THE STANDARD BUS TO SECOND GENERATION REAR ENGINED VEHICLES

  • THE 14xx SERIES OF PROTOTYPE/EXPERIMENTAL VEHICLES

  • THE EXPERIMENTAL NORTHERN COUNTIES BODIED FODENS

  • THE EXPERIMENTAL VOLVO AILSAS 1446-1448 AND PRESERVATION OF 1448 (WRJ 448X)

  • THE EXPERIMENTAL SCANIAS 1461-1462 AND PRESERVATION OF 1461 (FWH 461Y)

  • THE EXPERIMENTAL DENNIS FALCON V 1471-1473 AND PRESERVATION OF 1472 (A472 HNC)

  • THE EXPERIMENTAL VOLVO CITYBUSES 1481-1483 AND PRESERVATION OF 1481 (C481 CBU)

  • THE PROTOTYPE STANDARD OLYMPIAN 1451
    (NJA 568W)

  • THE PRODUCTION STANDARD OLYMPIANS 3001 - 3305

  • GM FIRST PRODUCTION OLYMPIAN - 3001 (ANA 1Y)

  • 3009 & 3010 (ANA 9Y & ANA 10Y)

  • 3030 (A30 ORJ)

  • FIVE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES DONATED BY FIRST GROUP; LEYLAND OLYMPIANS 3101 (B101 SJA), 3201 (C201 CBU) AND 3225 (C225 CBU), ALONG WITH NORTHERN COUNTIES BODIED COACH SEATED MCW METROBUSES 5302 (D302 JVR) AND 5312 (D312 LNB)

  • 3277 (D277 JVR)

  • GM'S LAST LEYLAND OLYMPIAN - 3309 (F305 DRJ)

  • GM'S FIRST PRODUCTION DENNIS DOMINATOR - 2001 (B901 TVR)

  • GM'S LAST MCW METROBUS - 5320 (D320 LNB)

  • GMB SCANIA B113s AND PRESERVATION OF 1467 (H467 GVM

  • GM'S LAST DENNIS DOMINATOR 2040 (H140 GVM)

  • GM VERY LAST 'STANDARD' - 7010 (J710 ONF)

  • SUMMARY

  • OVERVIEW OF THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SELNEC/GMT STANDARD ON FIRST GENERATION REAR ENGINED CHASSIS AND THE PRESERVED EXAMPLES

  • OVERVIEW OF THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SELNEC/GMT STANDARD ON SECOND GENERATION REAR ENGINED CHASSIS AND THE PRESERVED EXAMPLES

  • THE LAST 25 GREATER MANCHESTER STANDARDS

  • THE LAST SELNEC/GMT INSPIRED NORTHERN COUNTIES STANDARD

  • GREATER MANCHESTER TRANSPORT AND BEYOND

  • THE OPERATING LIFE OF VEHICLES IN PASSENGER SERVICE

  • THE SPLIT OF GM BUSES INTO NORTH & SOUTH DIVISIONS (13/12/93) AND TWO SEPARATE PRIVATELY OWNED COMPANIES (01/04/94)

  • PAINT COLOUR SPECIMENS FOR PRESERVED PROTOTYPES

• Section G: Preservation of four of SELNEC/Greater Manchester's First Minibuses 1700, 1711, 1733 and 1735.

  • INTRODUCTION - SELNEC/GM Minibuses

  • 1700-1703 - DP25F AND PRESERVED EXAMPLE 1700 ORIGINALLY EX56 (YDB 453L)

  • 1704-1714 - B23F AND PRESERVED EXAMPLE 1711 (XVU 341M)

  • 1715-1742 - B19F + 19 AND PRESERVED EXAMPLES 1733 (XVU 363M), 1735 (BNE 729N) AND 1737 (HJA 121N)

  • LICENCE PLATES OF ALL SEDDON PENNINE IV MINIBUSES PRODUCED

• Section H: Other recently preserved vehicles from the SELNEC/GMT fleet, 408, 1321, 105, 4002, 4015, 5001, 1751 and 1823.

  • THE SELNEC BRISTOL VRT'S AND THE PRESERVATION OF 408 (AJA 408L)

  • THE GMT/WIGAN BRISTOL LH'S AND THE PRESERVATION OF 1321 (BNE 764N)

  • THE SELNEC/GMT NATIONALS AND THE PRESERVATION OF 105 (HNB 24N)

  • THE ACQUISITION AND RESTORATION OF 4002 (ANA 2T)

  • THE GMT B15 LEYLAND TITAN AND THE ACQUSITION OF 4015 (GNF 15V)

  • THE GMT MCW METROBUS AND THE PRESERVATION OF 5001 (GBU 1V)

  • GMT'S FIRST LEYLAND LYNX 1702 (B702 UVR)

  • RESTORATION OF THE FIRST OF ONLY 34 DENNIS DOMINOS, AND THE 1984 COMMERCIAL VEHICLE MOTOR SHOW EXHIBIT 1751 (C751 YBA)

  • DODGE MINIBUSES AND THE ACQUISITION OF 1823 (C823 CBU)

  • IVECO FORD 49.10 MINIBUSES AND THE ACQUISITION OF 1509 (D509 MJA)

  • GMT'S FIRST LEYLAND LYNX 501 (D501 LNA)

  • GM'S FIRST LEYLAND LYNX 401 (N401 WVR)

• Section I: The remaining vehicles in the batches from which the SELNEC Preservation Society has an interest or has preserved examples.

  • REMAINING MANCHESTER REAR ENGINED BUSES

  • MANCHESTER/SELNEC MANCUNIANS

  • PROTOTYPE SELNEC STANDARDS

  • SELNEC PARK ROYAL BODIED LEYLAND ATLANTEAN STANDARDS 7001 - 7145

  • SELNEC NORTHERN COUNTIES BODIED LEYLAND ATLANTEAN STANDARDS 7146-7150

  • SELNEC PARK ROYAL BODIED DAIMLER FLEETLINE STANDARDS 7151-7205

  • SELNEC NORTHERN COUNTIES BODIED DUAL DOOR FLEETLINE STANDARDS 7206-7251/7280-7281

  • SELNEC/GMT NORTHERN COUNTIES BODIED SINGLE DOOR DAIMLER FLEETLINE STANDARDS 7252 - 7279/7282 - 7500

  • GMT NORTHERN COUNTIES LEYLAND ATLANTEANS 7501-7800

  • GMT PARK ROYAL BODIED LEYLAND ATLANTEANS 7801-7960

  • GMT NORTHERN COUNTIES BODIED 'XBU' LEYLAND FLEETLINE STANDARDS 8001-8020

  • LUT NORTHERN COUNTIES BODIED FLEETLINE STANDARDS DELIVERED IN RED/GREY 6901-6930

  • SELNEC/GMT MINI BUSES 1700-1742/EX62

  • SELNEC CHESHIRE BRISTOL VRT'S 400-424

  • GMT BRISTOL LH6'S 1320-1325

  • GMT METROBUSES 5001-5010

  • GMT LEYLAND TITANS 4001-4015

  • GMT OLYMPIANS 3001-3025

  • GMT NORTHERN COUNTIES BODIED DENNIS DOMINOS 1751-1770

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