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Iveco 49-10/Car Chair (1992)
 
Technical & History Briefing
Chassis: Iveco 49-10 Body: Car Chair
Registration
Mark		 Fleet
No.		 Type Chassis
Number		 Body
Number		 Date
New		 Date
Withdrawn
Other Owners
J234KDL [234] B23F 24407 S10015 03/1992 07/2001
03/1992: Solent Blue Line [234]
01/2000: Southern Vectis [234]
08/2001: Douglass t/a Wessex Bus, Weymouth
12/2002: Goddard & Tweedie t/a A-Line, St. John
J236KDL [236] B23F 24362 S10019 03/1992 07/2001
by 02/2002: Isle of Wight Council (as a community bus)
by 08/2005: Rookley Scrapyard, IW (and scrapped?)
J237KDL [237] B23F 24977 S10012 04/1992 02/2001
06/2001: Coach Travel, Chatham
J238KDL [238] B23F 24994 S10013 05/1992 07/2001
08/2001: Douglass t/a Wessex Bus, Weymouth
12/2002: Goddard & Tweedie t/a A-Line, St. John
 
Detailed History
Three Iveco 49-10's with Car Chair bodies were bought new by Southern Vectis in 1992 and entered service in Red and White livery.

J234KDL was new to Solent Blue Line in March 1992 and entered service as their number [234].

In November 1995 J236KDL [236] was repainted into the Mushroom and Dark Green livery.

In January 1996 J237KDL [237] was repainted into the Mushroom and Dark Green livery.

In February 1996 J238KDL [238] was repainted into the Mushroom and Dark Green livery.

In January 2000 J234KDL was transferred to Southern Vectis and entered service in Mushroom and Dark Green livery as number [234].

Between February and May 2001 J237KDL [237] was withdrawn following accident damage.

In July 2001 J234KDL [234] / J236KDL [236] & J238KDL [238] were withdrawn.

Subsequent History

J234KDL [234]:

  • In August 2001 it was sold to Douglass t/a Wessex Bus of Weymouth. By 6 October 2001 it was noted as having the nearside inward facing seats replaced with normal forward facing types (and is still B23F). [per Steve Oxbrow via. Gavin Rowney]
  • In December 2002 it was sold to Goddard & Tweedie t/a A-Line of St. John, still in Southern Vectis livery.

J236KDL [236]:

  • By 23 February 2002 it had been sold to the Isle of Wight Council for use as a community bus in the Sandown-Shanklin area.
    By 24 July 2002 the previously Mushroom part of the livery had been repainted Orange.     [per Gavin Rowney]
    It had been noted normally parked outside Sandown Youth Club in Grafton Street but had disappeared by October 2004 (previously noted there minus its rear registration index plate).
  • By 28 August 2005 it had been sold to Rookley Scrapyard, IW. [per Gavin Rowney]
    By 3 January 2006 it had disappeared from Rookley Scrapyard, IW, and was most likely scraped. [per Gavin Rowney]

J237KDL [237]:

  • In June 2001 it was sold to Coach Travel of Chatham. [per Gavin Rowney]
    In July 2001 it was noted at the Medway Business Park in Kent. [per Bus Fayre magazine September 2001 via. Gavin Rowney]

J238KDL [238]:

  • In August 2001 it was sold to Douglass t/a Wessex Bus of Weymouth. By 6 October 2001 it was noted as having the nearside inward facing seats replaced with normal forward facing types (and is still B23F). [per Steve Oxbrow via. Gavin Rowney]
  • In December 2002 it was sold to Goddard & Tweedie t/a A-Line of St. John, still in Southern Vectis livery.
 
Photo Selection

A nearside-front view of J234KDL [234] in Mushroom and Dark Green livery departing from Ryde Bus Station on 13 February 2001.
[photo copyright of Mike Ginger]
 

An offside-front view of J234KDL [234] in Mushroom and Dark Green livery at Ryde Bus Station on 13 February 2001.
[photo copyright of Mike Ginger]
 
A nearside-front view of J234KDL still in Mushroom & Dark Green livery with A-Line at Trago Mills, Dobwalls, on 5 September 2003. By this time a square licence plate had been fitted to the front.
[photo copyright of Terry Partridge]
 

An offside-front view of J236KDL [236] in the original Red & White livery in which it was delivered at Newport Bus Station during April 1992.
[photo copyright of Malcolm Audsley]
 

A nearside-front view of J236KDL [236] in Mushroom and Dark Green livery departing from Ryde Bus Station on 13 February 2001.
[photo copyright of Mike Ginger]
 
A nearside-rear view of J236KDL in an Orange & Dark Green livery with the Isle of Wight Council at Sandown Youth Centre on 3 November 2002.
[photo copyright of Gavin Rowney]
 

A nearside-front view of J237KDL [237] in Mushroom and Dark Green livery departing from Ryde Bus Station on 13 February 2001.
[photo copyright of Mike Ginger]
 

An offside-rear view of J237KDL [237] in Mushroom and Dark Green livery at Ryde Bus Station on 13 February 2001.
[photo copyright of Mike Ginger]
 

An offside-front view of J238KDL [238] in Mushroom & Dark Green livery at Carvel Lane, Cowes, on 3 November 1999.
[photo copyright of Gavin Rowney]
 
An offside-front view of J238KDL still in Mushroom & Dark Green livery with A-Line at Trago Mills, Dobwalls, on 20 February 2003.
[photo copyright of Terry Partridge]
 

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