| Reg | Photo | Year | Make | Exhibitor | History |
| BPE 890 |  | 1934 | Austin 12/6 2 seater Gordon bodied coupe | William French | |
| LAS 499 |  | 1935 | Austin 12/4 Ascot | Ron Taylor | Nicely restored Austin 12/4 Ascot saloon in red over black |
| HHN 202 |  | 1947 | Bristol L5G with Eastern Coachworks single-deck bus body. | David Slater | The bus was new to United in the summer of 1947, with fleet number BLO 202. It was allocated to subsidiary company Bell's Services of Westerhope, Newcastle carrying the standard red and cream livery. Next, in 1951, it was returned to the main United fleet as BG 216. In 1959, the bus was transferred from United to subsidiary company Durham District Services, with whom it ran in green and cream livery, numbered DB 216. It was sold for preservation in 1968.
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| CU 5705 | | 1951 | AEC Regent III based Merryweather pump escape appliance | Paul Pearson | New to South Shields Fire Brigade. |
| XMM 73 |  | 1952 | Scammel Showman's Tractor | Arthur Wakefield | New in 1952 to Guinness of London, sold to Ken Furborough of Leicester (Showman) and was used to travel the Big Wheel between fairgrounds |
| KFO 952 |  | 1953 | Ford Popular rolling restoration. | Colin Bourdiec | This vehicle has been used in a film as an RAF Car. Still investigating which film. |
| 380 UYP |  | 1954 | Chevrolet 3100 pick up truck | Graham Fawcett | |
| 9109 UA | | 1959 | Sunbeam Alpine - 2 seat sports car | Tom Lawson | One of the first Alpines made, and now one of the few remaining from the first series. |
| TUH 7 |  | 1960 | Albion Nimbus NS3N with Harrington DP30F body. | Alan Dixon | New to Western Welsh |
| FAS 358 | | 1961 | Jaguar 3.4 Mk2 saloon | James Bays | Has been restored. Owned the car for 14 years |
| 690 GOP | | 1962 | Vauxhall PA Cresta | Philip Gray | Discovered in a scrapyard in Lincolnshire and rebuilt over 10 years in spare time |
| 6249 UP |  | 1963 | Leyland Leopard PSU3/3RT, Alexander DP51F | Gordon Noble | New to Venture Transport as fleet no. 249, passing to Northern as 2830, later 4264. Withdrawn in 1980 and sold to APT, Lincoln. Purchased by the late Michael Reed and partly restored. Completely restored to as-new condition over a couple of years. |
| LCU 112 |  | 1964 | Daimler CCG6 with Roe double-deck body. | 140 Group | The bus appeared in the 1964 Earls Court Motor Show. It is a hybrid of Daimler chassis and Guy driveline with Gardner engine. It has appeared in a Tesco advert.
The vehicle was new to South Shields Corporation as No 140. On withdrawal, it was retained by Busways and later Stagecoach, and has been maintained by the 140 Group for 32 years. It has been in preservation longer than it was in service. The only double decker remaining in South Shields. |
| FBR 53D |  | 1966 | Leyland Panther PSUR1/1R Strachan B47D | North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd | New to Sunderland Corporation as No. 53. Sold to Tyne and Wear Museums on withdrawal from service passing the present owner in 1992 and rallied extensively since then.
Acquired by the NEBPT in 2018 |
| JJD 530D |  | 1966 | AEC Routemaster Park Royal H06/00R | North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd | This Routemaster entered service as London Transport RML2530 in 1966 and was latterly a First Group bus at Centrewest. After withdrawal in 2004 it passed via Ensign to Gillingham Football Club and was converted to a promotional vehicle with a trailer, having conversion work carried out by South East Coachworks. It was acquired by McCains in 2007 and converted into 'The Potato Bus', which travelled extensively around the country promoting McCains and explaining the story of the potato to school children, most of whom did not know that chips were made from potatoes! It was acquired by Rydale Folk Museum at Hutton-le-Hole near Pickering from McCains in October 2010. Following an enquiry from Keith Kitching of Scarborough it was acquired by the NEBPT in April 2012 |
| JJD 551D |  | 1966 | AEC Routemaster Park Royal H40/32R | Steve Griffin | This Routemaster entered service as London Transport RML2551 in 1966, initially on route 6, and after refurbishment on route 12. Refurbishment was of both interior and of the driveline, when a Cummins engine replaced the AEC original. The current owner intends to preserve it with its route 12 branding. |
| JKJ 881E |  | 1967 | Morris Minor 1000 | Barry Noble | Two door Black saloon. We are the third owners from new and have owned "Myna" for 36 years. |
| PRH 255G |  | 1969 | Restored by Hull bus restorers , served Hull city until 1994 , 50 years old this year | Les Durham | |
| SCX 857H | | 1969 | Wolseley 1885 | Stuart MacDonald | Three owners from new. In storage for over 20 years, hence condition and low mileage. |
| VVK 153G | | 1969 | Triumph TR6 - 2 seat sports car | Tom Lawson | A very early TR6, which was supplied to the USA when new. Re-imported back to the UK |
| TMS 585H |  | 1970 | Alexander Y type bodied Leyland Leopard C49F | David Herron | New to RTITB (Wembley) - Restored in Venture Transport Colours |
| MYF 695L |  | 1972 | Hillman Hunter GL saloon | John Barclay | |
| RCO 16K |  | 1972 | Austin 1300 GT | Chris and Anne Jarvis | |
| UFY 616L | | 1972 | MG B Roadster | Stewart Keeys | Restored in 2013 |
| AOM 572K | | 1973 | Mini Clubman Estate Lotus | Rob Cave | |
| JFL 872N | | 1975 | MGB GT | Alan Johnson | Owned for the last 10 years having attended this show many times. |
| AYW 599T | | 1977 | Ford Mercury Monarch | Alan Bebb | The only one left in this country from all accounts. One owner from new, has only done 51,000 miles. It has been parked up from 2008 until I bought it last year. an ongoing restoration. |
| RCU 838S |  | 1977 | Daimler Fleetline FE30AGR with Alexander 83-seat double-deck body. | North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd | This was one of the last Tyne and Wear PTE standards, built to dual-door configuration and later converted. |
| YSF 87S |  | 1977 | Alexander Y type bodied Leyland Leopard PSU3D/4R | Rob Hughes | New to Alexander Fife in September 1977 as FPE87 it later passed to Strathtay as no. 560, becoming Stagecoach 25787 when the latter group acquired Strathtay as part of the Yorkshire Traction Group. |
| JPT 906T |  | 1979 | Bristol VRT SL3 501 Eastern Coach Works | Jonothan Ruddick | JPT906T is a Bristol VRT/SL3, fitted with a highbridge Eastern Coach Works body, and a Leyland 501 engine. The bus was new to Northern General as fleet number 3406. In December 1982, 3406 was one of three VR's to be converted to dual purpose (3404, 3405 and 3406), being fitted with coach seats and being painted into NBC half red/half white livery. 3406 was subsequently painted into Tynelink and Expresslink liveries, and was withdrawn from service with the company in 1993. It later worked for several other operators, before entering preservation in 2002. The bus is currently presented in NBC dual purpose livery. |
| XBR 644V | | 1980 | Morris Marina 440 7cwt Van | M Sidney | Purchased new by the current owner for his carpet business. Used as a private vehicle from 2000. First entered in classic shows from 2004. Won various other awards. Also won its class at the Tyne Tees Run for the last 7 years. |
| RHL 50X |  | 1981 | Vauxhall Royale 3.0i Coupe | Mark Tate | Rare injection version of the Vauxhall Royale Coupe |
| SCD 693X | | 1981 | Leyland Leopard Plaxton C53F | George Richardson | Leyland Leopard with Plaxton Supreme V body |
| WCD 783Y | | 1982 | Dennis RS/SS Pump Escape Fire Engine | Terry Robertson | New in 1982 to East Sussex Fire Brigade in Brighton, equipped and operational, attended the 1984 IRA Brighton Grand Hotel bombing. Brighton was one of the last Brigades to operate and keep the pump escapes. 10.5 litre diesel engine, automatic, 12.5 Tons in weight, 50 FT ladder & 9 miles to the gallon. |
| B336 KRM | | 1985 | Ford Capri | Alex Doyle | |
| D919 PJW |  | 1987 | BMW 316 (E30) Four door saloon | Peter Barclay | This extremely original example of a BMW E30 3-Series was acquired in January 2013. Only 3 previous owners and a genuine 67,000 miles from new |
| G251 SRG |  | 1989 | DAF SB220 Optare Delta. | Mick Rochford | Optare Delta 251 was the first of a batch of four vehicles (251 to 254) ordered by Northumbria Motor Services Ltd of Newcastle upon Tyne on the 4th of July 1989
251 was delivered to Northumbria in October 1989 after it appeared in the Bus & Coach Show at the N.E.C. It then travelled to France & Holland with the Directors & Senior Managers at the end of November 1989.
Originally based at Gallowgate depot, 251 worked out of most of the Northumbria depots at some time in her life before the sale of the Company to British Bus then ultimately Cowies (Arriva) Ironically on the 15th of January 1998 251 became the first bus to be painted in Arriva livery!
Between the 11th of January 2006 and the 21st of September 2008 251 was expertly restored by Gardiners of Spennymoor before making her debut at Showbus 2008.
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| P6 UTE | | 1990 | Vauxhall Astra Pick Up | Peter Clark | |
| H653 XYV |  | 1991 | Citroen BX 4x4 GTI | Richard Ridsdale | Our weekend transport |
| H669 BNL |  | 1991 | Leyland Olympian Northern Counties Palatine open-top body. | North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd | This vehicle was one of a batch of eight delivered to Sunderland Busways. It became Stagecoach 14669 after the take-over of Busways. Stagecoach converted it to part open-top in 2007 for use by City Sight-Seeing. It has subsequently been converted to full open-top by Gardiners of Spennymoor in March 2008 |
| K583 EJM | | 1992 | Toyota Lucida | Peter Dean | |
| K723 PNL |  | 1992 | Dennis Dart 9.8SDL Alexander Dash B40F
| Trevor Hines | This vehicle was the first of a batch of six new buses 1723 - 1728 (K723 PNL - K728 PNL) delivered to Sunderland Busways in 1993.
It was named 'CITY OF SUNDERLAND' to commemorate the granting of City Status in 1992 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the 40th anniversary of her accession to the throne. |
| L809 DKN | | 1994 | Jaguar XJS 4.0 Litre Coupe | William Ibbetson | 3 owners from new |
| T629 LBJ | | 1998 | Honda Civic Hatchback | Bill Goudie | Given to me by my Grandson in a boy racer style. Lowered suspension, wide wheels, etc but restored back to original specification |
| M40 YTH | | 1999 | Mini 40 | Karen Millican | |
| V217 MEV |  | 2000 | Dennis Trident/Alexander ALX400 (Open Top) | Lee Wardle | Recently painted into Lakes Connection and is based at Carlisle depot for use on service 508 between Penrith and Patterdale |
| V988 ETN |  | 2000 | Volvo B10BLE Renown Wright bodied | Northern National Restoration Group (Craig Smith) | Delivered to Go Northern in January 2000 at their now-closed Stanley depot, 4898 saw initial use on the 765/766 between Durham and Consett. Throughout the early 2000s she saw use on the 775/778 services between Sunderland and Consett in addition to the 45 and 46 to Newcastle. In October 2006, 4898 received a lime green base livery, however it was not until March 2007 that Lime route branding vinyls were applied, featuring the tagline; cross country connection.
Following the withdrawal of the 775 service and the restructuring of the routes on this corridor, 4898 would see permanent allocation to the 8/78 services between Stanley/Consett and Sunderland for nearly ten years. In 2010, the Lime received updated branding that promoted it as a cycle-friendly service, receiving appropriate refurbishments in order to accommodate bikes in the wheelchair/buggy bay.
4898 survived until the final day of B10BLE operation on the route, Saturday 2nd May 2015 and was subsequently transfered to Gateshead Riverside. A few months later in August 2015, she received the necessary DDA modifications to continue operating in service beyond 1st January 2016. 4898 continued to work here into 2017, although withdrawn from service in September she was reinstated for a short time before finally being withdrawn in October 2017 and was one of the final B10BLEs in the Go North East fleet.
In November 2017, 4898 was sold for preservation to Chris Perdy, and after being sold on at least once in a fairly short period, she was acquired by the Northern National Restoration Group in the summer of 2019. Her first public appearance under our ownership was at NELSAM's Trams and Transport Day on Sunday 21st July 2019. |
| TUP 71 | | 2004 | Jaguar S Type | William Ellison | |
| AY05 FWM |  | 2005 | MGTF 115. One of the last UK built MG's | Sharon Tate | |
| NB57 EDV |  | 2008 | Preserved America Police Car | Caleb Keogh | |
