| Reg | Photo | Year | Make | Exhibitor | History |
| UF 9975 |  | 1933 | Singer nine sports 4 seater | Alfred Blakelock | |
| BPE 890 |  | 1934 | Austin 12/6 2 seater Gordon bodied coupe | William French | |
| EXX 137 | | 1938 | Austin 10 Cambridge | Colin Bourdiec | |
| NVK 341 |  | 1950 | AEC Regent III 9612a NCB H30/26R | David Slater | AEC Regent III with Northern Coachbuilders, was new as Newcastle Corporation 341 in 1950. |
| 380 UYP |  | 1954 | Chevrolet 3100 pick up truck | Graham Fawcett | |
| UTN 696 | | 1954 | Morris Minor | Geoff Milburn | Series 2 Black 2 Door Saloon |
| 503 DME | | 1955 | Ford Popular 103e | Roy Hutchinson | |
| 304 GHN |  | 1958 | Bristol LS6G ECW C39F | Aycliffe & District Bus Preservation Society | Delivered on 1st June 1958 to United Automobile Services Ltd this was one of 5 bought for extended tours and designed to carry 34 passengers in luxury.
Between 1958 & 1961 the coach was used on United's prestigious extended week long tours. It was then reseated from 34 recliners to 39 fixed coach seats and used on summertime day trips from Scarborough and occasional long distance service work.
In 1971 it was bought by Morris Brothers of Swansea and by 1974 it had moved on to Newquay in Cornwall. We believe that after about 1978 the coach was laid up and never turned a wheel until purchased for preservation by lan Hunter of Leeds, who realised its unique place in the history of United.
At some point, it was fitted with a Gardner 6HLW engine.
Following a successful Heritage Lottery Fund application by Aycliffe and District Bus Preservation Society the restoration of the vehicle commenced in March 2000 and was completed in 2012.
When restoration was almost complete, Arriva North East offered to paint the coach in United's olive green and cream coach livery, to help celebrate the centenary of United, back in 2012.
The coach is kept at the premises of the Aycliffe & District Bus Preservation Society, at Aycliffe Industrial Estate, and is still very comfortable to travel in. |
| 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. |
| 221 JVK |  | 1961 | Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with Alexander double-deck body. | David Slater | The bus was new to Newcastle Corporation and was operated until 1977. It was bought for preservation by the Four to One Group, who carried out much work on it. It later passed to Jimmy Storey who completed the restoration work. |
| FAS 358 | | 1961 | Jaguar 3.4 Mk2 saloon | James Bays | Has been restored. Owned the car for 14 years |
| ACK 611A | | 1963 | Jaguar MK2 | John Barker | |
| NMK 472 | | 1963 | Singer Vogue MK2 | Alan Johnson | Purchased in October 2022. Some minor work carried out but otherwise in original condition. |
| TYJ 109 |  | 1963 | Austin Mini Countryman. | Kevin Leadbitter | Owned by me for over 30 years, restored during lock down |
| 114 XDE |  | 1964 | Morris Minor | Paul Scott | A roadworthy but imperfect classic Morris Minor, full of patina & character. Currently the subject of a loving and ongoing restoration. |
| EUP 405B |  | 1964 | AEC Routemaster 3R2RH, Park Royal H41/31F | David Slater | New to Northern General as fleet no. 2105; one of only 50 built for use outside London; used for medium-distance services until preserved in 1980. Restored in the original livery in which it entered service. |
| 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. |
| GNL 734D | | 1966 | Morris Minor Saloon | Thomas Byers | |
| 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. |
| MTM 449H | | 1969 | MGB GT | Dennis Hope | |
| SCX 857H | | 1969 | Wolseley 1885 | Stuart MacDonald | Three owners from new. In storage for over 20 years, hence condition and low mileage. |
| SNL 798G |  | 1969 | ERF LV 3 car Transporter. | George Richardson | New to Bells of Ashington as a box van. As a result of a fire, it ended its life as a flat-bed lorry. Purchased by present owner in 2002 and converted to a car transporter, which is loaded with period BMC cars. |
| 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 |
| EWA 423H |  | 1970 | MGB GT. Chrome bumper, wire wheels | Kevin White | Extensive restoration from 2004 to 2011. Recently improved to today's modern traffic needs.
Improvements consisted of 5-speed gearbox, brakes upgraded to grooved and drilled front discs and brake servo. Alloy radiator with thermostatic fan, electronic ignition and alternator. |
| HTY 523L |  | 1972 | Vauxhall FE Victor 2300cc Saloon | William Wilson | Manufactured 1972, registered 1973. Owned since 1975. Original except for 2 front wings fitted 1989. |
| MYF 695L |  | 1972 | Hillman Hunter GL saloon | John Barclay | |
| TAB 684L | | 1973 | Rover P6 3.5 | Thomas Cook | |
| BTR 6K | | 1974 | Triumph TR6 - Concours | Ian Wetherill | |
| TUA 403M | | 1974 | Triumph Stag | John Williams | |
| PFE 937P | | 1976 | Citroen AK 400 | Roger Hagan | Multi colour van, artwork by Tony Kelso |
| RDC 106R |  | 1977 | Bristol VRT Northern Counties H43/31F | 500 Group | New to Cleveland Transit as their H106 in 1977. A typical Transit Northern Counties body but unusually on a Bristol VRT/SL3 chassis. Worked from both Middlesbrough and Stockton Depots.
Withdrawn in 1989 and sold on to Jones of Llanfaethlu on Anglesey for further service.
Recovered by the 500 Group in 2006, apparently not needing too much work! After an eight year rebuild involving many thousands of hours of work by a dedicated volunteer team and a 5-figure spend, she debuted in preservation at the Stagecoach Stockton Depot Open Day in September 2014. Apart from the Covid interruptions, she has since been a regular presence on the rally circuit. |
| VUE 705S |  | 1977 | Triumph Spitfire 1500 | Thomas Baldasera | |
| BGS 551T |  | 1978 | MG Midget | Darren Bell | |
| FPT 665S |  | 1978 | Ford Escort Mk2 Popular Plus 1.3 | John Lonergan | A rare original unrestored 1978 Ford Escort Popular Plus 1.3 4 door in Ford Diamond White. Vehicle is very low mileage (9,000 miles) in excellent original condition |
| WBL 214S | | 1978 | MG BGT | Graham Austin | All black sports car 39k miles from new |
| BTD 961V | | 1979 | Mini Clubman | Michael Craig | Various classic & modern mini's - Mad about minis group 6 cars |
| FTN 710W |  | 1981 | Leyland National 2 B49F. Repowered with Volvo THD100E engine and Voith 851.2 3 speed gearbox | Northern National Restoration Group (Craig Smith) | New to Philadelphia Depot of NBC Northern in June 1981.
FTN 710W is one of only 5 National 2/2's to stay in the Wear District all her PSV life and spent most of her life there running the 194/294. After her withdrawal from Deptford in 2002 she was used as a driver trainer at Gateshead Depot until 2006.
In 2006 4710 was donated to the NEBPT by Go Ahead CEO Christopher Moyes. After restoration 4710 was rolled out at the Metrocentre event in 2008.
After that years season 4710 was mothballed until her sale in 2013 to the Northern National Restoration Group.
She made her first NNRG outing at the 2013 Metrocenter event and has been on the road ever since apart from during the COVID pandemic. |
| 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. |
| E691 OEW | | 1988 | Rover 213 | Carol Oulton | |
| F634 HTN | | 1988 | Volvo 240GL | Ronald Black | |
| AGE 1N | | 1990 | Jaguar XJS HE V12 Coupe | Barry Cutler | This car was done up as a one off from new. Le Mans decals on doors and bonnet and had a set of 17 inch Borbet wheels fitted. Present mileage 41,000. Twin 2 inch stainless steel exhaust system and air intakes fitted. |
| G607 SGK |  | 1990 | GMC G2500 Vandura Day Van 5.7 V8 Petrol
| Andrew Murley | |
| 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 |
| J159 RRW |  | 1992 | Rover Mini 998cc automatic White with Union Jack roof | Trevor Liddle | |
| K100 HON | | 1992 | Honda CR-X del Sol VTi | Ashley Proud | |
| M223 SVN |  | 1995 | Northern Counties bodied Volvo Olympian | 500 Group | Delivered new to Stagecoach Transit in 1995, but in Transit livery, and working at Stockton depot for 4 years before transferring to Stagecoach in Hull. Finally withdrawn by Stagecoach in 2010 and disposed of to Ensignbus (Dealer) whence it passed to independent Red Kite, Leighton Buzzard, who operated her for the better part of a decade.
Approaches were kindly made by Red Kite during 2019 and the group successfully purchased her in June 2019. We showed her in as acquired condition at the Seaburn and Keighley rallies towards at the end of the 2019 season.
During early 2020, 223 was given a full external restoration, regaining her iconic green, white and yellow Transit livery, complete with the authentic Part of The Stagecoach Group strapline. Because of Covid it would be mid-2021 before she debuted in her new, as original, guise, attending the NEBPT MetroCentre and Seaburn rallies and providing an evening Group outing. |
| M946 JJU |  | 1995 | Jonkheere Deauville C53F bodied Volvo B10M | Primrose Coaches | New to Ellis, London. Operated by Plumline Coaches t/a Primrose Coaches. |
| N111 GCP |  | 1996 | Jaguar XJS | Graeme Phillips | |
| P701 BTA | | 1997 | Volvo B6LE ALX200 | (Jaye Horton) Team 701 | Last B6LE ALX200, Stagecoach Stripes |
| R485 XKR | | 1997 | Aston Martin DB7 | John Williams | |
| R855 PRG |  | 1998 | Volvo B10BLE Wright Renown. Volvo D10H engine with ZF HP400 gearbox. | Northern National Restoration Group (Craig Smith) | New to Chester le Street in June 1998 4855 was the final member of the second batch of 8 B10BLE that were bought to run the service 21 and morning 734. After 2 years the batch was reallocated to Stanley for use on the service 775 and 778 replacing the popular DAF SB220's.
Then in 2008 48 found herself back at Chester LE Street to run the "branded" lime. From there she was withdrawn in 2015, displaced by Wrightbus Streetlite's.
The NNRG took delivery of 4855 from Saltmeadows Road bodyshop in September 2015. Restoration started straight away and she was unveiled in her original livery in 2016 as a surprise entry at the North East Bus and Coach Show.
4855 has the distinction of being the first low floor bus that was preserved from Go Northeast in 2015, and has been a popular attraction on the rally field since 2016. |
| P21 XKR |  | 1999 | Jaguar XKR 4.0l Supercharged | Darren Bell | |
| T742 UOC |  | 1999 | Rover 618is | Michael Davison | The Rover 600s were made from 1993-99. They had a Honda engine. They're quite rare now. There's only about 30 618is still on the road! |
| 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. |
| W523 TFR | | 2000 | Green Vauxhall Corsa B | Stephen Plant | With a louder exhaust |
| NK54 NVN | | 2004 | Scania L94UB/Wright Solar | Northern National Restoration Group (Craig Smith) | 5217 was new to South Shields depot during the week of 14th January 2005.
The imminent closure of the South Shields depot on 4th February 2005 saw her transfer to Deptford depot as part of the massive allocation changes.
The introduction of the Prince Bishops brand on services 20/20A/X20, operating between Durham and Sunderland, saw 5217 receive a repaint into a purple base livery with the original rendition of the branding applied on top.
In late June 2016, 5217 was transferred to Chester-le-Street depot following the entry into service of brand new Wright StreetLites on the Prince Bishops and was repainted into the plain red corporate livery.
She saw out her days at Riverside acting as a spare vehicle.
5217 was acquired by the Northern National Restoration Group shortly after 4898 in the Autumn of 2019.
5217 is dedicated to Chris Moyes, an original member of the Board of Directors of the company following the management buyout during the privatization of the National Bus Company. |
| SV04 UYP |  | 2004 | MG TF | Colin Ellenden | |
| TUP 71 | | 2004 | Jaguar S Type | William Ellison | |
| V8 USR |  | 2005 | Ford Mustang GT 4.6 V8 | James Thorpe | |
| S666 NWW |  | 2007 | Jaguar XK8 | Neil Worthy | |
| OIW 1007 |  | 2009 | Mini John Cooper Works Convertible | Ian Thurgood | This a very rare car, not many JCW convertibles about. |
