| Reg | Photo | Year | Make | Exhibitor | History |
| MV 8996 |  | 1931 | Bedford WLB Duple C20F | North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd | Originally a demonstrator for the coachbuilder, Duple, this vehicle passed to Howard of West Byfleet, and later to Teesdale of Lincoln for preservation. Purchased by Gerald Cox of Durham and eventually to the late Chris Moyes of Durham. Now in the care of NEBPT. |
| YXS 375 |  | 1947 | Morris Z van | Ian Ferguson | Ex GPO Post Office telephones engineers van |
| CBR 539 |  | 1952 | Guy Arab III, Roe H33/25R | North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd | New to Sunderland Corporation in 1952, this vehicle was used on tram-replacement services in the Grangetown area. It continued in service until 1968 when it was transferred to the driver-training fleet. Purchased by the 139 group in 1972, 139 was donated to NEBPT in 2000 and has undergone extensive mechanical and body repairs. This will be its first public appearance. |
| PHN 699 |  | 1952 | Guy Arab III Roe B41C | | This vehicle was new to Darlington Corporation in 1952 as No. 26.
It was disposed of via a County Council yard in Frosterley, Do Durham, before passing to a vehicle breaker in the small village of Avonbridge in Falkirk.
It was tracked down in 1982 and brought back to the North East moving to the Tow Law area for undercover storage. Because of the location and lack of time, nothing much was done for several years. Eventually it was bought and restored by the Purvis brothers, then offered for sale.
At the time NEBPT was not in a position to buy it, so Steve Morris of Rexquote bought it.
It was soon on the move again, passing to the fleet of Tony Blackman at Halifax who was operating a fleet of private hire buses for weddings, trading as The Yorkshire Heritage Bus Company.
After the The Yorkshire Heritage Bus Company, went into liquidation in February 2019 it was acquired by the North East Bus Preservation Trust. |
| 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. |
| BSL 689 |  | 1962 | Ford Capri Classic 315 | Brian Prince | On going restoration |
| EGM 176 |  | 1962 | Ford Zodiac Mk2 | Eddie Crann | Restored after 45 years off road. |
| WFF 927 |  | 1962 | Morris Minor 1000 | Paul Whitmore | Work in progress |
| 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. |
| NMK 472 | | 1963 | Singer Vogue MK2 | Alan Johnson | Purchased in October 2022. Some minor work carried out but otherwise in original condition. Spent a lot of its life in Washington with a previous owner |
| TYJ 109 |  | 1963 | Austin Mini Countryman. | Kevin Leadbitter | Owned by me for 45 years |
| 114 XDE |  | 1964 | Morris Minor 1000 | Paul Scott | Black 4 door Minor saloon, rescued April 2024, ongoing restoration. Roadworthy but rough! |
| 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. |
| WBR 248 |  | 1964 | Atkinson Alpha with Gardner 6HLW engine and Marshall 48-seat single-deck body. | North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd | No. 48 in the Sunderland Corporation fleet was one of a batch of three Atkinson chassis, which were to be the last Atkinson passenger chassis to enter service in this country in 1964. Atkinson was better known for its lorry chassis and the company were approached by Sunderland to build these vehicles after unsatisfactory performance from the Corporation's AEC Reliances.
The vehicles had Gardner 6HLW engines mounted horizontally underfloor. The bodies were by Marshall to the contemporary B.E.T. specification, similar to other local vehicles at the time. The twin-door bodies were specified to operate on the Pay-As-You-Enter system.
The steps into the saloon were very high, compared to the low-floor buses of today. Seating capacity was only 45 due to the dual door layout. |
| YAS 446 | | 1964 | MG Magnette | John Carrahar | |
| EKV 413C | | 1965 | Wolseley 16/60 | Barry Wilkinson | |
| 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 |
| GTV 152D |  | 1966 | Ford Cortina Mk1 1500 Super | Colin Jarvis | |
| HOY 350D | | 1966 | Ford | Colin Jarvis | |
| 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. |
| KBB 118D |  | 1966 | Leyland Atlantean MCCW O44/34F | North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd | This vehicle was delivered to Newcastle Corporation Transport in 1966 as fleet number 118 and transferred to Tyneside PTE on 1st January 1970.
It was rebuilt to O44/34F in May 1974 for use at South Shields and Renumbered 218 in July 1974.
In 1977 it was painted into Silver Jubilee livery, which it carried when used for transporting Muhammed Ali around the North East in July 1977.
Withdrawn and sold to Galway Tours, High Ryan, Moycullen, Co. Galway, date unknown (c.2000).
Operated on sightseeing tours in Galway, Ireland, with registration number ZV 1510. Last operated April 2004. Kindly donated to NEBPT by Galway Tours owner, Michael Healy in August 2006.
We were delighted to secure Awards for All England funding from the Big Lottery Fund which enabled KBB to be professionally restored. |
| JKJ 881E |  | 1967 | Morris Minor 1000 | Barry Noble | Two door Black saloon. We are the third owners from new and have owned "Myna" for 38 years. |
| LUA 581F | | 1967 | Honda S800 | Michael Vezmar | |
| PYF 66F | | 1968 | Renault Caravelle cabriolet | Tony Cansfield | |
| FUR 96G |  | 1969 | Puch MS50V moped. Black. 49cc | Scott Maitland | |
| 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 |
| XNP 303G | | 1969 | Morris Minor 1000 2 door Bermuda Blue | David Baxter | |
| MRR 722K |  | 1972 | VW T2 Campervan | Rick Hutchinson | |
| MYF 695L |  | 1972 | Hillman Hunter GL saloon | John Barclay | Current owner has owned this car for over 34 years and it is still in regular use. |
| NWJ 396K | | 1972 | Ford Capri Mk1 | Neil Cryan | |
| VNP 844L |  | 1972 | Cobra replica | Stephen Richardson | |
| BTR 6K | | 1974 | Triumph TR6 - Concours | Ian Wetherill | |
| WUY 653M |  | 1974 | VW Beetle | Colin Jarvis | |
| LPM 246P |  | 1976 | Triumph Stag | Jim Collins | |
| 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. |
| 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 of unusually boxy profile, being mounted on a Bristol VRT/SL3 chassis. Worked from both Middlesbrough and Stockton Depots.
Withdrawn in 1989 and sold together with two
sisters, to Jones of Llanfaethlu on Anglesey for further service, mostly on school contracts.
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.
She has rallied regularly since as the only intact survivor of her type, although a sister “survives” but as a derelict wreck in Denmark. |
| FPT 665S |  | 1978 | Ford Escort Mk2 Popular Plus 1.3 | John Lonergan | A very low mileage (9,500) unrestored 1978 Ford Escort MK2 popular plus 1.3 in excellent maintained condition, only 1 previous owner |
| SCN 268S |  | 1978 | Leyland Atlantean AN68A/2R Alexander H49/37F | North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd | This Tyne and Wear standard Leyland Atlantean entered service based at South Shields, and passed to South Shields Busways after deregulation in 1986. It is preserved in the livery of South Shields Busways. |
| WBL 214S | | 1978 | MGB GT | Graham Austin | Car has had several owners, only doing 38,000 miles from new until 2022 |
| YCF 990T | | 1979 | Mercedes 230 | Thomas Cook | |
| A717 KLY |  | 1984 | Ford P100 pickup | Graham Fawcett | |
| B106 JAB |  | 1985 | Leyland Tiger/Plaxton Paramount 3200 | Julie Aylward | |
| B251 NVN |  | 1985 | ECW bodied Leyland Olympian | Neil Halliday | |
| C537 DAT |  | 1986 | ECW bodied Leyland Olympian | (Sean Peacock) Hull Bus Restorers | Following an extensive three year restoration, this ex East Yorkshire vehicle has returned to its original dual purpose Venetian blind livery. Recently re trimmed into the original moquette. |
| E100 YYD |  | 1988 | Ford Escort XR3i | Ashley Proud | Convertible in pearlescent white |
| F722 DBA | | 1988 | M.G. Metro | Kevin White | Recent restoration. Purchased in February 2025 from Mathewsons Auctions of Bangers & Cash fame. One of only 100 left taxed. |
| G818 REW |  | 1989 | MG Maestro Tickford Turbo #500 | Andrew Calvert | |
| 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 |
| J44 MOG |  | 1992 | Morgan 4/4 2 Seater Sport | Alfred Blakelock | |
| KJ 5724 |  | 1994 | Mercedes c180 | Andrew Murley | Was owned by a mayor/autor from Derby. Was commissioned 1994 had electric sunroof, amg bodykit, upgraded radio. The car has only got 32000 miles on it |
| 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.
Red Kite kindly offered us first refusal, 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.
The 2022/2023 winter saw a substantial interior upgrade, including a full retrim from blue
“beachball” moquette to her original grey, striped Stagecoach style. The interior restoration
remains an ongoing project between rallies. |
| N583 CON |  | 1996 | Rover 100 | Andrew Foster | Knightsbridge metallic purple |
| S225 AVE |  | 1996 | Vauxhall Corsa Breeze | David Tinnion | |
| R485 XKR | | 1997 | Aston Martin DB7 | John Williams | |
| T629 LBJ | | 1999 | 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 |
| V664 FPO | | 1999 | UVG Dennis Dart | David Herron | Ex Lothian |
| WJ51 XKR | | 2001 | Jaguar XKR Convertible | Melvyn Milner | |
| WX53 EJL | | 2003 | VW Bettle | Mark Knott | This car is an example of many VW Beetles that were built in Mexico during the late 1990s & early 2000s, the '53 plate' registration therefore does represent the car's genuine age.
On arrival in the UK many were converted to Right Hand Drive by a company in Bristol called Beetles UK, including this one.
The car is based on the original VW Beetle but it features a fuel injected 1600 version of the air cooled engine as well as a catalytic converter, this provides all of the familiar characteristics of driving a Beetle but with a little more modern engine.
The present owners had considered purchasing one of these Beetles new during the period they were being imported, but instead they opted for a more contemporary Polo.
However in August 2026 they couldn't resist the opportunity to purchase this one when they spotted it in an auction.
Their plans are to keep the car looking original, tidying up the bodywork where needed and keeping up with the ongoing maintenance, plus some period features or accessories may be added.
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| NK04 NPX |  | 2004 | Dennis Dart SLF | Harry Barker | Stagecoach Beachball |
| V8 USR |  | 2005 | Ford Mustang GT 4.6 V8 | James Thorpe | |
| CN56 PKX |  | 2006 | VW PASSAT B6 2.0 TDI (Bagged) | Garry McLeary | |
| NK06 JXD |  | 2006 | Volvo B7TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 1 bodywork | Rachel Smith | In May 2026, 3963 NK06 JXD was proudly purchased from Go North East, for preservation. |
| NK56 KJZ | | 2006 | Scania N230UB OmniCity | Charlie Newman | |
| S666 NWW |  | 2007 | Jaguar XK 4 litre | Neil Worthy | |
| DP53 DUG |  | 2008 | Daihatsu Copen 1.3 cabriolet | Anne-Marie Bell | |
| YJ10 DFU |  | 2010 | Temsa Avenue LF | | Ex Arriva Durham County 4718 |
| BU13 XPF |  | 2013 | Mercedes SLK 250 | Darren Bell | |
| Not Known |  | 2015 | A vehicle chosen from the operational fleet | Arriva North East | |
| LM17 WOC |  | 2017 | Mellor Strata | North Star | |
| FX18 OAV |  | 2018 | Ford Mustang GT | Maxwell Maitland | |
