H & H Motors Bedford VAL 48

This bus, chassis 1219 has a Midland Motorway Services body. After 24 years service with H & H (1964 -1991) it moved to Mid-Canterbury Coach Services for 7 years, After a few months with a private owner on the West Coast it was acquired by Colin Crequer. The original Leyland 0400 engine is still the bus.

H & H VAL number 48 outside the Invercargill depot. Photo Graeme Bennett.
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At Whangarei on a North Island tour with Owen Crequer December 2006. Photo Owen Crequer.
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Passing through Waikato 2006. This photo shows really well the extent of the overhangs front and rear. Photo Don Roberts.
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A VAL convention at Chamberlains Ford, Canterbury. From left to right 1219 ex-H & H with Midland Body, 1215 ex-Weld with NZMB body, 1238 ex-Greenhithe with Hawke Body (and still painted in Turley Motors colours) and 1210 ex-NZ Scenic Tours with McWhinnie body. Photo Owen Crequer.
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Last Updated 6 May 2007