Currently Under Development as of 05 May 2012
243 N243PDL Iveco 59-12/ Marshall of Cambridge DP23F
New to Southern Vectis 05/1996-02/2005
Solent Blue Line (T/A Bluestar) 02/2005-??/????
D McCririck,Littlehampton (For Intended Conversion to Caravan)- Never Completed ??/2007-7/2011
Robin Harrison, Isle of Wight (For Preservation) 07/2011-Present
WDL310Y (TJI8780) Leyland Tiger/Plaxton Paramount Body C53F
New to Southern Vectis 03/1983
Pulhams of Bourton on the Water
Fowlers of Holbeach Drove
Edward Thomas & Son,West Ewell Surrey
Ian Berry,Bolton (for preservation) 02/2008-Present
622 NDL490G Bristol VRT/SL1 ECW
New to Southern Vectis 05/1969-08/1999 (Converted to a tree lopper 1/1986)
Richard Newman,Keiron Niblett, Simmonds (For Preservation) (Reroofed 7/2001) 08/1999-12/2011
622 Splinter Group,Shaftesbury (For Further Preservation) 12/2011-Present
908 FLJ538 Bristol K5G/ECW O32/28R8 New to Hants & Dorset TD761 5/1940. (Rebodied in 1954 with 8 feet body previously 7.5 feet)
To Southern Vectis as 908 11/1964
Dealer North East 1975
Antique & Classic Autos,Hoofdorp Holland 07/1975
Prinz Classic Transport 11/1999-10/2002
De Greef Brothers 10/2002-07/2009
Isle of Wight Bus Museum Trust, Newport IOW (On Display)
07/2009-Present
(undergoing restoration)
259 B259MDL Ford Transit/Carlyle Body B16F
New to Southern Vectis as 259 05/1985-04/1991
Redbeam t/a M Travel Newport 04/1991-02/1998
Geoff Hemmett,Basingstoke 02/1998-Present
(Currently stored awaiting continued restoration)
Loan to Robin Harrison, Isle of Wight 12/2011-Present (For Further Preservation)
261 B261MDL Ford Transit/Carlyle Body O16F
New to Southern Vectis as 261 05/1985-04/1991
Redbeam t/a M Travel Newport 04/1991-05/1997-Converted to 016F and named "Ventnor Buggy" for coastal service Ventnor
TJ Walsh,Halifax (Concidered Preserved) 05/1997-Present
(Registered B20TJW & Named "Benjamin")
G565YTR Iveco Ford 59-12/Phoenix Body
New to Phoenix, Fareham 05/1990
New to Phoenix, Fareham 05/1990
Southern Vectis 10/1990-Used as a staff transfer vehicle & tree lopper support vehicle
Chris.Lewis & John.Coleman (West Wight Preservation Group), West Wight 03/2005
Jonathan Watts, Isle of Wight 02/2007-stored at Wellow 2010 (Not moved since)
XDL730 Bedford SB3/Duple Body
New to Southern Vectis
R Youngblood (for preservation & as a caravan?)
History needed? Can you help please contact vectisveterans@hotmail.co.uk
216 FDL676 Bedford OB/Duple Body
New to Southern Vectis 03/1949
Thurgood,Ware (Dealer) 10/1957
Enterprise Safety Coaches,Chatteris 11/1957(withdrawn 09/1979)
Tucker Brothers,Boroughbridge 11/1979-Present (For Preservation)
(4 Year loan to Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum)
EDL657 Bristol K ECW Body
**Coming Soon**
602 CDL899 Bristol K5G/Eastern Coach Works
New to Southern Vectis 07/1939-Present
(Retained as a hertiage vehicle but sees service on "Downs Breezer & Private Hires")
703 DDL50 Bristol K5G/Eastern Coach Works
New to Southern Vectis 01/1940
(Transfer to Service Fleet as Tree Lopper 08/1969)
Derek Priddle, Farnham (Currently a display vehicle at the IOW Bus Museum) 10/1979
(Restoration completed around 1990)