(29 Oct 2016, 2:38 pm)Craig Smith wrote Unfortunately no Northern or Arriva SB220GS,s were saved for preservation.
I had to chose what I wanted to save as I couldn't save both. I was drawn more to the Volvo than the Daf.
I could have had 4894. But the real travesty to the heritage movement was that the 5 prototypes 4820 to 4825 were all lost to Alpher and scrapped. At that time the NNRG just did not have the money to buy one. But many other groups could have saved one.
But as the saying goes.. You cannot save them all..
Having driven both the Volvo B10BLE and DAF SB220GS, in their latter years, i can honestly say that the Volvo stood the test of time the best. The DAF's really were a nightmare to drive when old, and I gather that they had major maintenance issues as well when old. My conclusion is that, whilst I understand that bus preservation is an expensive exercise at the best of times, the DAF would probably have presented a greater challenge.