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John Pugh has sent me this gem and says: "Hello Brian, I came across this DAF recovery truck in the Stagecoach bus depot in Hastings today, and thought it might be of interest to fellow readers. I don't know anything of its history, other than I think that Stagecoach inherited it when it took over Hastings & District Transport Ltd in the early 1990s. Presumably it started life as something else (an artic maybe?). I'm not even sure if its registration is the original one. In house recovery vehicles seem quite rare in bus companies these days. The Stagecoach East Kent depots use an outside contractor for recovery/towing work, but somehow Hastings depot has managed to hold on to this one. John."
So does anyone know anything about this 2500 asks Biglorryblog?
I seem to remember a simlar vehicle based at Stagecoach Cheltenham in the early 90,s.Probably needed one then due to large numbers of Mk1 leyland Nationals they ran back then!