1700-1703 - DP25F AND PRESERVED EXAMPLE 1700 ORIGINALLY EX56 (YDB 453L)

In choosing a vehicle from this batch to preserve, The SELNEC Preservation Society concentrated on 1700, as this was the first of this batch, and effectively, was SELNEC/GMT's first ever Minibus, delivered new to the SELNEC PTE on 1st November 1972. Along with three other vehicles, 1703, 1705 and 1707, 1700 after being sold to Greater Glasgow on 29th April 1978 ran for some time for this organisation. Its legal ownership changed to Strathclyde PTE on 4th June 1982 on the renaming of Greater Glasgow, until being withdrawn in 1986 before being sold to Strathclyde Social Services Department. The SELNEC Preservation Society managed to purchase 1700 for preservation on 1st July 1989. Arrangements went on for some time, but it was eventually brought back to Manchester, for the first time after 13 years of absence, on 29th March 1991. This vehicle is to be returned to its original SELNEC livery of sunglow orange/mancunian white with the Southern Flash applied to it, which was used when it was in service in 1972.

1700 (YDB 453L)    Delivered new to SELNEC PTE on 1st November 1972.

                                 Sold on 29th April 1978 to Greater Glasgow PTE, and ownership of the vehicles was altered to Strathclyde PTE on 4th June 1982 in recognition of the re-naming of this organisation.