1977 Ford R-1114 Duple Dominant II

1977 Ford R-1114 in First and Last, Movie made for TV, 1989

Class: Bus, Single-deck — Model origin:

01:10:11 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2016-01-08 00:41	Filmed on service road to services on M6, possibly in Staffordshire. Plate looks like mid-77 issue GAA (253)R or similar, but numbers are wobbly.
andrepa ◊ 2016-01-08 01:27	Ford R series Duple body
andrepa ◊ 2016-01-08 01:36	hard to find Thames Ford as usually they used Leyland or Bedford with Duple Dominat body here closeup of rare grille pattern https://www.flickr.com/photos/45570958@N05/5320961262/
kudos ◊ 2016-01-09 23:54	It is indeed a Duple Dominant II-bodied Ford R1114, though I don't recognise the operator. Lightweight Ford and Bedford coaches were a staple of rural independents in the 1970s and early 1980s though found little favour with the larger groups, with Northern Scottish being the only exception that springs to mind. The Blundell Group-owned Smiths Happiway-Spencers took a reasonable amount of R1114s before switching to Volvo.