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standards, this being possible through many <strong>of</strong> the body parts being<br />
purchased for the vehicles before wartime restrictions had been brought<br />
in. The electrical control equipment, including the 80hp motor was made<br />
by GEC. 203 used just over two units <strong>of</strong> electricity per mile, which<br />
compares well with say the bendy-buses consuming diesel oil at two miles<br />
a gallon.<br />
The ‘streamlined livery’ was introduced by Mr. W.J. Evans who was the<br />
Chief Engineer <strong>of</strong> Cardiff Corporation Transport Dept. between 1940<br />
and 1946. Only a very small number <strong>of</strong> trolleybuses were repainted in<br />
this style <strong>of</strong> livery, mainly because <strong>of</strong> a shortage <strong>of</strong> maroon and cream<br />
paint in the immediate post war period.<br />
Words and photographs courtesy <strong>of</strong> Peter Smith.<br />
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(Derek and Richard ---- maybe just a little exaggerated!!<br />
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